NEW LIBERTY'S

Santa has arrived a little late at Gardams, but it was worth the wait. We got a delivery of new Liberty's.
These from the classics range have been unpacked today and Ewan tells me we are getting the new summer range at the end of January.
They are available at the Indooroopilly and city stores and Toowoomba will get a selection as well as samples of ones they didn't get.
If you can't get to any of our stores either ring us, send an email or even leave a comment here and we will send you some samples.




Just a reminder we are closed tomorrow, but Indooroopilly will be open Sunday 10.30 - 4.00 and both the city and Indooroopilly will be open Monday 10.30 - 4.00.

Hope you all have a safe and happy new year!!!!!!!!!!

PATTERNS ON SALE !!!!!!!!!

Just letting you all know we have $ 12.00 Vogue patterns on till the 31st of December

as well as 1/2 price Burda till 16th of January.

Get in quick before they sell out.

Wedding Pictures

In my last post I promised a few photos of James and Melinda Gardams wedding, so here they are.

This is the happy couple, Min wore a gown made by our own award winning designer we have working for us , Michael Klease. The gown is made from silk chiffon in a natural colour with a heavy silk satin underlining in platinun. The gown featured a twist of chiffon and diamontes over one shoulder and it was finished off with diamonte motifs on the shoulder as well as on the waist ruching. The whole effect was stunning, and as you can see Min made a absolutely gorgeous bride.

The above photos show the details of the gown.

This is Min and her two sisters. Her sister Pippa is also in Gardams fabric. It is one of our silk chiffon ombres, with a pale blue silk satin underlining. The style is so simple yet perfect for this type of fabric, it allows the full effect of the colour changes to show and belting it at the waist stops it from looking too "sacky".

Our last but not least photo is the happy couple with Ewan and Dorothy Gardam. Dorothy is also in a Gardams fabric (any surprises there). The fabric is a printed silk chiffon in an array of pastel tones in a very simple bias cut dress with a matching stole. The effect was perfect for a noosa wedding.

I would also like to take this opportunity to wish all our lovely customers a belated Merry Christmas, and a happy and safe 2011. We look forward to seeing you all in store soon and to continue

Exciting Week

There is a lot of excitement in the Gardams "family" this week.

Not only is our 20% off Summer fashion daywear still going, but James Gardam is getting married!

This long awaited (that's all we're going to say) occasion will take place on Friday up at Noosa, and there will be a few Gardam fabrics on show. We have no pictures to show as of yet, but stay tuned as they will definitely come.

So to Jim and Min we wish you all the very best for Friday and for your future together.

Burda Skirt

One of our lovely ladies that work here, Cheryl has just turned up in a lovely summer skirt.

She used a floral "craft" cotton in Burda pattern 8280 and to finish it off she put a couple of rows of satin ribbon around the hem to compliment the colour of the flowers.I've put craft in inverted commas as we find these weight cottons are great for skirts and dresses and they don't need to be lined. Great when you are wearing them in our summer heat.

She is a very clever lady,and we hear there are a few more projects on the machine, so stay tuned.

WE'RE ON SALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes all our sewing friends we are having a summer sale.

We have 20 - 50 % off all our summer fashion daywear, even Liberty of London, and we have just received a new shipment of Liberty's on Friday!

The sale is on in all 3 stores for a limited time so don't delay.

You all know the saying, the early bird catches the worm, or in our case the best bargain on some gorgeous fabrics.

See you in store soon.

Thanks for your patience

Dear friends
Please accept our apologies for the delay in posting. We promise we'll be back on-air with frequent, regular posts very soon...

Sew, what's on?

Sewing classes for beginners start at Indooroopilly on Saturday! This week's class is booked out, but please contact the store if you want to register for the next ones. (Telephone 07 3378 5992.)

Brides-to-be, come say hello to us at the Queensland Brides Bridal Expo at the Convention Centre 26 - 28 March. For more information, click here.

Our beautiful brides and bridesmaids

From the vault, a lovely pic of Leanne Donahue and her bridesmaids.
Leanne's girls chose a black-spotted tulle with sunny shades of satin for their cute frocks last year.

We'd love to share what you've created with our beautiful fabrics. Please email pics to us:
infoATgardams.com.au. Or drop in a copy to one of our stores. We'd love to see you.

TIWI island screen prints

We're not sure whether this is fabric or art. These unique and individual designs are hand-screenprinted by indigenous artists from Tiwi island (north of Darwin). Each piece is a one-off artist's piece. Widths vary from 112 - 140cm.

Now, decision time: to hang it on the wall or cut a lovely full skirt?

Available in Adelaide St, Brisbane store.

We're back!

Sorry about the break between posts, but we've had a lovely holiday. We've sewn some wonderful shorts for the kids, a couple of crisp cotton frocks, and a couple of cushion covers as well. Nothing too taxing (we were on holiday, after all...)!