{"id":1835,"date":"2009-11-09T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2020-12-30T12:21:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T12:21:05","slug":"faeries-in-my-garden-christmas-market-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/faeries-in-my-garden-christmas-market-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Faeries In My Garden Christmas Market &#8211; 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"align center size-full wp-image-1195 aligncenter\" style=\"padding: 4px; border: 1px solid #a8a5a9;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Faeries-in-My-Garden-Christmas-Craft-Market.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">For those of you who do not live in Brisbane and may not know, <strong>Faeries in My Garden<\/strong> is a patchwork shop situated on the headland overlooking the ocean in Shorncliffe, an historic and peaceful suburb on the north-eastern side of Brisbane, along the east coast of Australia. The owners, Lesley and Kevin McConnell have been in business since 1996, and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faeriesinmygarden.com.au\/\"> Faeries in My Garden<\/a> has built up a reputation and dedicated following, and is now considered as one of the leading names in patchwork quilt design.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more-->So you can imagine my excitement when they invited me to join them for their Christmas Market this year! At such short notice I had very little time to prepare my kits so I simply took my patterns and some Funky Friends Factory toys, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/products\/instant-downloads\/reggie-reindeer-instant-download-sewing-pattern-pdf\">Reggie Reindeer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 180px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1199 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/th_taya-duck-toy.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"align center size-full wp-image-1197 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/REINDEER-soft-toy-pattern.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"clear\" \/>It doesn\u2019t really show in the photos but we were a stone&#8217;s throw from the ocean \u2013 and I just LOVED the idea of spending 2 days in the sea air, rather than in the stuffy shop where I work for my day job!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I couldn\u2019t resist the homemade macadamia nut cookies and also treated myself to some of Lesley\u2019s delectable fabrics so I had an absolute ball!<br \/>\n<br class=\"clear\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1198 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Shorncliffe-patchwork-shop.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 127px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1196 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid #a8a5a9; padding: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/irresistable-cookies-from.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><br class=\"clear\" \/>Thanks again to Donna, Kevin and Lesley, for such a great time!<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4105\" title=\"Teddy-bear-rings\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Teddy-bear-rings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"153\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> .<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Until next time,<br \/>\nPauline : )<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6592\" title=\"White-Spacer\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"30\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those of you who do not live in Brisbane and may not know, Faeries in My Garden is a patchwork shop situated on the headland overlooking the ocean in Shorncliffe, an historic and peaceful suburb on the north-eastern side of Brisbane, along the east coast of Australia. 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