Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Christmas hours 2015-2016

Wishing all my wonderful customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy and healthy 2016. 

Christmas hours are as follows :- 
I will be closing at 2:00 p.m. this Saturday 19th December, 
 and reopening Tuesday January 5th at 10:00 a.m. 
At this stage we have made no plans to go away,
 so should you need to make a pre arranged appointment 
to come to the shop, please call 0424452024 and I will 
accomodate you if I can. 
If I happen to be in the shop doing some  catch up,
 I will put my business card on the front door. 

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Village Sewing Trio in Wool

Pattern: $11.00
This little pattern includes a needle case, chatelaine and pincushion - appliqued  in lovely wools. 

Hilda the Hoot Pincushion

Kit: $20.90
Kit contains pattern, wools and threads.


Friday, December 4, 2015

French General

New fabrics by French General - Petite Prints Deux
By the metre $24.10
30cm pieces $7.50 or 3 for $20.00
Eight fat  1/16ths $13.20
* fat 1/16ths are 25 cm by 1/4 fabric width. 



Thursday, December 3, 2015

Simply Red Journal

Finished size approx 6&1/4" x 8&1/4". 
This project combines a little stitchery with a little applique and a little machine ( or hand) piecing. 
Pattern:$11.00 

Summer Meadow Throw

A simply pieced design with a lovely stitched inner border, Summer Meafow Throw is approx 44"x52". 
Centre piecing can be achieved easily by using a jelly roll. 
Pattern: $17.60


Tuesday, December 1, 2015

True Neutral

True Neutral is a very apt name for this beautifully simple quilt in a fairly monochromatic color scheme.
Size: approx 74"x78"
Lynette's  sample (shown) is a classic bed sized quilt which has been made using a combination of neutral tonal prints, creams, soft greens and greys. 
Pattern: $15.40 

Stitched Farm

Finished size 42" x 48", this design features stitcheries depicting  farm animals and farm life interspersed with simple piecing including the ever popular churn dash block. . 
Pattern : $26.40
Postage and handling not charged within Australua. 


Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Friday, November 20, 2015

Make Merry Birdie

Pattern: $6.60
Kit price to be determined. 

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Timeless Teddies

Libby Richardson's adorable new quilt for bear lovers.
Patterns and pre printed panels will be released in February. 
More details coming soon. 

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Bendigo Cup Day Closure

Li'l Bloke's will be closed on Wednesday October 28th due to the Bendigo  Public Holiday for the Bendigo Cup. 

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Ho ho ho Merry Christmas

Kerry has produced another amazing quilt which incorporates her style of  painted drawings combined with a lovely pieced border and squares linking the blocks. 

Pattern $24.20 
Kit: price on application 
Size :  46" square 



Fused bears

More fused bears- purchase a set of Maddie bears (A and B) in the same fabrics, or scrappy bears in many fabrics.
Each bear is $12.50 and ready to be fused to your background.  A pair is $25.00. 
All hand drawn, cut and assembled to get you off to a quick start with your project. 

Stitching lines are drawn for textural effects - seams on faces, creases etc in clothing. 
Facial details are drawn ready to embroider or fill in with a micron pigma pen.




Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Birthday sale

The shop is now 15!!!!

Specials for the rest of October !!!
On sale: 
1. Buy three patterns and get the cheapest free ( no restrictions). 
2. Books 15% off - note that I have tried to get lots of my books on the blog over the last few days. Still heaps more that are not on. Be quick as when sold there may not be more of some titles.  
3. Most  112cm fabrics are $15 per metre but a minimum cut of one metre.