Sunday Stash #39

Mendocino and Far Far Away #1 Retro Buys

My favourite fabric designer is Heather Ross, but I came to quilting loooooong after she released fabulous fabric lines in the USA.  Heather has a very witty blog here.

Just recently I made an investment in retro-buying some of her Mendocino and Far Far Away #1 lines for my mermaid/unicorn-loving daughter.

I bought these in a SALE at Janey Mac Shop a few weeks back. Aren't they delightful? Heather always has a snippet of detail and a dash of whismy in her prints. It may be the expression on a character's face or a tiny beetle but it makes me smile.

Prints by Heather Ross

And now she has a her FIRST book out. It is called Prints and it has soooooo much in it! 

Not only can you make great sewing projects 

but there are over 20 cardstock prints included for making other crafty items. There is a CD included as well (I have not tried this out yet).

She also teaches you how to design your own fabric using a computer.

You can order her fabric prints from Spoonflower too...and even change the colourways yourself.

Surfing for a Cause

If I lived in the USA I would definitely be buying tickets for this fantastic Heather Ross and Walden mini mal. 100% of ticket sales  raise money for those affected by Super Storm Sandy which battered the eastern seaboard of the US last week. Heather Ross is a downtown New Yorker. I have a soft spot for NY - been there twice (pre 9/11).

And I could really use a mermaid surfboard in my life!

Hosting Sunday Stash

 Next week Sunday Stash is off to Blossom Heart Quilts with Alyce. So please make sure you head over there to link up and say hello. 

I am trying to get together a schedule for Sunday Stash hosting in 2013. I only need 12 folks to host on the 3rd Sunday of the month (happy to increase this too). So please comment below if you are interested and even nominate a month or two if you feel inclined. I'v e had 2 nibbles so far.

Sunday Stash Link Up

Thank you to all the regulars and new folks linking up each week. I am learning about LOTS of different fabrics from you.

Sunday Stash #30

Wow...I can't believe that this is post #30! 

Arriving at the post office this week was Aneela Hooey's first book called 'Little Stitches'. It is my first embroidery pattern book purchase and I have been keeping my eye out for its release since she blogged about it earlier this year.

I did the maths with both The Book Depository and Amazon simultaneously and found that the best deal was with The Book Depository's FREE postage. For just $4 more than the Amazon total I could get another book from TBD.

I also purchased a couple of larger embroidery hoops, a purse frame (for the Zakka coin purse) and a ribbon to fix a fraying princess skirt from Spotlight on Thursday. Their cotton batting was 20% off and so I bought 3m as I have run out of yardage.

Also I had been pricing Aneela Hooey's 'Cherry Christmas' on a couple of overseas stores and Etsy but with postage sitting at $17 from the US, I had not hit the 'pay' button.

Thankfully my call, put out on QCA, yielded fruit when Jane of 'Want it! Need it! Quilt! let me know that she had some pre-cuts just in. So I ordered a Fat Eighth Bundle and few charm packs of this delightful line. Postage was a lot cheaper but also the fabric was cheaper too! I love Australian fabric businesses.

I also ordered a couple of other charm packs of Sweetwater Designs' 'Lucy's Crab Shack' and Lily Ashbury 's 'Gypsy Girl' for a future charm pack Travelling Stash called Drover. It's our first male travelling stash - wit woo!

And if we can get 10 of you to link up for Sunday Stash today, or any Sunday, I will put you in the draw for one charm pack of Kate Spain's 'Serendade'. The prize will lay over until we get 10 linkys. I have been suggesting to a few nice ladies on Flickr that they should link up some of their photos or posts. Please pass the word on to your bloggy or Flickr friends.

Oh and don't forget that I have an almost give-away of some Kaffe Fasset charms if I can get 15 more people to 'like' Grandma Macs Quilts (my mum and I) on Facebook. Don't forget to make a comment on this post to be in the running. I really want to complete this give-away soon...been outstanding for far too long.

So what is new in your stash this week? Please link up below.