Susie Wren is the owner of ijustlovethatfabric – a gorgeous boutique fabric store located on the Queensland Gold Coast that now also stocks Funky Friends Factory Soft Toy Sewing Patterns!
ijustlovethatfabric stocks the largest collection of online oilcloth in Australia – from designers such as Amy Butler, Anna Maria Horner, Tilda, Liberty of London, Heather Bailey, Marimekko, Warwick fabric, Sprout Design , Surface Art fabric, fabric bundles & oilcloth bundles, beach house fabric, outdoor cushion fabric & Indian cotton fabric, children’s fabric, grossgrain ribbon, book bags, cushion covers… and more!
As Susie says, “If you love to sew or simply love collecting fabric, we hope you will find what you are looking for here.”
I love their Mexican Oilcloth fabrics. They are designed & made in Mexico – Waterproof & wipe-clean 91% PVC & 9% cotton/polyester backing. They are sold in colourful bundles like this pic below, but are also available by the metre for tablecloths and larger projects.
ijustlovethatfabric also stocks some really cool stuff like Chalk Cloth/Black Board Vinyl – that can be used the same way as a black board, used as a tablecloth, easy to wipe-clean, ideal for children’s parties, games & travelling.
Susie also runs Workshops & Sewing Classes. Her “Sew Love Sewing Classes” are so popular you’ll need to be quick ~ this year’s classes are fully booked, but Sewing Classes will resume in February 2013
You can pop in to see all the beautiful things Susie has in the Gold Coast Fabric Store, or you can visit her online fabric store and see more of what she is getting up to on her blog and Facebook page.
OOH and now for some exciting news!
I am teaming up with ijustlovethatfabric to do a joint Fabric and Pattern Giveaway!
What’s up for grabs?
- A half meter of any of the fabrics in the Liberty of London OR Surface Art Range.
- AND any Funky Friends Factory PATTERN of your choice.
How do you enter?
- Leave a comment on the Ijustlovethatfabric Blog to say which FABRIC you would like to win.
- Leave a comment here below to say which Funky Friends Factory PATTERN you would love to win.
- For an extra entries you can also leave a comment on both our Facebook pages and/or Twitter!
*** The winner will be announced on FRIDAY November 30th ***
Thanks for entering and GOOD LUCK everyone!!!!
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Till next time,
Happy Sewing,
Pauline
Oh goodness! It’s so very hard to choose! I was quite smitten by the hippo, then I saw the octopus, but my personal fave is the aardvark, how cool!
I left a comment on the blog post on the 21st November about the fabric, but it didn’t seem to have anything to do with this. I hope you see it!
Thanks for the chance to win such lovely goodies! xx
TY for the awesome giveaway! I’d love to win your Ollie Owl pattern!
OMG!!! another giveaway! I would adore your new Elves pattern 🙂 x
I would love to win reggie reindeer; just in time for Christmas.
I would love to win the new Christmas Twins Elf pattern. They are so sweet and I have long had a love of dolls. I’m really hoping to get this pattern in the future 🙂
oooh, I’d love to win Timmy the T-Rex!
I would love to make a little Dilby Duckling with the Surface Art ~ Japanese Floral, Feathers on Smoke. I have 2 nephews and a niece who would love a little ducky family for Christmas!
Emily
This is fun! Im in love with Larry the Lion
Would love to see Artie the Aardvark doen in Bloomsbury Gardens Red Catherine fabric…. super cute!! 🙂
Diggles the dragon please!! My boyfriend loves dragons, and I’d love to make him a special one.
I would love to win the twin Christmas Elves pattern of course as I’m a doll maker.
Diggles the dragon
Oh there are soo many gorgeous patterns to choose from!!! But I’d have to go either Larry the lion or diggles the dragon!! Thanks Pauline!!!
I’d love to win Diggles the Dragon pattern!
Oops, I first posted on my husband’s facebook page. Uh Oh, I hope he wants the newest Christmas Elves pattern too. Love ’em!
I would be happy with any of the patterns (except Puppy Dog Pete who I already own) but if I had to chose which one I want next (I plan to get them all eventually) it would be Tillie the Tortoise.
I would love the Diggles the Dragon as he would be perfect for my friend’s little one for Christmas. I recently bought a number of the patterns but forgot to get him so it would be great to win the pattern. Many thanks.
I love your newest pattern – the christmas elves. I own alot of your patterns already – they are so easy to do – and come out looking so cute. I made 24 of them recently for my son’s classroom as christmas presents (He teaches kindergarten.
Keep creating and I promise to keep buying!!!!!
Vickie
What an opportunity! thank you for this chance to win.
I would love to win the Signature bear pattern.
i would like the hippo pattern and the surface art fabric in the japnese floweral, orange and white. i love your patterns and i have quite a few of them. thanks for this giveaway.
Thanks for the opportunity for us to win some good fabric and pattern! I love the pattern for Patty the Cow. She’s so adorable!
I absolutely love the Mitch the Monkey pattern, which my son, the monkey collector, would die over!
I would love to win the Ellie Elephant or unicoorn pattern – they are both so cute that i can’t decide but if i were to win, it would be the unicorn pattern, especially made in the liberty of london dorothy turquoise fabric. I know my 2yr old bundle of joy would be over the moon finding it under the Christmas tree!! 🙂
Ohh Diggles the dragon is gorgeous, he would be my choice!! Matched with the green and blue surface art material would look amazing 🙂 Even if I don’t win I think I will just have to buy him.
So many magnificent choices… My son wants a blue hippo though so I have to say I would like the BLOOMSBURY GARDENS fabric with the Heather Hippo Pattern 🙂 That would be amazing! Thank you. Krysta
wow!!!!!I love lamkins lamb soft toy pattern:)..i would like to win Mexicanoil cloth fabric…Thank you Krysta
Hi Pauline,
Thanks for the opportunity to win such great prizes, I would love the Heather Hippo pattern and the Liberty of London Teal Paisley fabric! You have just inspired me to get out the sewing machine and work on some new toys for Christmas presents.
I would love the lion pattern 🙂
My son Rex would love Timmy the T-Rex in Surface Art Hinter green 😀
Hi Pauline !
I want to win “Lion” Pattern for my son.
thanks !
Zimmy
I would love Larry the Lion pattern. Larry the Lion was one that I was choosing between the 3 that I bought. I gave up on Larry the Lion for Heather Hippo, Tilly the Tortoise and Mitch the Monkey. So I’ll love to win Larry the Lion.
Thanks!
Wendy He
larry the lion pattern and surface art smoke
Thanks Pauline for another great give-away. I fancy making Randy Rhino, as I think he’s a boy’s toy, and there’s never enough soft toys for boys! I can see him made in Surface Art, either red or green.
i fall in love with Preston… have a good day ^^
This giveaway comes just in time to make some gorgeous christmas presents. I would love to win the Surface art range – Japanese floral to use on the Larry the Lion pattern. Thank you both for an incredible giveaway.
my grandaughter turns 7 on the 30th november and if i win she would like me to make her puppy dog pete.
Sammy the Shark
All look fab but I fell in love with Frog Prince Charming, he is so adorable with his big eyes.
I am fundraising for our local hospice, and I would so love to win the new pattern so that I could make two elves to sell! They are soooo cute!
I saw Honey bear at the warehouse packing Operation Christmas Child Shoe Boxes destined for children in remote areas of PNG,Vietnam etc. He is perfect for the shoebox and most loveable. All your patterns are beautiful but scrappy snake makes me smile.
I would love to trying something other than patchwork and making an animal would be a wonderful change. My son is called Ryan and people call him Rhino. I would love to start a challenge and make a Rhino.
The Lion pattern is so cute!
Hi, I’d love to make Larry the lion with the red Catherine fabric! I think he’d look just adorable! Thanks
I’ve just made Pete the puppy and Diddles the dragon for my children’s Xmas presents and have just seen you also have a pattern for a reindeer which I don’t have yet but would love to make x
I would love to win Jake for my lil one who asked Santa for a puppy
I would love to make ellie the elephant out of the Liberty of London turquoise dance if I had the chance.
nice giveaway!
I would love to have Liberty London Turquoise Dance for making Ellie the elephant!
thanks and have a great weekend 🙂
i would like to win the Ollie the Owl pattern nd to make it with the Blue Dorothy liberty fabric.
I would love to win the mikki grass and cream fabric and the cute puppy pattern! Both so lovely!
Thanks!
Alison BUrton
hi i would love to win Patty the Cow. thanks Diane
I would like to sew Tilly the Tortoise for my little son.
I would like The Olly and Lolly pattern to make owl pals for my owl crazy girls using some Surface Art Hinter Green to incorporate their favourite colour, thanks
I would love the Sugar Plum Fairy Ballerina for my 3 dancing little granddaughters!!
I would love the the elli elefant…
Ohhh I would love to win! Only I would have a hard time picking just one pattern8). Crocodile Steve,the dinosaurs and baby bunny are my favorites.
Heather Hippo please. I’m a huge fan of Black Caviar and Heather has a nice shapely bum like Nelly … lol. My great grand daughters, Hope and Kiara, will love a Heather in their Chrissie stockings.
what a great prize. I couldn’t go past the gorgeous Heather Hippo softie in Surface Art Hinter in Green. Too Cute!
Omg…..so many to choose from….but I’d love to win the Reggie Reindeer pattern :o)
I would love to make a Diggles the Dragon with the Surface Art fabric.
oh what a fantastic chance to win one of your patterns but so hard to choose they are all adorable but i think i would have to go with puppy dog Pete he could sit in my lounge n keep my 2jack russels company thanks for the chance to win Luv Sue x
I like the duck but any funky friends pattern would be cool
Cute Koala! Such a lovely face.
I would love the japanese floral to make dizzie dolphin both the fabric and pattern are so cute i would really love to win them 🙂
The most wonderful thing about soft toys is that they are so easy to cuddle up to and I would love to add Hippo Heather as another member to the family. She’d be well loved. Cannot wait to see if she will join mine.
Love the idea of a giveaway, thank you. I would love the Baby Bunny Pattern or even the Twin Elf Pattern – I work with sick babies and at Christmas time we give those that are still in hospital a Christmas stocking with something little in them (generally something handmade) and it would be so great to be able to make them through the year and be able to give these babies a little bunny for a christmas present!
The patterns are so cute, but I have a sister-in-law who is quite taken with cows, so Patty the Cow is my choice. The fabric would be Surface Art Hinter Green.
I would love to get the Dilby Duckling pattern! I love Duckies!! 😉
Hi there, I would love the Surface Art design Japanese Garden in natural. And the lion or hippo pattern would be perfect for my new baby granddaughter Liberty xx
It could only be Heather Hippo as she is obviously related to Mud, the ‘hittopotumus’ my son had which was loved to pieces, and of course I would make it for his baby son. Thank you so much for your generous offer.
I would love to win the Kitty Kate pattern because I’m fundraising for a local animal sanctuary and I’m sure soft toys would be popular sale items!
I love all of your patterns, they all seem to have their own special character. I would like to try and make Sammy the Shark next. I like the Surface Art Mikko fabric (in Red/Cream). I think it would be a nice mane for the Larry the Lion I am planning. Thanks!
Charlie the Cockatoo. Defenitely the cockatoo. Your patterns are really great!
oohhh i love the japanese floral by surface art fabric along with heather hippo pattern please sooo much choice it took me ages to pick x
I would love to win Izzy Insomniac Teddy Bear pattern and make this for my sons 🙂
I would love to make Baby Bunny with the Liberty of London Red Lytton for my baby girl!
Hello, I would like the Dilby Duckling to make! 🙂
I would love to make Pete the Puppy for my nieces from Red Lytton by Liberty of London. They now live in the city and can’t fit a dog. Pete would be very loved.
I would absolutely LOVE a festive funky friend for my christmas centrepiece! Therefore I cant go past a retro reggie reindeer!! He would look fabulous in these funky new fabrics!! I would soooo love to win this awesome prize 🙂 You guys are ace!
I would love to get the Sugar Plum Fairy Ballerina. There are countless ways to customize her… So cute…
What a fabulous combination- a Funky Friend’s softie pattern and gorgeous Liberty of London fabric! I think Kiki Koala would look fantastic wearing Liberty Bloomsbury Gardens Red Lytton. Thanks Funky Friends and I Just Love that Fabric for teaming up to run this competition!
Hiya, Id love to win the Surface of Art material for Leon the Lion. Thank you xxx
Hi Pauline, would love to win Randy the Rhino to add to our other wonderful animals that I have made from your collection. Cheers Sue
It’s Friday the 30th – so it’s time to announce the winner of the FABRIC and TOY PATTERN Giveaway with I Just Love That Fabric!!!!!!
random.org has spoken…. and the winner is….
da da daaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!….
Queen Bee Marion
Congrats!!!!! We will be in touch to find out where to send your fabric and toy pattern to. If we can’t find your contact details pleeeeeez send a Facebook message to Susie from @I Just Love That Fabric or me (Pauline-FunkyFriendsFactory)!!!!!
Thanks to everyone who entered – wish you could all win! 😀