The Sewing Room

Lots of Changes

Hello everyone!

Well a lot has happened since I last posted. Our shop in Mt Wellington, Auckland has now closed and our family and shop and relocated to Hamilton. We are now trading under the new name of 'The Shabby Rose'. We are in a quaint little house in Claudelands not far from the Showgrounds.

I'm really enjoying my new lifestyle as we have brought a couple of acres out in the Rototuna area and life just seems to run at a slower pace down here which is a really nice change.

Lots of exciting things happening at the shop! Meeting all sorts of new customers, new staff, starting classes and of course yummy new products coming into the store.

This week we go in Amy Butler's NEW patterns and I just ordered a lot of her Soul Blossom's range which has finally landed in NZ. On top of this loads of other beautiful fabrics plus some new line's from Tanya Whelan and a couple of new designers.

Check out these new patterns:

Well, that's it for now but on my next post I will show you the cutest fabrics we got in yesterday from Riley Blake Designs, super cute I can see little girls dresses, skirts etc. Will take a photo today.

TFL Lisa :)

Amy Butler Projects

Ok, visiting Amy's gorgeous website is far too dangerous! Every time I become totally inspired and fall in love once again with her fabric stories. All ready 'Soul Blossom' has been released and I haven't even sewn up any 'Love' collection yet! How will I ever keep up considering I still haven't even quilted the 'Midwest Modern' quilt I made.

I just love the craft industry so much, it always makes me feel warm and happy inside and keeps my mind wandering. I finally picked out the pattern to use up my 'Love' fabrics. I just totally adore the colours of this room and it makes me want to redecorate! This pattern looks relatively easy and is a free download from Amy's website.

Don't you just love those gorgeous cushions on the couch plus the floor pillows?

To check out Amy's free patterns or download this 'Sexy Hexy Love Quilt' go HERE

I have cut out the Amy Butler Weekender Bag pattern and am up to sewing my piping. While checking Amy's site I came across the bag made up in the fabric I have chosen. I wish I had seen this earlier because I really love the fabric they have chosen for the piping, handles. I am using the green dot which will still look nice but I think I like this combo better. So here is what I hope my bag will turn out like:

Amy has just released another NEW sewing pattern, the 'Sandalwood Jacket' I just love this and would love to make this up also. We haven't got this in yet but it is still to come. Isn't the bag just gorgeous that she is holding?

I also love the pom pom trim around the cushions, we sell several colours and 2 sizes of this at the store.

Next week I'll take some photos at the bag class so you can see how all the different Amy Butler bags are coming along.

Please note: All above images are compliments to the Amy Butler Website.

TFL, Lisa