.: a little shop update :.

Just popping in to say we've reduced our t-shirt and also panel prices in the shop, so by way of joining in the party, here are a lot of photos for you to scroll through!

We would love to sell out of all our current designs, to make room for new ones, so when you get a minute, please pop across for a little look.

We are not even sure if we have shared all the t-shirt designs in this space, so here's a little reminder.

All our shirts - at the moment - have a quilting/sewing theme.

They're very light-hearted, and a bit of fun - and perfect to wear to a quilting class, sew day, to buy fabric, hanging out with like-minded friends, or just when you are sewing at home.

We created the #catandveesaidsew hashtag to go along with them.

The message board below was designed and made by our clever friends Katrina and Mark of Floral and Hardie.

We also have totes in the shop - they are a heavy canvas, and really great quality.  Here's a link to our 'I am a Maker' tote - since I can't find a photo on my system, which is kind of weird, but I figure a link is better than not sharing at all. 

And last thing to mention - nearly all our screen printed and digitally printed panels have been reduced too - we're keen to get some new designs happening, and so would love to sell all our current stock to make some room in our houses!   Here are a bunch of panel pics for you - some show the panels sewn into patchworked goodies (which are indicative only, as we now only sell the panels, not panels-sewn-into-other-things), others are just of the panels themselves - some may be sold out already - and not all our panels are shown below, there are more in the shop  - these are just the first panel pics I came across when scrolling quickly through my online photos. 

What a happy bunch of pics, don't you agree? :-)

Hope your week has been a good one, we are on the countdown to another weekend, wahoo!  xoxo cat

.: We Are Family + a sale! :.

Just popping in to share our latest panel design - the super gorgeous We Are Family penguin sisters that Vee designed to enter into a recent Spoonflower competition.

The twill-cotton panels arrived in the mail today and they are sliced up and ready in the shop now.

And while you're in the shop - all our 2014 panels (except for two!) are on sale til 27 February - so click through, look for 'SALE FABRIC PANEL' in the item listings and pop a bargain in your cart!  We haven't created a separate 'sale' tab, since nearly all our panels are on sale - and we thought it would leave the full-priced Penguin sisters, Priscilla and Finn a little lonely! :-)

We're nearly to the weekend - hope yours is a happy one.  xoxo cat

:: the one about the markets ::

Our market career has started, peaked and quite possibly may be over.  Well, for 2012 anyway.

{{our market hotspot. literally}}

We set up shop at the Brisstyle Indie Designers' Market yesterday, in the gorgeous grounds of St Augustine's Church in Hamilton.

We had an awesome little corner of the market.  Honestly.  It's just that in Brisbane's hideous hot humidity, Vee and I baked like Christmas chickens.  We so glam. 

{{cute, right}}

It was lovely to see the Brisstyle girls again, and to meet so many new Brisstylers too.  It is such an awesome organisation, coordinated by such gorgeous women, who are so generous in giving their time and energy to supporting and helping the crafty types of Brisband and beyond.

{{how could you not go crazy for that?!  the coffees weren't for sale}}

The market was quiet as a mouse though.  It had been incredibly well advertised.  Amazingly well.  But it was just Quiet City. All day.

{{nice rack}}

On the upside, the quietness meant that Vee and I had plenty of time to tag-team shop the gorgeous stalls.  Seriously, there was SO MUCH great stuff to buy.  And buy, we did. 

The only purchase that I have photographed - so far - are these gorgeous little jugs from Raw Ceramics.  Come oooonnn.  How cute are they?  Love them.  All for me.

{{so gorgeous.  so buying more.}}

So that's us done with markets for now.  On the upside, due to Quiet City, we have lots of gorgeous stuff to upload to the shop.  Which we're tag-team doing right now.  Due to the oh-so-slow internet connection in our part of Brisbane, the uploads will probably take us into tomorrow.  Allowing time too of course for proper concentrating while 'Homeland' is on tonight.  

We'll do a quick post to let you know when we've uploaded all our new shop stuff - because we are talking a SALE - yes, our first ever SALE.  Get excited.  Get shopping.   

Happy last week of school to you all.  Even if it's not even your last week of school.  It so is ours!! 

xoxo cat

 

:: in the shop ... ::

A spot of shop-sewing has been going on.

Just listed, the Divine Miss Ruby zip pouch:

{{love her a lot}}

And Starbee starbee night zip pouch:

{{hangin' with his rabbity peeps}}

More shop-sewing to come.  At last.   xoxo cat

Haven't we been a pair of slackers!

Bloody hell! Sorry to Blaspheme...but it's been sooo long since our last blog post and I've obviously forgotten how to blog, because......now....my photos won't upload.

Several bloody attempts and I GIVE up....patience isn't my strong point.

What I did want to say though is that Cat and I are taking a "blog and Etsy break" over the school hols to spend some time with family and maybe sneak in a bit of travel too - wait for pics!!

As soon as we are back in action we will 'make haste' (Mr Darcy) and start screen printing in our new workshop (Cat's garage! and I'm not sure Cat's hubby knows yet....SURPRISE).

School finishes next week so off for a girls' night out tonight with some of our friends.

 Just hope I'm not too trashed by the time everyone else gets there.  

As hubby has pointed out to me so many times....I've lost my pi$$ fitness!!  

 (Let me tell you, in my twenties I trained really hard to get that too)

Anyhoo....happy holidays, have a lovely weekend and we'll see you when we get back.

xxxx vee