the year is ending...

As the year is coming to an end it's time to think about what has happened over the last year...it's amazing how many things happen in a year and what you can achieve in such a relatively short period of your life.


pelicans at The Entrance, NSW

Last year I was still working full-time. I had only just started Hollabee and only printed two patterns. Now I have printed multiple patterns and am part of Ink & Spindle... printing my own patterns :)

I have been very fortunate in the past year. I'm especially grateful for meeting Tegan & Lara... my friends and business partners :) Girls, you rock! (but you knew that already)


Nobby's Beach Newcastle, NSW

I would also like to thank you, my readers, for all your support and lovely words. Even though I cannot always find the time to reply to your comments, I definitely read and appreciate everything you write. Thank you!

The ending of the year is also a time to make plans for the new year. For hollabee this will mean more patterns and more outlets from which you will be able to buy hollabee fabrics. For Ink & Spindle it'll be an exciting year as we will start printing for all designers out there who would like their patterns printed on fabric.
We will keep you up to date through the Ink & Spindle blog... but now we're enjoying the last few days of our holiday :)


Marcel & I at Coogee Beach, NSW

I wish everyone a Happy New Year! Cheers to a crafty 2009!

ps. the pictures are from our recent holiday to the NSW Central Coast & Sydney, where we spent our Christmas with Marcel's family.

Tea towel swap...

Before I shut down the computer for a blog break and holiday, I want to share the tea towel I made for Leah's tea towel swap. The recipient will find this tea towel in her mailbox now, as we just dropped it off (sorry we scrunched it in your mailbox, it wouldn't fit otherwise).

Hope she'll like it :)

Summer holidays...

Ahhhh... It's so good to have all the hectic stuff over and done with... we can finally take a deep breath and relax.

I've already started my holiday, even though I still have 3 more days to go at work (our office doesn't close until the 24th). I've been cleaning our apartment and re-arranging our furniture with newly found inspiration from blogs and magazines. I'm scanning ebay for good furniture finds, reading magazines, reading more blogs, cruise on the couch, eat ice cream with friends, sit in people's backyards and just generally doing all the things I never have time for...

We'll be flying to Sydney on Christmas day to spend the festive season with Marcel's parents. On boxing day we'll drive up the coast to spend some time on the New South Wales Central Coast... somewhere I've never been. I'm soooo looking forward to it.



Before we close up shop... we're actually opening our studio. It's on Tuesday the 23rd of December (this Tuesday!!) from 6pm til 8.30pm. Please join us to celebrate the festive season with drinks and nibbles :)

Our studio is located at:

Younghusband Wool store
Suite 206
10 Elizabeth Street
Kensington VIC 3031

Hope to see you there!

No time for sewing?

... no problem at all. I've done the work for you.

These yummie cushions are now available in the shop.

















excl. inserts

Preview & more markets...

It has been a while since my last blog post but I haven't disappeared... in the time that I haven't been on this blog I managed to finished my Certificate IV in Training & Assessment (yay, I am now allowed to teach) and I have been snowed under at work (while my buddy is on holiday). I have a part-time job at a training institute and we're taking enrolments... So I'm trying to do a full-time job in the 3 short days that I work... crazy I tell you!



Luckily I had all of my fabric printed before all of that started... and this is what it looks like :) I will put it up in the shop soon, promise!


Bloem in Gold


Seeds in Olive


Bloem in Plum


Seeds in Teal

Just to let you know...
We're doing another market this weekend, in Yarraville.
Please come and visit us :)

Shop update...

Are you shopping for Christmas presents?

Well... I have just updated the shop with lots of crafty goodies such as mix packs, fabric basket kits and lace notebook cover kits. Perfect for Christmas!


mix packs




fabric basket kit




lace notebook cover kit

Olive Seeds

Olive Seeds fabric is now available in our shop.

We printed this fabric just before the design market, it was part of our backdrop and I had some left for half metre packs... there are a few left and they're in our shop now.