Prints Charming

Preparing for Market Day

Full steam ahead in the studio as we prepare for our Market Day. We've all been working really hard...

...especially the little man below, working so hard he fell asleep in the cosy quilt. Must have been the comfort of curling up in a hand made item that did it!

Have you ever seen Kirsten in speedy mode, printing her heart out? Now you have...

New goodies getting packed, ready to sell...

We'll also be at Magnolia Square the week before so, as you can imagine, we've got lots of work to do!

Stay tuned for more sneak peaks over the next few weeks. And of course, for those of you who live too far away to come in for Market Day, we will have new product in our online store soon.

Happy stitching

Market Day November 28th...don't miss it!

Cool Quilts

Last Friday the studio was buzzing with action with some very busy quilting going on.

Beverley has been teaching a quilting class over the last few weeks and below are shots of some of the quilts the students are making. The course has covered the basics of quilting including choosing your fabrics, techniques and individual guidance along the way. Of course the best bit is that after all the hard work, you get to go home with a quilt to put somewhere special.

This is Nicola's quilt so far...

Tamara's handywork....

Tanya's quilt....

Fiona's quilt top is finished and at the quilter so no photos of it yet, but stay tuned....!

We always enjoy visits from all our customers and friends and pictured below are some  special Prints Charming friends. They dropped in all the way from Switzlerland while on holidays in Australia. Don't the girls have gorgeous happy smiles?!

Take care and enjoy your week :-)

PS: For those of you who asked where to buy the Heart mobile kits showcased on our blog a few weeks ago, they are now available to buy online here at our PC store.

Back from the Stitches and Craft Show

Well, back from the Stitches and Craft show and what a great time we had! Here's a few photos to show you our stand. And for those who weren't able to get there, check out our shop for lots of new additions.

Kirsten and Cath at the stand.

The lovely Sarah working hard.

Gorgeous girls showing us their knitting nancy creations.

Have a great week!

And the winner is....

We had a huge response to last week's blog calling for name suggestions for our latest creation and our favourite was Kaleidoscope, which makes Anne the winner! So Anne email us your details so we can send you a surprise in the mail.

And a big thank you to everyone for all the fabulous suggestions!

We spent yesterday madly packing for the Stitches and Craft show. It was worth it because the truck showed up and our stuff got neatly packed on board and today we are ready to set up our stand to greet you all from Wednesday onwards.

So make sure you pay us a visit at stand 136 and see our new wares.

We are also running 2 craft labs where you can learn to embroider a Prints Charming Hand printed patch like the one below...bookings taken at our stand 136 at the show.

Hope to see you there!

An unexpected visit

Well, this week we were paid an unexpected but very lovely visit from a couple all the way from Phoenix, Arizona!

Colette and Jeff had seen Prints Charming fabrics in the USA and then saw some more of our latest collection at Material Obsession. Kathy kindly gave them directions to our shop in Annandale so in they came! So thank you, Kathy.

Here you see Colette and Jeff with Kirsten and Cath. Jeff is holding a freshly printed motif hot off the table...our gorgeous new design printed on gingham. What's so great is that it wasn't only Colette who loved our stuff, Jeff is a keen quilter too.

Now speaking of new designs...we need a name for this new baby.

So all of you out there in blogland, get your thinking caps on and send us your suggestions. We'll send a prize for the best name!

We are still madly packing new goodies up for the Stitches and Craft show and here's a sneak peak at some more kits we're making....

And last but not least, a huge thankyou for these beautiful flowers which brought tears to our eyes when they arrived.....(you know who you are...)

Happy week to you all,

Kirsten and Cath

A jaunt to Bowral

Last week we had a wonderful adventure to the NSW highlands and went to visit Lynne at My Place in Bowral, NSW. It's a quick trip from Sydney and we had a gorgeous time rumaging around the town.

Here we are out the front of Lynne's beautiful shop. She stocks a wonderful array of fabric, homewares and an abundance of beautiful things. It's definitely worth a trip or even a detour if you are in the vicinity.

It was also extra special because both of our Mums came with us and here they are - Margaret and Heather!

Inside My Place  - Cath Kirsten and Lynne (and of course the Rainbow Garden range.)

Another angle of My Place.

I had to put this shot in...last but not least...Cath's crazy attempt at catching some quilts!

That's all for this week,

Happy creating,

Kirsten and Cath.

Thank you all round

We have a few people to thank this week, including our wonderful helper Lily who worked really hard packing, printing and helping us get ready for the big Darling Harbour Event!

Here she is, hard at work....

Another piece of exciting news is that we have our first official stockist in the UK. Blueberry Park is a beautiful online store so thank you to Karen for supporting Australian designers as well as the brits!

Check out Karen's wonderful store and blog and be inspired.

And while we're talking UK, we'd like to congratulate Katie, Sandy and Caroline for winning a Prints Charming fat qurter pack from Manda. ...another wonderful creative out there.

So definitely ...it's thank you all round from Prints Charming this week!

Prints Charming on Holidays.

Waiting..

An email was received a couple of days ago to let us know a parcel was on the way. We sat on the studio front steps waiting for the postie.

Parcel arrived safe and sound, who was inside? Prints Magoo.

And whose that in the bottom of the box?  Don't be shy Pheobe.

Aren't they just gorgeous and look at home sunning themselves on  our print table.

We met the clever sisters, Melly and Rosie, at Quilt Market last year and fell in love with their fun and quirky patterns. We sell the patterns in our shop and are thrilled to have them here. They make us smile.

Here's Hooty and Tweet pleased they have new friends.

Thanks Melly, Thanks Rosie.