Our Sue Daley Afternoon Tea Visit

Friday! The big day we have been working towards had arrived. We were hosting Sue Daley with afternoon tea. Sue is a fantastic speaker and even if you are not a Quilter her story is worth hearing. We started with Sue's talk once everyone had settled in.

Lots of shots of the afternoon. We had a lovely afternoon tea followed by Sue doing some book signing and some demos on English paper piecing.

I have to thank Sue for coming and spending the afternoon with us. It was a  pleasure.

Until the next time we do this

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

Cotton Carnivale 2018 Part 1

A lot of you know I head to Cotton Carnivale each year. I have been busy up in Noosa. There is always plenty of people to catch up with, lots to learn, heaps of new stuff to see and of course lots to eat.

We spend the first morning with Sue Daley working on a new English paper pieced block.

After lunch we had a wonderful afternoon with Jenny Doan from Missouri Star Quilt Co. 

Plus a couple of great talks. More to come.

Until Next Time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

Forget Me Not Sew Along # 1

I could not resist starting a new project using hexagons. Sue Daley of Sue Daley Designs specialises in English Paper pieces and accessories. Recently I have added her products to my shop. So if English Paper piecing is a favourite of yours or you would like to try it, I now have the supplies for you on the webshop and in the shop.
Last week Sue Daley start her Forget Me Not Sew Along on her blog using her latest range which happens to be call Forget Me Not. It is a English Paper piecing hexagon project. Now I love hexagons and hand piecing so this is right up my alley. So I hit the shop and selected some Civil War Miniatures & Civil War Times fabrics that I have in stock and off I went fussy cutting hexagons to my heart's delight.  Luckily Step 1 and Step2 are easy enough I should able to complete both steps this week during the evenings and I will be ready for  Step 3 when Sue releases it.
 It's not too late to join us and if you are interested here is the link to Sue's blog.
 This is Step 1 which I did easily in an evening with a black cat in my lap.

Then the first part of Step 2 another night.

Now I am close to finishing Step 2, just a few more hexagons to go.

Until Next Time
Keep Stitching
Cynthia

The Animals are returning to Cynthia's Ark

As a lot of you know I was in Noosa Queensland over the weekend. I spent a great weekend with Sue Daley, Riley Blake Designs Cindy and Gina and a whole bunch of great women all out to learn new things and network.
 I learnt lots of things over the weekend and you will see a number of changes over the next few months as I work through my list of improvements. The first new thing to Cynthia's Ark is we are now on Instagram so I am learning how to use it. So pop over and follow our daily feed on what may or may not happen.
There has been a change on the website with a couple of more to follow once I iron out some details. If you are looking for pattern now  they have their own category rather being under the patchwork banner and it is section into subcategories by designer.
The second big thing to come from the weekend is The animals are returning to Cynthia's Ark. If you don't know my story I started Cynthia's Ark with decorating china and porcelain ware with animals on them, mainly cats and dogs but all animals. I have had a number of animal themed patterns and fabrics in store after I moved on but I have decided I need to return the animals so we are going to stock Melly and Me patterns.

  I met Melanie at Cotton Carnival where she gave a very interesting talk on social media and photography and also ran a workshop where we each made her latest pattern Oliver Hoots, which will be in stock shortly with a number of her other animal patterns. Stay tuned for their arrival.

Until Next Time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

Cotton Carnivale 2015

If you follow my Goggle + page or my Facebook page you would know I am in Noosa Queensland with my quilting family. What a fantastic 4 days it has been. It has been full of workshops to help us to improve our businesses. All by Sue Daley and Riley Blake Designs. We have learnt heaps, talked and laughed a lot, eaten lots of good food and meet new friends. I can tell you I was pushed out of my comfort zone a number of times in workshops sewing new samples.
So when I return there is a lot of work to do. There is a lot of new products coming in over the next month. If you have been on the website in the last couple of days the patterns have moved to their own category as some of the new patterns will not fit under the patchwork category. We are branching out into a new area. Here are some pictures of the weekend.

Until Next Time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia