I am absolutely hopeless when it comes to keeping my hands in my pockets when I visit any kind of fabric or wool shop. I know I shouldn’t buy anything as I already have plenty of fabrics and wool but I am always tempted by the beautiful fabrics and yarns. This was the case when I stopped at Rosedale on my return trip from Melbourne. There is a lovely shop there, Lily Lane Patchwork ,
ᔥ lilylanepatchwork.allthingsquilting.com.au
and it was here, a couple of years ago, that I bought my first jelly roll to make a quilt for my granddaughter. Since then the quilt shop has moved to much larger premises and the array of fabrics is stunning. I think that is possibly why I ended up buying so many pieces of fabric. Some of the fabrics I bought are for quilting but the majority is for making clothing; pyjamas, a blouse and some pinafores.
Fine corduroy and cotton shirting for a pinafore dress and blouse.
Thick corduroy and cotton shirting.
Assorted fabrics for pyjama pants and quilting.
Fabrics for a dress. Now I really will need to get busy sewing.
Gippsland Granny 
Know what you mean, I just want to climb in amongst it! Sadly I’m not at all good with my hands. My children seemed to have absorbed all the artistic talent I never found, but I love beautiful things, and always have to stroke..
I am certainly not the creative type. I can only follow patterns. I also am not good with mixing colours. I would love to be able to put fabrics together that look good together. I think it is something I am slowly learning.
Isn’t it funny how fabrics just “follow you home”? 🙂
I think I must have some aura that the fabrics sense and think, ‘now there’s a lady who needs more fabric’.:-)
Like a moth to the flame….
I can understand why you fall for such beautiful fabrics, they’re gorgeous. I’m looking forward to seeing some of the creations you produce from them.
I started work on it yesterday and cut a few things out ready for sewing. I had little time as I have been converting ten kilos of tomatoes into tomato sauce. A time consuming job.
Wow, 10kgs! That’s a lot of tomato sauce, what are you going to do with it all?
Half is for our next door neighbour.
I love Lily Lane – that’s where I took my mother-in-law so she could learn what to do with a jelly roll. Another great stop for fabrics is Maggie Robertson on the highway in Traralgon.
Which part of the highway in Traralgon is Maggie Robertson? I will pay a visit next time I am down there.
It’s on the north (shops) side of the Princes Hwy just before you actually hit the first CBD traffic lights when coming from Melbourne. It’s a house (pictured on her website http://www.maggier.com) with a picket fence and a oval-shaped sign out the front, situated between Loch Park Road and Lafayette St.
My husband used to live in Loch Park Road, how bizarre is that! Thanks for the info. I will be sure to visit it next time I am down that way.