Thea and Sami napery and new studio shop

I miss catching up with Thea Samios at Brisbane ABCD meet-ups. She's a fun, happy, supportive creative soul who creates lovely eco-friendly screen-printed textiles under the Thea & Sami label (you may remember reading about Thea on Bondville).

In Thea's latest newsletter I discovered her new napery (the cross stitch rose is my favourite), and her new studio shop, open to the public in the bayside Brisbane suburb of Capalaba. Apart from selling her lovely homewares and textiles, Thea also runs screen-printing workshops (high on my to-do list).

The studio shop at unit 1, 6 Jones Rd, Capalaba, QLD is open Saturdays from 10am - 3pm where you may catch some screenprinting in action if you are lucky. Thea is hosting an Australia's Biggest Morning Tea event (including goodie bag with tea towel!) at the studio on May 26th to fundraise for the Cancer Council. For more information, check the Thea & Sami studio blog.

Images: Thea & Sami

Welcome New Sponsor Modern Retro Textiles

For all you crafty types, welcome to new Bondville sponsor, Modern Retro Textiles - an Australian online textiles store stocking great fabric and sewing patterns from Australian, US and Japanese designers.

You can let your imagination run wild with sewing patterns for bags, women's clothes, children's clothes, softies, and accessories. Textiles include designs by Nani Iro, Amy Butler, Free Spirit Fabrics, Moda Fabrics and a selection of Australian screenprinted fabrics.

Here are a pick of some of my favourites, clockwise from top left:
Anna Maria Horner Socialite Dress pattern
Amy Butler Midwest Modern fabrics
Thea and Sami Marguerite, aqua on white fabric
Heather Bailey Happy Stacker Ring Toy softie pattern
Joel Dewberry, Jennifer Paganelli and Valori Wells Free Spirit fabrics
Kristen Doran squirrel craft panel

You can find Modern Retro Textiles at the online store. To keep up with new stock and news, check out the Modern Retro Textiles blog.

Images: Modern Retro Textiles