Welcome to Wednesday

And welcome to your Midweek Moments. Well, all the emotions are represented in this week’s edition – love, fear, passion, betrayal, redemption, and especially jealousy. This last emotion is brought to you by the guest of honour in this week’s Big ‘n’ Bizarre. Bless that Green Eyed Monster.

Quilt as you go Sampler Workshop with Monica Poole

This one day workshop with Monica Poole will be packed full of information on 5 different quilt as you go techniques. It will also explain sketchy applique and directions for a modern machine sewn binding.

If you haven't tried any of these techniques before, then this workshop is a must.

Cost: $45.00 + requirements (each student will need to purchase a copy of the Quilt as you go Sampler Quilt pattern booklet for $25.00, click here to purchase.)

Date: Wednesday, 30th November

Time: 10AM - 4PM

Note: A small amount of pre-cutting will need to be completed prior to your workshop attendance.

To book in, click here. We hope to see you there!

Back In Stock!

LED Mini Clip-On Light

Back in stock we have this great little gadget, perfect stitching and quilting at home and also whilst travelling.  Also sewing machine friendly.

With it's small size and low weight, it is very portable and with it's flexible neck and tilt functionality, it will suit any of your sewing conditions!

The LED Mini Clip-On Light has 6 ultra bright LEDs, a dimmer function and the diffusion lens provides greater lighting comfort to reduce eyestrain.

You can purchase the LED Mini Clip-On Light here.

Book Worm

By Karli Galvin

This week I invite you to feast your eyes on this wonderful book by Robert Shaw called 'American Quilts: The Democratic Art, 1780-2007'. This beautifully photographed book presents a historical perspective of a quintessentially American medium and provides a spectacular archive of quilt masterpieces. It is a fascinating chronicle of the growth and evolution of an art form with a rich heritage, and have I mentioned..such stunning quilts!

Whilst having fun flipping through and gazing at all the beautiful quilts, you also now have a reference for some really unique and original designs - 355 pages of these references to be exact!

This book is a must have for lovers of quilt history, so buy one today!

Big 'n' Bizarre

A road trip of Australia’s fiberglass monuments

The Big Ram

As we all know by now, sibling rivalry between Big Things is fierce. And if you’re not  entirely convinced of this, then consider the case of the Big Ram.

We’re in a little town called Wagin, approximately 230kms south east of Perth in the middle of Western Australia’s sheep-farming district. The Big Ram guards the town’s main entrance, earning it the impressive nickname of ‘the sentinel of Wagin’. It’s 9m high, 13m long, weighs in at 4 tonnes and is adored by every single one of the town’s 1,293 residents. But in spite of the rosy picture this paints, the Big Ram still has a giant chip on its fiberglass shoulder – it’s constantly being mistaken for Goulburn’s Big Merino.

Not by those adoring residents, mind you. They have no doubt that the Big Ram is vastly superior. But in popular culture, it’s the Big Merino that gets all the publicity and associated kudos. And even though the two alpha sheep are in different time zones and separated by an entire continent, tensions remain.

Ironically, they were both unveiled in the same month of the same year – September 1985. In fact, the Big Ram was actually unveiled a week before the Big Merino, a fact which only adds to the Ram’s frustration.

One thing the Big Ram has over its eastern cousin is that it has a much nicer home, standing proudly on a little hillock, surrounded by picnic tables and beds of wildflowers. The Big Merino, on the other hand, lives in the concrete grounds of a service centre. Even the Ram’s nickname of Ba-a-a-rt (we’re not kidding) has legendary origins. According to popular folklore, while the Big Ram was being constructed, a passing truckload of ewes all ba-a-a-a-ed in the Ram’s direction at exactly the same time.

And why wouldn’t you? All up, the Big Ram deserves the highest admiration, scoring lots of points and ticking all the right boxes. No visit to Wagin is complete without a pilgrimage to Giant Ram Park to pay homage to this most impressive Big Thing, and one of the very best in the west. Just don’t mention the Big Merino.

And the last word...

“The one with the most fabric at the end, wins!”