by | January 17, 2012

The Quilters Stash

Sue Chesworth runs a lovely patchwork shop in Murrumburrah, NSW, Australia called The Quilters Stash.

She has a huge range of fabrics, especially bright and fun prints. So when she wanted a web site, we know it had to be bright and happy!

You will find the web site we have built together at http://www.thequiltersstash.com.au

On the site you will find a wonderful range of fabrics. Sue has been busy putting up other products as well, but still has a lot more to add, so if you can’t find what you are looking for, please email her. Or join the mailing list so she can let you know when there are new goodies!

Christine Abela
Gecko Gully web sites:  http://www.geckogullywebsites.com
Craft Search Engine: http://www.megacraftwarehouse.com

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by | December 21, 2011

Patches Indooroopilly

Sharon Frazer’s shop Patches Indooroopilly in Queensland, Australia, is Brisbane’s oldest patchwork shop.  It was founded 25 years ago, and has been in its current location for 16 years.  It has been run by Sharon for the last 8 years, and she is very proud that all her staff are all experienced patchworkers.

She came to me for a new web site to replace the one she has had for several years.  The new site is, we hope, easier to order from and navigate than the old one, and has a fresh new look.  (If you are a regular visitor to the old site, and see the old site, with its blue and yellow patchwork down the side, when you visit, please click the F5 button on your keyboard to refresh the screen).

Sharon has a selection of her products available for sale on the new site, but there are a lot more to be added.  I encourage you to join her mailing list so you can be kept up to date as she adds new ones.

You can find Patches Indooroopilly at http://www.patches.com.au – enjoy!

 

Christine Abela
Gecko Gully web sites: http://www.geckogullywebsites.com
Craft search engine: http://www.megacraftwarehouse.com

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by | December 6, 2011

Easy Peasy Quilting in Paradise

Suzan Saliba lives in paradise.

She lives in Queensland, Australia, near Mount Beauty and Ocean View, on 67 acres of simply gorgeous countryside. With bush, gardens, peace and quiet, what more could you want?

Well I’ll tell you! Suzan calls this place “Retreat For The Creative Soul”, and she would love to have you come to stay and relax.

On top of all that, there is even a Statler long-arm quilting machine on which Suzan can quilt your quilt top while you unwind. She also takes in quilts to quilt for those not lucky enough to be able to visit.

And if that still isn’t enough, she now has a wonderful online shop where you can buy lots and lots of quilting supplies. Suzan specialises in products for art quilts, and has a great range.

You will find her site, Easy Peasy Quilting, at http://www.easypeasyquilting.com .

In the new year, she hopes to start running classes – why not join her mailing list so she can tell you all about them, as well as her new products!

Christine Abela

Gecko Gully web sites: http://www.geckogully.com/websites

Craft Search Engine: http://www.megacraftwarehouse.com

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by | December 2, 2011

Ripple Patch

Sam has been working hard getting her new web site ready. Her business is called Ripple Patch, and she decided to have one of my Express web sites, so that she can do the design work (the “prettying up” part) herself. This way, she can change it whenever she wants to, and she doesn’t have to wait for me to be ready to do that part for her.

 

I think you will agree she has done a lovely job! Sam also has some great products on her site at http://www.ripplepatch.com.au. Hers is one of the most “complete” online patchwork shops I have seen, with everything you will need to make your next quilt, from needles and threads, through fabrics (pre-cuts or off the bolt), all the way to batting. She even has classes listed (run in NSW, Australia) to teach you how to do it all!

I have been watching Sam adding lots of lovely new products to her site, and I know she has more to go. I encourage you to join her mailing list so you can be kept up to date with her new products.

Christine Abela, Gecko Gully web sites http://www.geckogully.com/websites

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by | November 30, 2011

Just Quilting Designs

Dawn Cheetham and her friends have created some lovely quilting designs, and put them onto downloadable files for you.

She has all the classics – feathers, double wedding ring, cross-hatching – as well as some beautiful innovative styles like florals and petals.  And you can find these as borders, blocks, wholecloth, edge-to-edge and so much more.

You will find her new site here: http://www.justquiltingdesigns.com

Right now, they are only available as downloadable files in DXF format for the Statler machines.  But she is working hard to also produce them for Compuquilter (CQP format) and Intelliquilter (IQP format).  She also tells me that if you want a design in one of these formats (or another), and it isn’t up on the site yet, let her know by email and she should be able to help you out.  Join her mailing list to be kept informed of the latest designs and formats.

Of course, if you are not a longarm quilter, you can still take advantage of this site.  If you are having a quilt quilted for you by a professional machine quilter, let them know about this site, so they can download the design you want!

This web site was fun to do.  It is a great example of selling downloadable files online.  You, the customer, can choose the format you want, and as soon as you complete your payment you will get an email with your download link.  So you can start stitching straight away, even in the middle of the night.  This is a feature that is available on all the web sites I build – what could you sell as a downloadable file?  Patterns?  Classes?  Embroidery files?

Enjoy!

Christine Abela
Gecko Gully web sites http://www.geckogully.com/websites

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by | November 27, 2011

A REALLY quick Clover sale

A REALLY quick note for a REALLY quick sale…

For the next 8.5 hours only – till 4pm Sunday 27 November 2011, Melbourne time, I am giving 12.5% off everything (except postage) on the site at http://www.cloverproducts.com.au .

I found out only yesterday that my supplier has a sale until just 5pm today, and so I am passing on the savings to you!  You will see the reduced prices on the site.

Yes, this is a new site and I haven’t got all the pictures up yet, but if there is anything you really want to see, let me know (soon) and I will try to get them up for you.

But I need to get the orders to the supplier by 5pm, so the sale ends at 4 today!

 

Have fun!

Christine Abela, Gecko Gully

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by | November 23, 2011

Wattle Moon Quilting

Helen Rhodes is a woman of colour.  Just look at the wonderful bright colours she has chosen for the web site we have just finished building together!

Right now, Helen only has her (HUGE) range of threads on the site, but she has a lot more products to add.  Helen’s home-run business in Western Australia also includes a range of ribbons, as well as a quilting service and classes.

Next year, she has big plans for guest tutors, including Lisa Walton of Dyed and Gone to Heaven and Caroline Sharkey, Textile Artist.  Lisa will be a guest tutor in June and Caroline in August.

Please visit Helen’s new site, Wattle Moon Quilting at http://www.wattlemoonquilting.com.au , and join the mailing list while you are there, to be kept up to date on all the news!

 

Christine Abela

Gecko Gully web sites http://www.geckogully.com/websites

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by | November 7, 2011

Meet Chris Serong, Quilter

Chris Serong has designed and made some truly beautiful quilts.  I had the pleasure of meeting her at a show in Melbourne earlier this year, and was also able to see one of these wonderful quilts in “person”.

Chris has won several awards, including being a finalist at the 2010 International Quilters Festival in Houston.  Her designs have also been widely published.

Chris also loves to teach.  To help her promote her teaching, as well as to act as a showcase for her lovely quilts, she asked me to create a web site for her.  You can see it at http://www.chrisserong.com .  My favourites are the hexagon quilts!

Chris’ site is what a call a Level 1 site, which is a site without a shopping cart.  She is able to update the details on the site herself, and can have as many pages of information as she wants on it.  She also has a built-in mailing list, which I invite you to join, so Chris can keep you up-to-date with all her news.

It was lovely to meet Chris.  In this business of web site building, I often build sites for people who are located at a distance, and even in other countries.  It was nice to do one for a local for a change!

 

Christine Abela
Gecko Gully web sites: http://www.geckogully.com/websites
Craft search engine: http://www.megacraftwarehouse.com

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by | November 3, 2011

New site for Threads and Tangles

Lee Vause is one of those women who seems to have all bases covered.  Self-driven and well-organised, she worked as a nurse, then a nurse manager, for many years, and only recently retired.  Along the way she has raised two successful daughters, and is very close to her mother, who is a long-arm machine quilter.

Lee has decided, in her retirement, to concentrate more on the artistic side of her personality.  She has recently qualified as a Zentangles teacher, and is much more involved with machine quilting with Mum.  She also teaches machine embroidery classes, and is keen to meet up with those wanting to run these.  She is based in Langwarrin, Victoria (Australia).

She came to me for a web site a few months ago, and wanted one that reflects her artistic streak.  She also wanted to sell the Zentangle products online.  But when I told her about the Product Information Network I have built, with which she can automatically load other craft products onto her web site without having to have them in stock, she was thrilled.

I invite you to visit Lee’s new site Threads And Tangles at http://www.threadsandtangles.com.au .  (Threads And Tangles – get it?  If you say it fast it sounds like Thread Zentangles – cool huh?).

And if you aren’t sure what “Zentangles” means, you will find an example drawn by Lee at the bottom of the site!

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by | October 29, 2011

The Story of Mrs Martin’s Quilt Shop

Once upon a time, up in the hills above Melbourne in Australia, there lived a lovely lady called Mrs Martin.

Mrs Martin was a teacher, and she also loved to make quilts.

One day on the way to a game of football a friend suggested she open a patchwork shop. She’d always thought she’d love to work for herself.

She didn’t watch much of the game that day but by the time she got home she put her ideas to her husband Ray.

That night they decided to open Mrs Martin’s Quilt Shop. They opened on March 21st, 2004, and after 7 1/2 years they relocated Mrs Martin’s to their home.

You can see a picture of Mrs Martin’s lovely home, surrounded by trees in the Yarra Ranges, on her new web site.  It is a little green cottage with roses growing on the front porch.

Mrs Martin would love to have you visit her new web site at http://www.mrsmartinsquiltshop.com .  You can see all her beautiful patterns and kits and other stuff – but she has more to add!  So, while you are there, pop your name and email address in the Mailing List box so she can let you know when she has new products.

And we will all live happily every after.

The End.

 

 

 

Christine Abela
Gecko Gully web sites http://www.geckogully.com/websites

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