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| Aisin Australia
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| Move into an exciting new realm of creativity hand-in-hand with the Toyota Decomaster DE325 sewing machine. Experience all the pleasure of elegant, easy, free-motion quilting with the fantastic foot pressure and drop-feed control on this divine machine. This truly is a multi-purpose machine that will sew every type of project from dress-making, alterations and home décor to patchwork and quilting. With more than five specialised stitches, plus all accessories including the fabulous walker foot, your creativity in patchwork and quilting will be endless. It features a needle threader, a one-step buttonhole feature and a fully adjustable stitch width and length function. Priced at $449.00, this machine is a must-have. The electronic foot pedal gives you total control of machine speed and needle power. Available at Aisin Australia, you can now embellish quickly and confidently thanks to the amazing features that this piece of equipment has to offer.
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| Always Quilting
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0 | Aurifil Thread Clubs, exclusive to local patchwork stores, are affordable ways to build a collection of beautiful threads and are similar to Block of the Month programs. You receive spools of Aurifil thread each month to fill the supplied storage box. Club programs are individually designed to suit each member store and their customers. Choose from a range of clubs, including the Piecing Collection, the Appliqué Collection or one of the Rainbow Collections for quilting. Contact Always Quilting to find out more about these store programs.
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| Always Quilting
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| Suitable for both hand- and machine-stitching, the Aurifil range is sure to have the right thread for all your patchwork needs. In fact, the new Cotton Makò thread kits make a delightful gift and are not only a practical way to store your threads at arm’s reach in your sewing room but a nifty way to carry them to class. You’ll be spoilt for choice with these two designs: the suitcase kit comes with a glorious selection of 48 spools and the kit box showcases 12 great spools. If quilting and piecing is your passion, you can achieve invisible stitches using the fine Cotton Mako’ Ne 40 1000-metre stools or you can feature blanket stitch with the thicker Cotton Mako’ Ne 28 750-metre stools. Stitch finely detailed quilting such as ditch stitching or echo appliqué with Cotton Mako’ Ne 40 and 50 or sew your motifs and art quilting with the thicker Cotton Mako’ Ne 28 and 12. Or, if there’s a particular thread you are looking for, the complete colour range is available by placing an order at Always Quilting.
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| Anam Cara Patchwork
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| Debbie, Julie and Rhonda opened Anam Cara Patchwork in May this year and are very proud of their bright shop at Kialla Lakes, Shepparton. With a large range of stitchery patterns from Cinderberry Stitches, Artsmart Cottage, Figglebug Designs, Ella and Skysie, Wildcraft Farm and TeddlyWinks, it is no wonder many are flocking to this delightful craft haven. The store’s block-of-the-month programs will to inspire you year-round, including My Blue Heaven designed by Therese Hylton for those who love blue hues and Noah and Friends by Kookaburra Cottage in gorgeous, bright fabrics. Or, if you want to get ready for Christmas early, take part in the Teddy Bear’s Christmas BOM designed by Teddlywinks completed in Nancy Halvorsen’s fantastic 2008 Christmas range.
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| Antique Angel
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| Kylie Irvine designed this beautiful Antique Flower Garden Block of the Month quilt for those who love antique and floral prints. Based on her original design Taupe Flower Garden, this new design has over 60 Japanese floral fabrics including naïve flowers. The pieced blocks blend wonderfully together and give it a classic antique look that is very popular at the moment. The quilt is sized 75” x 90” (190 x 230cm), and the block of the program includes 25 blocks made over 10 months. The sashing, borders and binding are then sent for you to complete the quilt in months 11 and 12. Antique Flower Garden is available to start immediately, with a first-month payment of GB£48.50 (approx AUD$100), followed by 11 monthly payments of GB£16.50 (approx AUD $39). You can choose to make the larger size — 97” wide by 90” long (246 x 230cm) — as shown in the photograph with an additional charge for the 10 extra blocks and extra border/binding fabrics. The pattern instructions are comprehensive and the appliqué patterns are full size. P&H free to Australia, New Zealand and USA.
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| Antique Angel
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| Elegant, refined and sophisticated — these are just a few words to describe the Taupe Flower Garden quilt. UK-based patchwork store, Antique Angel, is giving you the opportunity to make this first in a series of block-of-the-month quilts designed by Kylie Irvine. This top-selling quilt, measuring 75 x 90in, runs more than 10 months with 25 blocks in total, plus the borders and binding are completed in months 11 and 12. The pattern instructions are comprehensive and the appliqué patterns are full-sized. The wonderful texture of Japanese taupes and florals makes the naïve flowers and pieced blocks is simply beautiful. Taupe Flower Garden is available to start immediately with a first-month payment of £48.50 (approx AU$100), followed by 11 monthly payments of £18.50 (approx AU$39.00). Postage and handling is free to Australia, New Zealand and USA.
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| Australasian Quilt Convention
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| If you’ve got a passion for hand appliqué then don’t miss the 2008 Australasian Quilt Convention. Renowned US appliqué expert Becky Goldsmith of Piece O’ Cake Designs will make a second visit to Australia especially for the popular four-day quilting extravaganza. Becky, who is in hot demand overseas for her innovative and easy-to-follow techniques, taught in Canberra earlier this year and will return to share her expertise at AQC. Book a spot in Becky’s class and discover her unique take on traditional patterns.
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| Australian Country Quilts
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| Premium Fabric Sheets, distributed by Australian Country Quilts, are A4-sized printable cotton fabric sheets. They are so easy to use: simply take a personal photo or create a quilt on your computer screen, then place a fabric sheet into your inkjet printer and press ‘print’. Rinse and sew the permanent and fully washable sheets into a myriad of projects. The range of Images on CD — Quilt Collection, Stitcheries, Vintage Collection, Heartwarmers and Labels & Borders — allows you to create a quilt on screen then print it directly onto the Premium Fabric Sheets. Sandwich the quilt together, stitch in the ditch and no one will know it wasn’t pieced.
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| Bear Cottage Crafts
0 | Apart from teddies, you’ll find an exquisite array of gifts and homewares at Bear Cottage Crafts. Scented Raspberry Blush candles from Auschar Polyco Candle Company come in several colours and styles. Choose from tea lights in glass holders as well as the larger pillar and ball candles. Rose the cat is a Whimsiclay from Jasnor and would make herself purr-fectly at home in your home. The Robert Gordon range includes this pretty patterned Jug and Tea Ball and Bowl. It is a great gift for a tea connoisseur. Simply pop a spoonful of loose tea leaves in the tea ball, place it in the bowl or your preferred mug and let it brew.
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| Bernina
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| The new computerised Bernette 92c from Bernina will provide free rein to your creativity and individuality. With its LCD graphics for stitch display, 150-7mm stitches including one full alphabet and nine presser feet, this machine is a top-of-the-line Bernette. No matter what type of project you're creating, functions like programmable needle-stop position, twin needle support, simple stitch modification, slide-speed control, a drop-in bobbin system and on-screen help make sewing a breeze. Plus your stitches are displayed on a large 48 x 48 pixel screen so you can select and recall your settings in seconds. It's the ideal machine for all your creative sewing adventures.
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| Bernina
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| Bernina has the perfect solution for anyone suffering from the effects of mature eyesight or someone who simply needs to see a close-up view of their project. The Bernina Magnifier Set offers the best solution with a set of three interchangeable lenses, each with different grades of strength, which can be attached to the sewing machine by a special bracket. In fact, these are especially useful when working with fine, intricate work such as heirloom, embroidery, fine appliqué and especially black-on-black. Best of all, the magnifier is especially handy for any fine reverse sewing (unpicking) that may be needed from time to time.
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| Brenda Ryan Embroidery Designs
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| Refined, elegant, sophisticated: these are just a few of the words that describe these gorgeous pre-printed ready-to-embroider panels. These delightful heirloom-quilted pieces from Brenda Ryan Embroidery Designs take the worry and frustration out of embroidering. Simply choose from the Heart Stitchers and In the Garden themes, then follow the detailed easy-to-use instructions and you’re ready to start stitching! The panel, measuring 13in square, is made up of 100 per cent soft sprigged cream cotton with Matilda’s Own batting and would look splendid on a cushion centre. The kit retails for $59 each, including postage within Australia.
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| Busy Thimbles
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2 | The earthy, exotic scent of an espresso coffee is not only one of the most perfect ways to start your morning, but also a perky pick-me-up throughout the day and a delicious end to a decadent meal. Now your favourite type of coffee — be it espresso, caffe latte, mocha or java — never need be too far from your mind with the new Morning Roast fabrics from Busy Thimbles. Cute coffee-cup patterns and patterned co-ordinates in brown and cream make up the range, which retails at $22.95 per metre.
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| Busy Thimbles
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| For something a little different and thoroughly practical why not include a piece of blackboard fabric in your next quilt or wallhanging? Just like an actual blackboard, this fabric allows you to write on it with chalk and then rub it off again! This would be a great addition in a kitchen wallhanging: simply chalk notes and reminders up on your wallhanging for easy reference. Treat your kids and include it in children’s floor mats so that they can have fun constantly rubbing out and creating new pictures. This fabric, available from Busy Thimbles, can easily be sewn with a normal needle and thread and a piece measuring
20 x 23in retails for $14.50.
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| Busy Thimbles
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2 | Add a little Gallic elegance to your bedroom with this French Boudoir queen-sized quilt pattern and pillows. A central ribbon star surrounded by fleur-de-lis is the focal point, with the pillowcases using a simple star and fleur-de-lis design. Given its size, it is surprisingly simple to make. Available from Busy Thimbles the pattern retails for $16.95, the quilt top kit (in rich brown tones and finished off with cuddly chenille borders) for $154.95 and the full quilt kit for $264.95.
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