Hand Dyed Fat Eighths - Precious Purl Giveaway!!

A great new product for Precious Purl is this range of hand dyed 100% Cotton Homespun Fat eighths.
Exclusive to us, these wonderfully patterned pieces will appeal to Patchworkers, Sewers and all Textile artists. They come in a great range of colours, the 3 pictured below, plus brown, black, purple and orange/yellows. Shelegh, the dyer, will gradually add to her colour range.
If you would like one of these!! Read on!!

I have decided to give one of these fat eighths plus some other surprise goodies to a randomly selected lovely person who leaves a comment on this blog by Tuesday 27th July! Tell me your favourite colour and I will try to select one that you would like. Good Luck!

Australian Wool & Sheep Show - Bendigo

What a huge, long weekend !! Precious Purl made the trip to Bendigo for this amazing show, the largest of its type in the Southern Hemisphere. We met so many customers, old and new (not talking about birthdays here!) It was so busy and a bit of a blur, but great to see you all.

We joined up with the merry Ravelry band on Saturday night for dinner. It was awesome to see so many knitters/crocheters working away while chatting, eating and drinking.  

Here's the divine Miss Kylie Gusset taking photos in the Precious Purl/Lara Downs stand, no doubt for her next feature in a yarn magazine!! while Pam looks after business!!(sorry about the blur, the eyes weren't functioning very well on limited sleep! and I didn't manage any other photos for the weekend!) The Lara Downs yarn still looks luscious!

If you missed the show this year, make it a must for next, it just gets bigger and better.

Please Note!!

Precious Purl will be closed on Thursday 15th July, Friday 16th July, and Saturday 17th July.

We will be attending the Bendigo Wool and Sheep Show and you can find us in Osborne Hall, Site 6.
This is an amazing event! Put it in your diary now if you are interested in Natural Fibres.

Brisbane Textile Art Festival June 25-27

Just a few pics taken at the Brisbane Textile Art Festival a week ago.

Gill Venn of Fibreworks blending beautifully with her collaborative crochet piece background.

The Queensland Quilters had a beautiful display.

The Art of Recycling competition was amazing!

This jacket was made from a 20 year old Kaffe Fassett jumper, taken apart and given a new life .

Loved these Zipper flowers.

I had a wonderful 2 days at this Festival with my friend Lisa. Lots of coffee, eats, meeting friends, improving our crochet skills, (not practised in the last 20 years or is that 30 in my case???) some spending and much oohing and aahing over textile and fibre delights!!! Highly recommend a visit to next years!

Where have I been??

Well, you may have wondered!!
No! I hadn't really died and gone to heaven!!   Almost!!
I've been to lovely warm Brisbane for the Textile Art Festival held at the Exhibition Centre, South Bank, last Friday 25th to Sunday 27th June. Had a wonderful time chatting to many like-minded Textile and Fibre lovers, doing workshops, seeing what's new, catching up with a friend I had not seen for 12 years, and thoroughly enjoying all that Brisbane has to offer.
I will post some pics when I have done my 2 days at the shop and "re acclimatised" to this COLD!

Buttons, Buttons, Buttons!

Had a wonderful time with my very precious button supplier today!
My purchases included a few buckles too. Just where am I going to display them?
I tried to be restrained but it is so hard to resist!  Here are just a few pics to tantalise you!
Available at Precious Purl this week.

Great Hat!

Just look at this great hat!
Louise crocheted this after just 2 lessons with the fantastic tutor Penny O'Neill!

Luv all those colours! We plan to have Penny the "Crochet Queen" back again to Precious Purl. Stay tuned for dates.

Did Louise mean to leave that tail hanging out the top?? We'll never know!

Perhaps she could add a few extra threads to look like a tassel or even some beads!

Penny would approve, she's not one for fussing about all the ends being neatly finished off!

Thanks for sending me the picture Louise!