Veronica Violet Stitcheries

Pre-christmas shopping night

With only 9 weeks till Christmas, many of the shops in Rutherglen (where Veronica Violet Stitcheries is located) are holding a pre-christmas shopping night on Thursday 27th October between 5pm and 8pm.

Do you need new fashions & homewares? Melbourne Cup Race hats & fascinators? Need to start your Christmas shopping?

If you are lucky enough to live in this gorgeous part of the country then why not pop along and make a start on your Christmas shopping.

Some of the local shops participating are Bella's Ladies Fashions, Molly's on Main Antiques, NewXpress Rutherglen, Passionflora Gifts & Homewares, The Little Bit Diff'rent Store, and myself - Veronica Violet Stitcheries.

Visit each business to find out the special shopping discounts or lucky door prizes they are offering.

Veronica Violet Stitcheries will be offering 20% off all fabric and 10% off all patterns (excludes books) from 5pm till 8pm on Thursday 27th October, 2011.

Hope to see yourself and your friends on Thursday night.

Happy Stitching,

Carolyn

Threads and fabric

This week has been flying by, with lots of new goodies arriving in store. I'm already looking at re-arranging things to fit in new bits and pieces. There is a lovely new Gutermann "cotton" stand sitting next to my favourite Signature threads - the variegated ones are amazing! I just love all the organised colours. There is also Rasant thread which is great value for money and like the Gutermann and Signature threads can be used for both piecing and the quilting of your quilts.  With a few options there is bound to be the exact colour you need.

With the lovely spring weather we've been having, it probably isn't the best time to get some flannel in.  I love flannel quilts and my kids all have their favourites at home.  Quality flannel can be hard to find so I just had to have these gorgeous soft baby ones - I couldn't resist.  My fabric motto is "if you find something you like then buy it there and then because when you change your mind it will be gone".  Now this could explain how I have managed to fill most of the shelves in the shop already!

I've already started a small quilt made from 5" squares for a shop sample.  It feels so soft and cuddly.

 

Happy Stitching,

Carolyn

1 month already

I can't believe that it has been just over 1 month since Veronica Violet Stitcheries opened. Where have the days gone? Have you managed to do any sewing or stitching? I've been working on a few projects, unpacking new stock, re-arranging things and playing with all the lovely fabric.

My store has gone from this:

To this:



And then there is also all of this:

You see, I'm thinking I'm a bit clever at the moment. After spending most of Tuesday trying to get photos on my blog and searching for answers as to why it wouldnt work (computers are such huge time-wasters, it's too easy to get side tracked) I finally got my lovely helpful friend Lisa from Button Bliss to sort it all out for me. She is such a clever girl - and so very creative. I just hope I've got the hyperlink to her blog working. If not, then I'll get that sorted next. No, sorry it doesn't work so I removed it (help, please Lisa)

Happy Stitching,

Carolyn

Finally I post something

Now please bear with me while I re-learn how to do blog entries again. Time is certainly flying by. My lovely new shop has been open for 3 weeks and I finally have some time to blog (amongst other things). It has been so lovely to catch up with many familiar faces and meet so many new people. As you can imagine starting a shop from scratch is a huge task and things don't just happen all at once because I want them to, so it will take time to build up my stock of fabric, patterns, giftware and little bit and pieces.

This is just a small post to make sure I can get the basics right. I'll be back later to try and post some photos and an update on what is happening in store.

Happy Stitching

Carolyn