It’s Halloween, Our New Welcome Banner and Cooper.

Hi Everyone,
It is almost Halloween and to celebrate we have our carved pumpkins and lights along with our window decorations. In the northern hemisphere it  means that the winter weather has arrived, with snowfalls already in many places, in New Zealand it is a way of welcoming the spring weather and the temperature getting higher. [...]

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Barney is Back in Residence.

Hi Everyone,
Well Barney Official Greeter and 2nd Assistant is well and truly settled, he has really enjoyed seeing everyone again, and has just found out that he has a little cousin in USA, a Jack Russell named Cooper, he has just been collected from Fredericksburg and is now in his new home with Samantha and [...]

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Labour Weekend Hours

Hi Everyone,
A very quick posting to say Sawmillers shall be open over the Labour Weekend including Monday, so if you have time call and see us look at the new fabric we have and perhaps have a Devonshire Tea too.
Until next time,
Happy Quilting

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Back Home Once More and Sad News from USA.

Hi Everyone,
Well we are back home, and what a wonderful experience it has been, we are frantically unpacking the goodies that we mailed over and these will be available for you to see shortly, firstly to those who have filled out the survey and attend the Houston Info Evening and then the remainder will be [...]

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Almost Home and Finding The Panorama Button on the Camera!

Hi Everyone,
Well these are the final pictures from Houston, but I do have lots more and hopefully we can show these at the Post Houston Info Evening.So this picture of the floor is the result of a panorama facility which I found on the camera.

The next two pictures are a sample of some of the [...]

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Our Last Day at Quilt Market

Hi Everyone,
Well today is the last day of Quilt Market so everyone is rushing around to get in last minute orders with distributors, pattern makers and  fabric manufacturers, at the end of the day, those booth holders who are leaving will be packing up overnight so that the new booth holders can move in and [...]

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Day 3 at Houston

Hi Everyone,
For all of those visitors who either purchased the Flowers For Emma range of fabric that was so popular or the Sweet Sixteen pattern which uses this range, pictured above is Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill Designs who designed the fabric range, she was lovely and had no objections to us taking photos of [...]

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Day 2 at Houston

Hi Everyone,
Well, it is Sunday here at Houston so it must still be Quilt Market, above is a picture of  Eleanor Burns, I expect there are many of you who recognise the name, Eleanor has  Quilt in a Day online store and is a very well respected tutor, Kevin and I had a hilarious [...]

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Day One at Houston

Hi Everyone,
Well this is what the George Brown Convention in Houston looks like and this is just the first floor, the ground floor houses the exhibitions and the market booths, and the third floor is where the Sample Spree is held, as you can see it vast, so much so that employees use motorised scooters [...]

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Houston Here We Come and Sawmillers Survey

Hi Everyone,
This is just a brief posting to say we are off on the big plane to Houston and Quilt Market today, so tomorrow will find us attending workshops and lectures so that we can ensure that Sawmillers can be the best we can at looking after our customers and giving them the quality products [...]

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