Di Mill

Camille Roskelley Australian Tour

I'm so excited to be writing this post. Life has been a bit crazy for me lately with so much to organise but I can finally let you know where Camille will be teaching while she is here in Australia:

Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th June - Camille will be at "Market Trends" the convention and trade show for Patchwork & Quilting Retailers (wholesale only) - Hometurn Room, Doomben Racecourse, Ascot (Brisbane)

Tuesday 10th June - workshop at FiFi's Fabricology, 64D Trees Road, Tallebudgerra (Gold Coast)

Wednesday 11th June - 10am Trunk Show / meet n greet at FiFi's Fabricology

                                     Evening - Trunk Show/meet & greet at The Quilter's Store - 4/286 Evans

                                                    Rd, Salisbury (Brisbane)                                                                         

Thursday 12th June -   Workshop at The Quilter's Store

Friday 13th June -        Evening - Trunk Show/ meet n greet at Kim Bradley Creations 7/9 Packard  

                                                   Ave, Castle Hill (Norwest Sydney)

Saturday 14th June -      Workshop at Quiltsmith - 75 Nelson Street, Annandale (Sydney)

Sunday 15th June -        Workshop at Kim Bradley Creations

 

Please contact the stores if you would like to attend any of Camille's trunk shows or workshops. I'm sure you will be in for a treat and have a wonderful day. Be quick as spots are filling up fast. All of these stores will have some early pre-cuts of Camille's new range "Miss Kate" for you to purchase. It is a beautiful range of fabric.

 

Camille's new pattern Red Letter Day will be the workshop at all stores. It is a wondeful pattern that I know you will enjoy making.

 

There is not long to go - it will be June before we know it and I will be waiting at the airport to pick Camille up! I can't wait!!

 

Take care....Di

 

 

                                           

Camille Roskelley is coming to Australia!

I can't believe how long it has been since I've sat down to write in this space. I have been working very hard on a very special project which I can now reveal. I am so excited to announce that I am holding a Trade Show & Convention for Austalian Patchwork & Quilting Retailers in Brisbane and the gorgeous Camille Roskelley from the USA will be our special guest. Camille is a Moda designer who designs with her Mum under the Bonnie and Camille label. Myself along with PK Fabrics are very proud and excited to be bringing Camille out to Australia.

 

Camille will be at the trade show all weekend to meet with the retailers and promote her latest Moda range "Miss Kate" which will be released in May. Camille will also be teaching at the following stores:

FiFi's Fabricology on the Gold Coast - Tuesday 10th June

The Quilters Store & The Embroiders' Store in Brisbane - Thursday 12th June

Quiltsmith in Sydney - Saturday 14th June

 

This is very early notification so you can contact each store and let them know you are interested in doing a class with Camille and they will put you on their "expressions of interest" list and let you know when they have all of the details confirmed.....you heard it first here!

If you are involved in the Patchwork & Quilting industry on a wholesale level then you won't want to miss this:

Market Trends will be held at the Hometurn Room at Doomben Racecourse, 75 Hampton St, Ascot  Qld. I have been so busy trying to organise this event and I'm very excited to bring such great Australian distributers together and promote their fabric lines. I have many things planned for the weekend. As I'm travelling to Quilt Market in Pittsburgh USA in May, I will be bringing back photos and ideas of all the latest trends in fabric design as well as the latest marketing and display ideas. The convention section of the trade show is important to me as education is the secret to success! I want to ensure that the education/ideas that I present are relevant and helpful to the retailers in our industry, so I will be spending many hours slaving over the laptop, ensuring that I will be presenting a program of lectures that will be inspiring and helpful in sustaining and growing our industry.

More information and online booking facility will be available very soon! For equiries on the trade show you can email me at: dimill@bigpond.net.au

 

I will be back soon with more information.

Take care,

Di

 

 

AQM

Last weekend was AQM - Australian Quilt Market in Melbourne, a wholesale trade show for those in the Patchwork & Quilting industry. My daughter come down with me and was able to grab my ipad and video some of the booths and new product. I've made a video for you to have a glimpse into what goes on at AQM (I didn't realise how much I use my hands when I talk)!!

 

 

 

I hope you enjoy it.

 

Take care....Di

 

Thursday Inspiration

 

 

image source

 

 

Take care....Di

 

 

Fave Finds

Five things I've found on the net this week that have made me smile:

 

 

 

1. Baby Shoes on etsy  2. baby skirt & pants pdf  3. iphone baby quilt  4. Melly & Me bunnies  5. wool felt animal bookend set

 

 

Take care....Di 

Out and about

I thought I would try and share with you each week some of the lovely quilts I see as I visit Patchwork & Quilting stores around Queensland.

This week I saw this gorgeous quilt at Quilt Essentials in Eatons Hill. It's made out of the Kona Bay range called "Tomorrow  Morning"

 

 

Here is a close up photo:

 

 

Often when I am selling a range of fabric, I only have paper samples to show and many times, I only see the product on fabric when it's in the stores. This was one of those ranges. I really liked it on paper - it was a fresh modern take on an Asian theme. I was delighted to see that it is even nicer on fabric than it was on paper. Claudia has done a lovely job on choosing a quilt design to suit the fabric. If you would like to purchase a kit to make this quilt please contact Claudia at the store.

 

Take care....Di

 

Quilt Market News

I hope you are having a lovely weekend?

Moda have posted a video on their blog which has quilts that are from their latest fabric release. I thought you might like to have a look and see what's coming to Australia in the new year:

 

 

 

video link

 

You can also see a video at their blog on how they made all of the giant nautical props that were used for display at the booth at Quilt Market.

 

Enjoy your weekend.....Di

 

Quilt Market News

While Quilt Market was on, I usually woke up at 4.30 - 5am so I could search through all the social media to see photos of what was happening. Not only did I get to see the booths and quilts etc of products that I sell, but I got a feel for what was popular at Market due to the number of photos that were showing up.I guess you could say I could see what was "Trending".

Alissa Haight Carlton was one of those popular girls as her Modern Solids 2 range was popping up all over social media. It has just been released by In The Beginning. After the success of Modern Solids  - it seems that everyone has been hanging out for the second release....and it's arrived! Modern Solids - although a solid - is a cross weave, so you get a beautiful subtle texture that you won't get with normal solid fabrics. Can you see the texture in the fabrics below?

 

image source

 

The quilt below was one of Alissa's quilts on display and this quilt has all of the new colours in the Modern Solids 2 range, incorporated into it.

 

image source

 

If you pop over to Alissa's blog you can read all about her Modern Solids 2 range. This is a great post on how Alissa chose her new colours.

 

image source

 

I love the simplicity of the quilt below and the stunning quilting:

 

image source

 

Watch out for Modern Solids 2 arriving in Australian Stores early 2014. (In The Beginning Fabrics are distributed throughout Australia by Lloyd Curzon Textiles)

 

Take care....Di

 

 

Thursday Inspiration

 

 

image source

 

 

 

Take care....Di

 

 

Quilt Market News

Today I want to share with you a new designer that was very popular at Quilt Market over in Houston. Robert Kaufman has a designer called Carolyn Friedlander. Her first range was released 12 months ago and it was called Architecture. This market Carolyn released her second fabric range  called "Botanics". I have seen photos of Carolyn's booth and her fabrics all over social media so she certainly created a buzz! I really like her designs. They are different to anything else out there in the market place and I really enjoy seeing designers pushing the boundaries. 

 

image source

You can find more information on the patterns for the quilts shown in the booth here

image source

Carolyn's design wall is gorgeous and gives us an insight into projects to come:

 

image source

 

image source

It's always lovely to see clothing being made out of the fabric ranges. I think April and Elizabeth below look great!

 

image source

 

image source

 

Jaybird Quilts has also used Botanics in her new Block of the Month:

 

 

Carolyn Friedlander in her booth:

image source

 

Take care....Di