Buy Australian Made ...

Celebrate Australia Day on the 26th January by supporting one of our local textile designers.

Here is a list I have been compiling for a while now, if I have forgotten anyone, let me know!!

• Bird Textiles (NSW)
• Danielle Stewart Design (WA)
  
• Flowerpress (NSW)
  
• Ink and Spindle (VIC)
• Kristen Doran (NSW)
  
• Melbomba (NSW)
  
• PippiJoe (VIC)
• Prints Charming (NSW)
• Saffron Craig (NSW)
• Shannon Lamden aka Aunty Cookie (VIC)
• Sprout Designs
• Thea and Sami (QLD)
• Umbrella Designs (SA)

Flipping through their web sites and shops there are some lovely fresh designs in there. I tried to search for some indigenous designers, but did not have any luck :(

I often have difficulty buying these fabrics from my local stores so I often resort to just buying online. But keep an eye out at the various stitches/craft/quilt fairs that occur in Melbourne, as they are often sold there.

Prints Charming

Doing a bit of a search to see how many Australian hand screen printed textile designers are out there, and I came across Prints Charming.

Ohh! some very nice bold prints (I love bold) that I would love to quilt with! They also have some lovely quilting kits which include material, batting and instructions.

Check out their blog and check out their web site and shop! nice stuff!