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News:: Brand new Red Brolly Bag pattern...for all my sisters in stitching

Finally!!! Boy, this year has started off with a "BANG." I've finally got a brand new pattern which I'll be taking with me to the AQC this weekend in Melbourne. Remember, I'll be there on Friday and Saturday from 10am- 2 pm on the CheraBella Button stand (stand 165).

So are you ready for my new pattern? Those stitching friends on my Red Brolly facebook page have had a sneeky peek.....ready???

It's a new bag pattern

I've called the bag "Sisters," and it's for all we love about our sisters, whether they are related or just your closest friend. A lovely shoulder bag, with plenty of room inside to put all our little treasures, with a sisters applique design on the front.

You like?

Here's a little something special. Are you coming to the AQC this weekend? As you know I'll be there, but what you don't know is that I'll be there with my new "Sisters" bag. I'll be taking photos over the course of the 2 days that I am there of you and your sister with my brand new bag. These photos will be placed on my blog in celebration of our "sisters." A lucky few will go on the back of the pattern cover, to be distributed worldwide!

Hope to see you there...oh, and if you're too far away to travel, I will be selling my brand new pattern for wholesale and retail in my Red Brolly shop from next week.

Hope to see you in Melbourne!

 

P.S if you miss me at the show, you'll probably find me hanging out in one of Melbourne's lovely little coffee shops or in one of its many shoe boutiques....!!!

A jolly Red Brolly Christmas

Are you thinking of presents to give to someone? Here's some great Red Brolly bags, cones, baskets for you to make to give that special friend.

Use some of my recipes to fill your goody bags and cones with...makes a great handmade Christmas gift. You could also use them to fill with choccies and lollies and place on the table for when you have little (or big!) visitors.

Some other great Christmas keepsakes to make to get the house in a festive mood (or to give as a present)...

Lots of great things to make and some fabulous tutorials coming up on the blog.

On a slightly different topic...how is everyone going putting their Christmas collections together for the Red Brolly Competition? If you don't so much have a Christmas collection, don't dispair, a great Christmas display will be fine. Emial your entires directly to me and I'll do the rest....

bronwyn@red-brolly.com.au

Here's another entry from Deb Smith Walters....a collection of Christmas Caroling Mice! "Fa la la la la la la la la....squeak!"

If you'd like to vote for Deb's entry, then click here. I've only just started the competition, so there is plenty of time to enter. A great prize to be one! Just in time- start the new year with some sewing projects and stitching goodies. I'm still busy finding exciting bits and pieces to put in the hamper, but, I will take a photo to share with you soon.

 

Jolly Christmas Bags.

Just as well I didn't book the overseas trip in anticipation of my Big Win on the Melbourne Cup yesterday.(sob!)

 

  I certainly didn't have a bet on that one.  Ah well- always next year.

  How did you go yesterday?

 Did anyone guess Green Moon as the winner of the Cup?

 

     This, I'm afraid, is an ad.

Time to pop off to get that cup of freshly brewed tea- or hang the washing on the line!

For those of us who didn't win big time on the horses- it's back to work as usual.  So- here are my two new Christmas patterns......

   Pattern 1-

 

 

  And Pattern 2

 

 

 Two easy to make bags to fill with goodies- and give as gifts, or use them to decorate your home at Christmas.

 

  The patterns include all the instructions for making the bags- plus lots of diagrams ( I know- when do I sleep?) and....

  each pattern has four different designs to applique or stitch for the front.

 

  I just love the Nana Huchy dolls. Just had to have them!

  These are two of the Night Before Christmas Bags

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   And two of the Santa's Pockets Bags....

 

 

 

 

  .. And, if you need a special gift for a friend or family member that sews- there's the new Itty Bitty Bag to hold all those needful sewing things- scissors, pins, pattern and project!

It has a bag in the centre to keep the sewing you're working on - neat and clean.

 

 It opens out, flat, so you can store sewing items in the inner pockets.

  The Itty Bitty Bag comes with two different designs for the front- or back.

 

 

 

  A lovely gift for yourself - or a mad keen sewer!

 

 

   Cheers all-

A new Quilt :: Meet "The Blueberry Girls!"

I've been hiding these lovely ladies...but now it's time for me to show you my brand new quilt design. I love these ladies...meet "The Blueberry Girls."

The finished quilt measures 38 1/2" by 38 1/2" with lots of lovely applique, patchwork and stitching. If you are heading to Melbourne this weekend for the AQC , it will be on display for you to see.

"The Blueberry Girls" Quilt pattern is available for wholesale purchase and should be arriving in your local quilt shop soon. If you can't find it, just ask the owner of the shop.

This is such exciting news that I can finally show you my "Blueberry Girls," and I have lots of lovely mini Blueberry projects coming your way to go with the quilt.

Looking forward to seeing your stitching.

Bronwyn...

 

 

 

           

Mmmm......The Blueberry Girls....

 

 

Red Brolly Patterns for Christmas.

Here's the most recent Red Brolly Christmas patterns for all those wanting to stitch something special for Christmas!

  These are rather cute- meant for holding sweets or a small gift- great for decorating the Christmas table.

    With three designs in the pattern: Angel, Santa and Cupcake.

  

 

 

Lots of gorgeous pockets for holding those pesky Christmas cards so they don't get lost!

  Makes a wonderful decoration to hang on a wall or the back of a door!

 

 

 

 

 

  

  Fill these gorgeous little trays with the Homemade goodies from your Kitchen to keep for your guests or give as presents!

 

       All patterns are available from the list of Red Brolly stockists on the                          stockist page of the Blog.

 

  Don't forget- Secret Santa Competition closes at 5p.m. tomorrow (Saturday) - So get your entries in!

 

New Secret Santa Competition.

           Here it is - as promised- A New Competition!

 

As you know, I recently had one of my quilts featured in Quilter's Companion Magazine with a project on how to make it.

  Here it is......

                      Size: 111cm x 115cm (43-1/2" x 45")

 

     With Santa, Bondi the Snowman and Frank the dog!

 

 

   Bondi the Snowman with presents.....    

 

 

                                   And the Lovebirds...

 

 

 

  I'm giving away this quilt as a prize in the Secret Santa Competition!

All you have to do to enter the competition and a chance to win this gorgeous quilt is write a comment telling me what you would like                           Secret Santa to bring you for Christmas.

 

(Please do Not write that you want to win the Secret Santa Quilt!)

 

All entries will go in the draw and the winning entry will be drawn out of the hat (Yes! It will be Secret Santa's Hat!) at 5 p.m. next Saturday afternoon-26th. 11. 2011.  

  You have up until 5p.m. Saturday to get your entry in.

  The winning entry will be announced on the blog on Sunday 27th. 11. 2011.  The prize will be posted to the winner on Monday 28th. 11. 2011.

  Entries are open to everyone- I will post the quilt internationally if the winning entry is from outside Australia.

  So- get your thinking caps on - and tell me......

 

                O.K- You've got the idea!  Best of luck to everyone!

P.S. Don't forget- the final Christmas Sampler Give-away is coming up shortly!

 

Hi Everyone,

I simply must hack into Bronwyn's post and tell you all how gorgeous this quilt really is. She hasn't even described how perfectly sewn it is. I can't let it go by and not tell you that the stitching done by Bronwyn is so lovely. Each stitch is perfectly hand-sewn by her and is just divine. I wish that I could sew even just half as good as her. She poured over this quilt for months, working on each block for days, there is not one stitch out of place. Each tiny little stitch is exactly the same as the one before it. Bronwyn is such a perfectionist. This quilt has been appliqued and beautifully hand stitched by her. It truely is an heirloom piece and will make a wonderful addition to your Christmas display. You must enter as you will not be disappointed with this quilt.

Good luck!

Sanchia...oh, and sorry Bronwyn :-)

OOps! A photo of the finished free Christmas sampler.

  Sorry about this- I forgot to put up a photo of the finished sampler!  Here it is:

 

      

 

 

 

     And here it is with a thinly cut felt, blanket stitched frame  and two gorgeous Giggle Buttons.....

 

Bronwyn ...

 

           

Are you thinking of Christmas?

I know, I know....Christmas talk already and it's the beginning of October. But, I KNOW you stitchers... if you want your house to look stunning for Christmas, you have been working on projects all year!

Here's a few of my Christmas patterns I wanted to share, as I just LOVE Christmas...

To decorate your tree, your table or to use for gifts....



My Christmas Buckets, featuring the Gingham Girls.

My latest Christmas designs.

What about a lovely centrepiece for the table, or to hang over your hearth?

And, FINALLY, my "The Gift" Christmas Quilt.

How are you going with "The Gift?" Anyone have any questions?

Do you have some progress photos you'd like to share? Please show me. I'd love to see how you are all going. You can post them to my, Bronwyn Hayes facebook page, or share them in my Red Brolly Christmas Flickr group.

Righto, back to the studio to continue working on a new quilt for next year.

 

 

 

Happy Stitching...Tomorrow a tutorial to make gorgeous stitched flowers. You'll love them!

My Town- Miss Twinkle's Teashop.

Finally!!!! My BOM has appeared in this month's edition of Australian Homespun magazine. Featuring "Miss Twinkle's Teahouse" and the always cat napping Brutus.

(....."Hey! I'm not ALWAYS napping, I do other things too, like eating, snacking, snoozing, nibbling and visiting Miss Possum in the back garden...")

The block also features gorgeously designed buttons from Giggle Buttons. Get this month's edition of Australian Homespun(Issue 12.9) from your local newsagent.

Don't forget to enter my competition if you haven't already...

 

P.S If you are a shop that stocks the magazine and will ship it internationally at a reasonable price, please help people out and list your details in the comment section. I always get asked by people overseas where to get the magazine from, so I would love to be able to help them out....TA.