Monday 31 December 2012

Hi All,

Hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas New Year. Did Santa bring you something nice?

This is a new range of red white and black which has arrived in the shop.






These bolts are all priced at $14.00 per mt.

The shop is closed now until Wednesday January 2nd.

Be careful with your New Years resolutions, none of us are going to finish all our UFO's.

Catch you in the new year.

Happy stitching

Gail B

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Saturday 22 December 2012

Merry Christmas

Hi Everyone,
It is never too early to learn, or for that matter too late.

I have had fun this week giving my triplet granddaughters their first sewing lesson!

They are about 2 years and 4 months, so I figured it was time to start.











The girls loved sewing, so we have to make some more time.

This is a new range in the shop. It is Flirt by Sandy Gervais for Moda it is really fresh and lovely for summer. It has been popular, so if you would like some come for a visit soon.









We have closed now until December 27th, so I am looking forward to a couple of days to get ready for Christmas. We will be open Thursday, Friday and Saturday next week and then open again from January 2nd.

Hoping you all have a happy and safe Christmas.

Happy stitching

Gail B


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Monday 17 December 2012

Hi Everyone,

Sorry I have been absent! Being such an IT dinosaur something changed on the iPad, so I haven't been able to blog.

I am back and guess what Gail B is getting for Christmas!!! We are getting a class room. A big classroom. Approval from the landlord has just come through, so the planning has just begun.

Keep checking in and I will show you some of the new ranges which have arrived over the last month or so.

Gail B


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Thursday 22 November 2012

Judy Nieymeyer

Hi Everyone,

I am having the best week!! Rebecca and I have been to a four day workshop with Judy Niemeyer doing a class which has made us a certified shop.

Judy does the most amazing paper piecing patterns, and has such a wonderful system which makes the whole process easy. This is what we are working on.












Glacier Star, this quilt teaches all of the techniques required to be able to complete any of Judy's patterns.










These are some of our units, which we will continue to work on over the next week or so.




Here is Rebecca, hard at work at the machine.


Judy demonstrating a technique.


Rebecca, Gail and Judy.

















We will have many of Judy's patterns coming into the shop over the next month.

Over the next few months we are trying to work out a way to offer classes to work on some of Judy's patterns.

Hope you are as excited as we are.

Gail B
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Thursday 15 November 2012

Sale

Hi All,

The sale has started. Hope you are making time to get into the shop this week, as there are some great bargains.

























All the bolts with orange tags are buy 1 mt, get one metre of the same fabric for FREE. A great buy for all the quilt tops that are awaiting backs!


Selected Precuts reduced in price.

Selcted Buttons, Ribbons, Patterns, Batting, Bundles, Braids, Threads and lots more.

Gail B

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Sunday 11 November 2012

Sale

Hi Everyone,

Sorry I have been absent for a while. Russell and I have done three shows in the last four weeks. Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide, which we have literally just finished. We have packed the pallet, which will be trucked back to Melbourne, packed the car and started the drive back home.

The news that hopefully you girls are interested in is that we are having a sale in the shop this week, starting on Wednesday


Victoria’s largest independent patchwork store
Patchwork with Gail B
(ABN 58 850 501 079
Sale
Fabric from $3.75 mt
(min quantities apply)

Nov 14th until Nov 17th Inclusive
Wed / Thur 9.00am – 4.30pm
Friday-16th 9.00am – 8.00pm
Saturday-17th 9.00am – 2.00pm

With special late night shopping
on Friday night till 8.00pm
www.patchworkwithgailb.com
www.
patchworkwithgailb.blogspot.com
gail@patchworkwithgailb.com

03 9729 3635

202 Canterbury Road
Bayswater Victoria 3153
(Inside Keith Fagg’s Tile Shop)
(Melways 50 K 12)

Sorry this is not set out well, but I did tell you I wasn't good at this blogging thing!

Come in and see what's on sale. We had six pallets of fabric arrive on the 2nd of November, so we need to clear some space.

Hope to see you through the week

Gail B


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Saturday 20 October 2012

More new fabrics

Hi everyone,

More new fabrics have arrived!!



Ric Rac Rabbits.

Gail B
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Thursday 27 September 2012

Saffron Craig fabric

Hi Everyone,

The latest Saffron Craig range is in store. Wombat Wonderland.



It features wombats and others to co-ordinate and it is 100% organic cotton.

I hope you are enjoying seeing so many new fabrics!

Happy stitching
Gail B
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Wednesday 26 September 2012

Fabric

Hi Everyone,

More fabric! A small range of animals chevrons spots stripes, sounds good any idea??







A very useful range of spotty blenders great colours and a great price of just $14 mt.








Bye for now.

Gail B
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Monday 24 September 2012

Fabric

Hi All,




A new book in store "Little Stitches" by Aneela Hoey. The book has 12 projects and over 100 patterns with lots of tips and techniques for embroidery. We have lots of Aneela's fabrics in the shop to complete your projects.






Mama said Sew by Sweet Water by Moda. I love the simplicity of the colours black cream grey red. What a great range to make two colour quilts!

Happy stitching
Gail B
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Thursday 20 September 2012

More fabric

Hi Everyone,

This is another range that has arrived at the shop.













"Coquette" by Chez Moi for Moda. We have fabrics on the bolt, fat 1/4's, and precuts.

Happy stitching
Gail B

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Wednesday 19 September 2012

Time for fabric

Hi Everyone,

Time to show you some of the new fabrics we have in the shop!




"Fox Hollow" by Monaluna, which is an organic cotton, and at just $20 per mt it is great.

Show you some more soon.

Happy stitching
Gail B
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Wednesday 12 September 2012

Hi Everyone,

What a day. I went into the shop today to photograph some of the new fabrics which have arrived!! Not to be.

At about 9.45 there was a loud bang, and the power went off. A truck had caught the power line between the power pole and our shop! So we were plunged into darkness.






Russell went and bought torches and customers were treated to a staff escorted torch tour of the shop. A big thank you to our customers who all handled the situation in good spirit.

Russell is still at the shop, he has just recently been told we are the power companies next call. 6.15pm. If you have been trying to phone us today, I am sorry but the phones were out of action also.

I will try to get the fabric photos tomorrow.

Gail B

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Sunday 9 September 2012

Recovery

Hi Everyone,

This last week, what I didn't tell you was that my recovery and all the chocolate was being bought in Queenstown New Zealand. Back in Feb our the 23 year old son and his girlfriend Hayley invited Russell and I to join them on a holiday to Queenstown. Feeling very privileged to be included in their vacation we all booked and waited for September 1 to arrive. After my hospital stay etc we decided I had to manage approx 8 hours to get there, so we booked wheel chairs for the airports and off we went.






This is the view we had from our apartment. Not a bad place to sit on the couch and recover.





We had a great week doing some sightseeing and just relaxing and in my case recovering.

I think I have only been in the shop for 2 days in the last 4 weeks, so I am quite excited to get back there tomorrow. I am still not up to doing full days, but will be there as much as I can.

How much new fabric has arrived in the last 4 weeks??

I will try and show you lots over the next few weeks.


Happy stitching
Gail B
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