Monday, September 22, 2014

Fabrics4u2 are going to the .... Brisbane Craft and Quilt Fair

FABRICS4u2 will be off to the Brisbane Craft and Quilt Fair in 2 weeks.

We are right in the middle of planning at the moment preparing toy kits, quilt kits, bag kits, new clothing samples and of course new fabrics.

We ordered in some of the lovely Moda, Miss Kate fabrics which we thought were perfect for some of our bags and little dresses. 


 I love the aqua ones and this one will be used for our Foxy Kit.  Just need to find time to make the sample up now.  

Our toy and bag kits are so great to use. They include all the bits and pieces you need to start the project including fabric, eyes, felt etc.  They are great for beginners too and you get to see the results relatively quickly.  Here is one of the bag kits made from Moda fabric. Miss Kate in navy and lime green. 




This bag was so easy and it came out so well.  So versatile too. I have seen it in many different fabrics and it always looks great.  Perhaps I will make one each for all the girls in the family for Christmas!

We would love to know if you are going to the show as we will be running daily specials on items also.  Some only lasting for an hour of a day but they will be great specials!  Details will be here on the blog, FB and on the website!

Friday, September 19, 2014

Raspberry Parlour Range by Riley Blake has ARRIVED!

The long awaited gorgeous range by Sue Daley for Riley Blake is here!

Beautiful muted tones of pink, creams and reds, it is a perfect range for a little girls bedroom, quilts, dresses and decor.

I am going to make one of these little dresses out of it


And maybe some matching ruffle bloomers.

Here are some pictures of this gorgeous range




I am adding it to the website as I type so you can check here to see all 21 fabrics from the range.


Friday, September 12, 2014

Finally ... I got my Newsletter Link working


I have spent the best part of the last few days titivating my website. 


Moving borders, updating photos and words and yesterday I added the code to allow people to sign up automatically to my newsletter directly on the website.

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All rather exciting at Fabrics4u2 HQ. 

I even learnt what a 'Favicon' was and added mine 


Can you see it??? 

Then I got a bit of a bug and had to add the newsletter signup to this Blog, yes that's right, there is a tab at the top which  will take you directly to our newsletter signup. Too easy! and then I had to add one on FB as well.  

You know the more you mess around with the website code the more you start to understand what affects what, but ONE BIG TIP ....
COPY THE ORIGINAL CODE 
so if you mess up you can go back and start again. Just pop it into a word document. It is actually easier to read in there anyway and you can make copies of what you updated and that way see what you need to reverse.

I hope my inexperience is of some help to someone. Does anyone else have any tips for me? I would love to hear them!


Wednesday, September 10, 2014

My Very First Blog Post

What do you blog about the first time?  I  have no idea so I thought I would share what arrived in the mail for me today.  My brand new samples of my new Toy Kits.

So excited to have these made up in my chosen fabrics ready for the Craft and Quilt Fair in Brisbane in a few weeks.

I had three made up to join the animal zoo forming at my workshop.

The first one and my favourite is the bulldog.

Isn't he great.  He will be available at the show in a kit which contains everything but the stuffing and the thread and hard work.

I also had a gorgeous little kitten made all in pink.


and lastly a very cool dragon.  Don't you love the greens.


All these animals will be available in kits in these great fabrics as soon as all the parts arrive here and are packaged up.  In the meantime I have lots of great patterns available on the website that you can use to get you started and so many fabrics I can't keep up with listing them all.

I  hope you enjoy checking out my website and seeing my blog posts. You can also find me on Facebook and Instragram.

I would love to hear what you think of my new samples if you want to add a comment below.
Thanks