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?

New look and a new leaf :-)

Hello Blogland.....we are back :-)

Ok, we are making a promise to have a new post at least once a week......you read it here, in black and white Lol! We are keen to expand our blog readership as well as our blog list, so if you have a blog then please leave a comment and we would love to add you to our list.





Keep an eye out for a giveaway in the next few weeks to kick start our new regime :-)





Over the next couple of months we will be working on some of next year's class samples....so keep an eye out if you would like a sneak peek of what is coming up in our January newsletter and class list.





We have some great bags planned.......one of them will be the 'Weekender Bag' by Amy Butler - has been on Leanne's 'to do' list for some time so we will be making that in some of her amazing fabrics, can't wait. Fabrics are ordered and now we just need to find a few more hours in the day to get some sewing done.......any ideas???


Catch you next week.....watch this space!