Gorgeous Fabrics for Sale....

The time has come to really say goodbye to Little Diva Designs. I've sold off all of my stock and now it's time to offload lots of gorgeous fabrics (of course I can't part with it all so I have to keep a yard or two of each!!).

All fabrics are quilting-weight fabrics that are fantastic to sew with and really hold their shape and colours well.

Some of the designer fabrics available are:

Amy Butler (Full Moon Polka Dot in Cherry)

Alexander Henry (Yui Kokeshi in Pink)

Michael Miller (Carnival Bloom in Brown)

There is also some 22mm self cover buttons (metal front and back)

and some adjustable rings with 10mm flat pad

Just click here to see what else we've got...

(Please don't forget to visit my new store, Kawaii for You, for lots of Japanese cuteness)

Giveaway - last chance today...

Today is the last chance to enter my giveaway. So if you haven't already, click here to go to the blog post and leave a comment - you've got plenty of chances for more than one entry too...


I'll be drawing the winner tomorrow... Good Luck!!!

Giveaway time.....

Finally, it's Giveaway Time..... This was supposed to coincide with my 100th post but that didn't quite happen, so here's my 113th post Giveaway !!

There is a nice bundle of things you can win and one person will win them all.



1. Cute little coin/card purse.. great for a little girl or use it yourself...


inside is lined with these pretty little love hearts:



2. Magnetic Bookmark:



3. Three Fat Quarters of Jenean Morrison's "Moondance" fabric for Free Spirit: (if you're not a sewer why not use it to wrap a gift for one of your crafty friends!!)



4. Vinyl covered pencil case - lined with a gorgeous lime green fabric:


All you have to do to enter is follow my blog, follow me on Twitter, or become a fan of my Facebook page. You'll get one entry for each so make sure you leave a separate comment for each and if you already follow me, that's great, still leave a comment for each one. Make sure you let me know your Twitter/Facebook name in your comments so I can match you up.

And you can also get another entry by blogging about this giveaway on your blog. So that's four chances at winning. Oh, and I'll post worldwide too.

Good Luck!! I'll be drawing the winner on Sunday 16th August...

Only 1 week to go....

Well, this time next week I'll be at the Stitches and Craft show here in Brisbane. It will be the first of what no doubt will be five tiring yet very exciting days.


I've got my stall setup sorted out and will be there on Tuesday to get it all ready. I won't spoil it by showing you any pics yet as it just doesn't look the same in my lounge room as I'm hoping the real thing will. Here's a couple more Snigglebottom's just about ready to go though (just need their little ribbon belts).

(Iggle, Jynessa and Scotty Snigglebottom)

My only hiccup is a very frustrating encounter with an online fabric shop in the US. I received an email on 4th April advising my fabric order had been shipped. I was getting worried that I hadn't received it so I chased them up yesterday and got a reply that they don't know what happened but it was only just posted out on Monday !!!

The order was for quite a bit of fabric and I was going to make a few more dresses for the collection but a lot of it was for my DIY skirt kits that I'm putting together for the show. If only they had told me of their mistake, I would have had them send it some way that would get here quicker. Let's just hope it at least arrives next week !!

Anyway, here's just a little example of good and bad customer service that I have experienced recently:


Example 1: BAD - you know the story from above so basically they forgot to post my order; didn't bother to let me know; received a weak apology after I chased them up and nothing else. Actually the word sorry wasn't even mentioned, only "we are not sure what happened but it's on its way" - gee thanks !!


Example 2: EXCELLENT - I made a fabric purchase from another online fabric store based in the US a while back and once received I went through it all and noticed there was one part of the order missing. Just 2 yards of a particular fabric. I emailed them to advise them and would have been happy with a refund for that 2 yards. But not only did they post that 2 yards to me at their own expense but they also offered me a 30% discount off my next order.

We all know which shop I "won't" be going back to....

Anyway, it's a beautiful day here in sunny Brisbane and I have a 2 year old asleep and two 4 year olds about to have rest time, so I might head outside for a quite cuppa before getting into some more sewing and show preparation....

Moondance Fabric...

After a tiring weekend and an early start to the day (thanks to an text message from New Zealand) I received a lovely package. A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to win a fantastic giveaway from Jenean Morrison who is the designer of the beautiful "Moondance" fabric range for Free Spirit Fabric.

I won a stack of fat quarters - each a different one from the Moondance range. Yay for me !! Now, what to make ..??



Jenean also paints, draws and lots more and you can see here website here.

Happy Belated New Year...

Happy 2009 to everybody. Sorry the blogs have been a bit light on lately, but no doubt this time of year is just a crazy for you as it is for me. Anyway, here's a short run down on what's been going on here.

(the girls are wearing dresses that I make as part of the Little Diva range)



Christmas was great - Charlotte was awake bright and early at 6am but unforunately Riley decided that was the day she'd have a really good sleep in and slept until 7.30am !! And that was only because we sent Harry in to climb all over her. Poor Charlotte had to wait all that time to see what Santa had brought her. Actually, I couldn't believe how patient she was and by 7am I let her open a little present from us.



We had our usual Buttermilk Pancake breaky before heading over to my hubby's parents for a couple of hours and some more presents. Then off to my Mum and Dad's for Christmas lunch with my family and many more presents - the kids were so spoilt that I've had to put some of the presents away for a bit...


(christmas carnage...)

Lunch was divine and the kids had lots of fun playing with their cousins and swimming in the pool (thank God for that as the Brissie heat was definately up there on Christmas Day). Very tiring as usual but we all had a fantastic day.

Then the day after boxing day we headed down to Kingscliff for a few nights which was really nice. The weather was just beautiful although there was some rain on a couple of the nights and the river was absolutely freezing !! Alright once you were in though - probably because you body was numb! The kids don't care though and it was much easier than going to the beach (although we still went there a couple of times as it's just across the road from where we stay).




Now it's back to the norm with my hubby back at work today. Only three weeks though until we head off to Evans Head (northern NSW) for a whole two weeks at the beach - yay !

By the way, sorry the first Newsletter isn't out yet but I'll be sending it out soon and I'll also be posting some pics of my latest fabric purchase on the blog - I can't wait to receive it as there's some really gorgeous fabric I haven't seen around before. So stay tuned....