I’m jealous, Hobart
Rainbow threads
On my tour to Tassie last week for more workshops, fellow Crafty Minx Belinda Gobbey kindly took me to The Quilted Crow, owned by partners Leonie & Deirdre… I fell in love, in raptures over the delicious range of fabrics. Very jealous of all those Hobart people living in such close proximity to this beautiful store, when I’m so far away. Deirdre’s son works at one of Hobart’s popular tip shops and sources all the second-hand furniture, which I love also.
Award-winning quilter Helen Stubbings came along to the workshop at Fullers Bookshop and I couldn’t help gushing over her quilt, shown here below. I bought a few half-metre lengths of Rosalie Quinlan fabric (love love love this – it even has a tea set design), hand-dyed felt in bright red, blue and yellow and some sweet rusted heart and star decorations for the xmas tree this year. Heaven is.
Fab chintzy prints and polka dots
Helen Stubbings quilt & doll house
Fat squares
Cute corners
Tea cosy and lovely striped bias binding
Another delicious quilt
And more...
Hand-dyed wool felt
Hi, you might not know that also in Hobart is ‘Lyrebird – steiner products’ shop (just up the road from ‘Qulited Crow’, opposite ‘Spotlight’). This small shop is sells genuine 100% wool felt in x79 colours! It is available in A4 size, meter strips or any colour can be ordered by the meter. It is beautiful felt from Holland (shipped in by Lyrebird directly from the Dutch factory). The phone number to check opening hours is 6231 1433.