Cottage Garden Threads

Missing numbers and names

A lovely reader bought it to my attention that some of the numbers and names are missing in the previous post.

Let's play fill in the blanks

407 Blue Mountain

408 Grand Ridge

The red stars denote the latest range additions.

 

Happy Stitching

~Katie

 

up close and personal

With the new colours of course! Here they are in each border family.

Product Photographs

Yay, I've finally been able to take some great photos of the products for a catalogue. Here they are...

  We also have a brand new thread, number 1006 Hugs 'n Kisses. This thread was designed for Helen of Hugs 'n Kisses who loves using a variegated red for redwork for the dimension it gives to her work. It is now in our range and is available for wholesale purchase. So if your local shop hasn't heard the news yet, be sure to let them know.

 

Home again, Home again Jiggity Jig

We are home from the Australian Quilt Market. After lapsing into a comatose state on sunday night, we are awake, fresh and totally overwhelmed with the hugely positive response we received from everyone at the AQM. It was so great to put some faces to the names of our stockists and to meet lots of new ones too.

The new colours were a hit and I have a feeling they may be popping up in some designers future projects. The new Rambling Rose Ric Rac was more of a knockout than a hit, with some skirmishes erupting over the few rolls that we had at the show.

So where are some pictures you ask???  Well, thats for me to find the camera and you to wait on the edge of your seat with aniticipation. 

Happy Stitching,

~Katie

Honey by Jenny of Elefantz

Jenny has kindly let me share her latest project called Honey and oh my is it sweet!

 

The CG Team

Cottage Garden Threads could not exist without the hard work of The CG Team (and coffee). We  thought it about time we gave you a peek into the threadshed. There are a couple of people missing from these photos but if I have to, I'll even hide in their rubbish bins get a snapshot.

 

1. Flowers from the garden.

2. Sandra performing mechanical revolution systems (winding)

3. Sandra performing thread packaging preparation (twisting)

4. More flowers

5. Mac - Stationary inspector ( staple box openerer)

6. Entry to the Thread Shed

7. Mac - Hygienist (Nanny's sweat wiperer)

8. Mia - Organisational operations manager (Threadputawayerer)

9. Mac - Occupational health and safety therapist (backruberer)

10. Wil - Dye process preparation (hand towel roller and putawayerer)

11. Mac - Crisis counsellor (hug and kisserer)

12. Over the side fence.

13. Pam - Owner, operator, dyer, stresser, packer, twister, winder, PR,  Nanny, Mum, Friend, Boss...and much much more.

 

Absent:

Brenda - Motivator, designer (bum kicker)

Leon - Engineer (Very clever man)

Cheryl- Packaging

Nanna Gwen - Caterer, assistant (Nothing beats Nanna's cooking!)

Me - Apprentice dyer, office girl, packer, twister, coffee maker, idea makeruperer and some other stuff.

 

Keep it together

WARNING: This is a paid presentation bought to you by Cottage Garden Threads.

 

• Are you stressed out about your stranded threads getting knotted up?

• Is your thread box looking like a birds nest?

• Do you suffer headaches from  not knowing what colour your thread is?

• Are these problems affecting your stitching performance?

We here at Cottage Garden Threads understand, we are stitchers too. So we've come up with a brilliant solution!

The Keep it together packaging...

 (please excuse background noises, children at work)

 

 

Sneaky peak - Apricot

Soft tones of apricot to temp.

image from here

sneaky peak - Dandelion

No cottage garden is complete without some cheery yellow dandelions. When people comment on the abundance of dandelions in your garden, simply tell them you are following Einstein's principals.

image from here

Sneaky peak - Running Postman

At first when Mum told be what this thread was called, I thought she was being quirky and I liked it! So for days I had this image in my mind....

That reminded me of the story I heard about a postman who got so sick and tired of a particular dog on his rounds that would make it thier sole purpose to bite him everyday. Day after day this postman would be bitten until, he finally reached his breaking point (ask yourself what you would do in this situation and tell me you wouldn't contemplate doing exactly what this postie did...) One day he simply gave as good as he got and bit the dog back! Not that our friendly postman pat with his black and white cat would ever do that (but afterall, no plastacine dog has bitten his little plastacine bum before).  The dog actually died from an infection caused by the bacteria in the postmans saliva. Moral of the story, Google Running Postman and you'll actually see it's a very pretty plant....

Image from here