Knitting Class

There is still time to sign up for our first knitting class of the year.  Herbivore is a gorgeous triangular scarf (well, shawl really but that makes it sound a bit old fashioned and it is far from that!) that is so much easier than it looks.  If you can knit and purl then you can make it easily.

Saturday 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th February, 10.30am - 12.00, $20 plus cost of pattern ($10) and yarn.  This makes a fantastic gift and only uses 100g (or less) of yarn!

New Knitsch yarns!

We have just received our order of stunning, beautiful, luscious and yummy Knitsch yarns!  We just want to dive in to the box and roll around a bit before we start knitting.  If you visit our Facebook page we have listed all the colours in stock and the prices....if you want to order any just email us or leave a comment.

Paradise, 50g skein, $13.95

Georgina & The Jellyfish, 50g skein, $13.95

Link to our Facebook page for more colours.

Still Quilting, Still Knitting, Still Here :-)

Happy (belated) New Year everyone :-) Well, it is still only January and is still a new year, we are only 3 weeks into it after all ;-)

We have had a busy start to the year but today we are having trouble concentrating on much at all.....look at what arrived at the shop today!

Now you can understand why we would rather be knitting Lol. This luscious yarn is Araucania Ranco Multi and Ranco Solid. 75% wool/25% polyamide hand dyed yarn from Chile.

Araucania Yarns was started by a mother and daughter whose mission was to create beautiful and one-off yarns for the for the global market, employing ancient and traditional techniques and supporting local, sustainable job development. “Each hank sold means more opportunities, more jobs and more hope”.

100g hanks, 4ply, 75% wool/25% polyamide, $29.50 per hank. Perfect for socks because of the nylon content but if you think it is too lovely to hide on your feet then how about a shawl or a scarf? As with all individually hand dyed yarns it is advisable to ensure you buy enough for whatever you are knitting as dye lots could change.

We are also very excited as we have placed an order for our first shipment of Knitsch yarns. If you haven’t heard of Knitsch (Scratching the Knitting Itch) yarns before then you will certainly want to! We are about to become stockists for this beautiful hand dyed 100% NZ Merino yarn.

Perfect for socks with it’s tight twist which gives lovely texture and it will also be great knitted up as shawls, scarves or even baby garments. If you are a Two At A Time sock knitter, want to make multi coloured socks or know that you need a little more than 100g for a long pair then you will appreciate that Knitsch yarns come in 50g hanks.

The 3 colours in the photo are, from L to R, Paradise, The Island and Georgina & The Jellyfish with Yellow Brick Road still in it’s hank at the bottom (well – we had to wind them so as we can road test them first of course!) They will retail for $13.95 per 50g hank. Our order is in and we will let you know when it arrives.

Watch this space for our next knitting projects......they are sure to be in one of these yarns :-)

Merry Christmas from us to you :-)

We would like to wish all our followers and readers a very lovely Festive Season.......how about some new tree ideas for next year?!

How about this for a Down Under tree??!

Enjoy :-)

And the winner is.........

Lorraine! Congratulations Lorraine, we think you wanted the yarn as your prize but will be in touch to confirm that and also the colour.

Thank you all so much for entering the draw and becoming new Followers on our blog - we hope you enjoy reading our updates as much as we enjoy writing them :-)

We have emailed Lorraine to organise getting her prize to her - we decided to only do one of the prizes this time and will have another giveaway soon with another prize.

We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We are looking forward to a busy year next year and have plans for some great classes and kits.

Thank you for reading and following our blog :-)

And all that Jazz

Phat Cat Jazz is the latest kit to be finished here at the shop - well, mostly finished - just a small amount of binding to be sewn down. This is such a fun and colourful quilt, perfect for all ages and all cat lovers ;-) It's finished measurements are approx 42" x 65" and the kit includes all the fabric for the quilt top, including binding, and a colour pattern. The pattern also contains a free pattern for a Tote Bag and the cost is $120 for the complete kit.

Meet some new gang members here at Still

Quilting. We have some new knitting patterns in stock and the designer has kindly lent us some of her samples - they are proving to be quite a hit with everyone. Here they are hanging out together..........

Ritchie the Rugby Guy......

Ernest and Geraldine are good friends.....

Chip the Robot looks puzzled......

Finally, Penny 1 and Penny 2 - the pattern comes with instructions for both of the outfits she is wearing.

The patterns are $10 each and we are looking forward to making up some samples of our own as at some stage these guys are going to get homesick and want to leave us :-)

Finally, thank you to those who have left comments and become followers on the previous post for our giveaway - if you haven't already done so it isn't too late, you still have a couple of days before we draw the name of the lucky winner :-)

Christmas Giveaway!

It's nearly Christmas so we thought we would have a prize draw and increase our followers at the same time.

Leave a comment on this post for one entry into the draw. For a second entry into the draw put a post on your own blog and encourage your readers to come and follow us and get them to enter. Make sure you mention this in your comment too and leave us a link to follow.

You must be a follower to enter but if you aren't one yet, go ahead and become a follower and then leave your comment - we don't mind if you have become a follower to enter, we just hope you like our blog enough to stay around afterwards :-)

We will post worldwide..................want to see what you could win??

Your choice of either one ball of Wendy 'Happy' 4 ply sock yarn......75% Bamboo/25% nylon, this yarn is beautifully soft and silky to knit with and to wear - it also washes like a dream. Choose one of the colours in the left hand photo. One ball will make an adult pair of socks. Or.......

You can choose to receive the pattern and fabric (black or turquoise) for our latest bag pattern, the Circle Tote. Both colours are stunning and very vibrant and the fabric is a heavy canvas weight ideal for carrying your groceries or taking to quilt class :-)

Let us know in your comment which prize you would prefer if you win and also your email address - you never know, the Christmas spirit might hit us with a bang and we might decide to give BOTH prizes away.........but you will have to wait and see ;-) The more new followers, the higher the chance of two prizes ;-)

Edited to add: Thanks Debbie for reminding us to put a close off date on the giveaway. We will make the draw on Wednesday 21st December - sorry it won't be in time for Christmas if our winner is overseas - but it would be a nice New Years gift anyway :-)

Coffee and Yarn....what a combination!

Some new fabric that arrived recently is this range of coffee designs. If you know a coffee lover it would make great placemats, coasters or even a coffee cup sleeve - perfect gifts!










Also just arrived is this divine Noro yarn.....we have both the Kureyon sock yarn ($33.50 per 100g ball) and the Silk Garden sock yarn ($35.00 per 100g ball). The colours are to die for and we are itching to finish up some projects and start knitting something with the Noro.....

.......can you understand why?!

Robyn attempting to leave the shop with our new stash - think she would have had trouble driving home somehow :-)

Wrenly's Place at our place.

Look what has just landed on our doorstep! A beautiful range of fabrics by Valori Wells called "Wrenly"....and we will be using it to make her own quilt design called "Wrenly's Place"...... we both love it so much we think we will have to make 2 samples so there is no fighting over it once the kits are all sold Lol.

Almost Advent time.

It isn't too late to make an Advent calendar for the little person in your life. A few hours of work for years of pleasure :-)

Our latest bag pattern, nice and simple but roomy and convenient - would make a great gift!

The canvas fabric is available in two colours - hard to chooose between them both :-)

New 'kit' on the block.....

....and yes, it is another cat quilt! Cats and Quilters seem to go together, don't they? Robyn is a cat person....and while Leanne likes animals, she is allergic to cats so is happy to stick to the quilted kind ;-)

The complete kit is $175 and you will have a large panel (same size as the centre) and 2 small panels (same size as the corner blocks) left over from the printed panels to make a cushion or bag with.

First of all, a big THANK YOU to our loyal followers for sticking with us......we know we have been very poor bloggers over the past weeks, months.....years even? We are going to try to update on a more regular basis and hopefully grow our readership :-) Keep an eye out for a gievaway in the not too distant future as a thank you and a welcome to all our readers, old and new.

We will start with some new fabrics that have just arrived in stock......we wish there were more hours in the day to sit and sew with these beautiful fabrics - who said owning a quilt shop would mean we could sit and sew all day???!!! ;-)

Luscious Amy Butler fabrics......................................

Parisville by Tula Pink for Freespirit........................................

We have some Amy Butler bags in progress from her new book.....watch this space :-)

It's HERE

...2011 has really arrived and February has almost gone.


We are bursting with enthusiam over our exciting line up for this year.


Kicking off with loads of beautiful new fabrics arriving daily into the store.


We intend to keep you updated on new arrivals and quilting kits avaiable ... but for now here's a sneak peak of one to come.....

Stomp Chomp GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

:::these friendly dinosaurs are keeping my sewing machine company at the moment.

Be sure to check back here really soon and see what they look like when they come to life:::

Our first newsletter for 2011 is written and you can read it by clicking the 'Newsletter' link at the right. There are plenty of classes for all different interests which are filling up fast, so if you want to attend please make sure you email us (again, link on right) or call us 06 7586255 to secure a place.

Enjoy the last of the summer weeks, be inspired by the light that the sun brings into our lives during these hot dry weeks.

A girl can never have too many bags...right?!

We have just received our first order of Amy Butler's new book "Style Stitches", 12 easy eays to 26 wonderful bags......and wonderful they are too! We already have plans to make most of them and have fabric for some of the designs with more on order.....we can't wait!

12 different bag patterns and some of the bags are available in 2 or 3 different sizes or with long/short handles.

The book is very competitively priced at only $72.50 so if you would like to order one then feel free to email/phone and we will put one aside for you.

Apologies for the bad camera flash on this picture above, but we have got the fabric for this one already so it will probably be one of our first samples......Leanne can't wait to get started on it :-)

Follow this link for a youtube clip of Amy Butler talking about the new book. And, watch this space for photo's of our favourite versions of bags from the book.

Crestwood Bag class

This was the second night of the popular Crestwood bag class. We had a lot of fun as usual, the more the merrier in classes. By the second class the bag was starting to come together and everybody could see them taking shape.

So much concentration :-)

Ta da....finished. Four of the ladies chose to use our kit.

And the other four chose their own fabrics.....one more photo to follow as one person couldn't be at the last class.

Last but not least.....managed to grab this photo of the missing bag in action on a trip to the movies :-)

We are looking forward to more bag classes next year, wonder what the bag of the year will be for us in 2011?