Mary Latham - RAEY Volunteer

Before heading off on a volunteer trip to RAEY in Ethiopia, Mary Latham visited Craft Land for a sewing machine tutorial. An experienced sewer, Mary came to Craft Land to brush up on her skills, preparing herself for teaching sewing to the ladies of the RAEY community.

Mary with Craft Land sewing teacher Steph Deaves

During Ramdan of 2012, Craft Land received donated sewing machines and crafting tools and materials on behalf of RAEY as part of the annual Craft Land Trade for Aid program. All the donated items have been shipped to Ethiopia where RAEY plan to utilise them to create employment opportunities for the adults in the community.

We wish Mary good luck with her time at at RAEY - from what we hear so far, things are going well!

For further information about RAEY, visit: http://www.raeyfoundation.org/

To support Craft Land's Trade for Aid Program 2013 - follow us on Facebook to get updates.

Quilt & Stitch Art 2013

We are now accepting entries for the 3rd annual May Quilt Show - with some exciting differences. This year we will also exhibit works of hand embroidery, knitting, crochet, other yarn crafts, and machine embroidery.

Tokyo International Quilt Show

Once again, we are offering some very exciting draw prizes to entrants. As our major sponsor, Brother is donating the following: Anyone who submits a quilt for consideration will be entered into a draw to win a trip to the International Quilt Show in Tokyo in January 2014. Anyone who submits a piece with machine embroidery will be entered into a draw to win a Brother V3 embroidery machine worth 9,970dhs.As an added incentive to add machine embroidery to your work, we are offering free use of our embroidery machines during all clinics to the end of April! (100dhs fee will be waived, 300dhs refundable deposit applies).

We are currently confirming other prizes for hand embroidery and yarn crafts, to be announced shortly.
Remember - these prizes are drawn from anyone who applies to be in the show!

well-attended quilt show

one of the many stunning quilts in Tokyo

Further prizes will be given to the winners of our Viewers' Choice voting system - last year the grand prize winner got an Accuquilt cutting system and fabrics,and  the beginner and children's winners received new sewing machines.

Submission details - how to apply:
The deadline for submission is April 25th, 2013. Please send a PDF or JPEG image of the submission with title and dimensions to Jennifer@mycraftland.com.
Notifications regarding which works have been selected to be exhibited will be sent out no later than May 2nd, 2013. If notification is not received by any individual who has submitted their work for consideration, please call with Jennifer Haack by phone at 050-288 3247 after May 7th.
Details about how and when to submit the actual pieces will be given at that time.

our first Quilt Art show

What you can enter:
Anyone may submit.
The following types of work will be accepted: Quilting, Knitting, Crochet, Other Yarn Crafts, Hand Embroidery, Machine Embroidery, and Sewing.
There will be 3 levels – General, Beginner and Children. ‘General’ is for anyone who has been working in their medium for more than one year. ‘Beginner’ is for anyone who has been working in their medium for one year or less. ‘Children’ is open to entrants 16 years and under.
An individual may submit as many works in as many categories as desired. Quilts that have won a prize in previous Dubai quilting exhibitions, of any kind, will not be exhibited.
The maximum size of quilt for this exhibition is 180cm x 180cm.
For entries other than quilts, you must submit them as they are to be displayed - for example, if your piece requires a hanger, please include it with your entry, or if your piece must be displayed in a frame, it must be submitted in a frame. If other methods of display may be required, please consult with Jennifer.

If you have any queries please contact: for submissions: jennifer@mycraftland.com, for any other queries about the exhibition: kay@mycraftland.com.

Introducing Brother's new V-Series!

We are proud to be launching Brother's new line of embroidery and combination machines, the V-Series. Stop in to Craft Land for a demonstration and test drive; you'll be impressed with the exciting new features Brother has added to these gorgeous machines.

V7 at work

V3 with free stabilizers & threads

 We have the V7, a combination sewing and embroidery machine, and the V3 for embroidery only. The V3 is Brother's response to customers' requests for a full-size embroidery-only machine with a large user-friendly screen and generous embroidery hoop sizes. This machine is fantastic if you already have a sewing machine that you love, and want to add embroidery to your work. The bonus? While your embroidery machine is stitching out beautiful designs, you can be sewing on your other machine.

sewing with lasers!

The V7 has some very interesting innovations unique in home sewing machines. The new dual-feed foot is like an enhanced walking foot, feeding your fabric smoothly to help cope with thicker fabrics, layered quilts and fine fabrics too. The new laser pointer helps you to acheive perfectly straight lines, and is adjustable so you can set seam allowances, stitch in the ditch, and even adjust decorative stitches so that they will end where you tell them to. Everything is controlled from the user-friendly touch screen, giving you a really great sewing experience. It's even super quiet while it sews - no need to turn up your music or TV!

new Dual Feed foot

intuitive touch screen

As an introductory offer, we are giving away thread and stablizers with each V-Series machine. With V3, you get a Madeira Rayon travel pack of threads and 3 different stabilizers - valued at over 1,400AED. For V7, we are giving you the Madeira Rayon travel pack AND the Quilter's Dream Cotton pack, plus the three stabilizers, valued at over 2,800AED. Offer is good until March 31st while supplies last.

Fast cutting for quilts & more

apple core die & quilt, with GO! Baby cutter

New Accuquilt GO! dies have arrived! We've added some interesting new shapes to our Accuquilt line, for quilting, appliqué, and other uses. If you don't know the Accuquilt system, it's a roller cutter that comes in two sizes, along with maanhy dies to cut fabric strips, triangles, squares and other geometric shapes; specialty quilt shapes such as Double Wedding Ring, Apple Core and more; and lots of fun appliqué shapes like animals, flowers, letters etc. The cutters are very easy to use and super time-saving! Stop in any time for a demonstration, and remember you can use our cutter for your projects if you attend any of our clinics (see our schedule or class descriptions for clinic details).

the new rag dies are great for use with flannel fabrics

The cutters some in two sizes: GO! Baby (see above) cuts all the 5" and 6" dies, and the GO! cutter (below) can handle all the available dies.

tumbler block quilt & dies with GO! cutter

Some of our Craft Land pre-cuts work great with the GO! system. You can use fat quarter packs to make the beautiful batik tumbler quilt, and our 6½" Layer Cake squares make a lovely baby quilt - check out baby Harper on her barnyard tumbler quilt. Now we also have the baby tumbler - you could use our Maxi Roll  of 3½" with that one for cute little tumblers.

tumbler quilt made with pre-cut layer cake - being put to good use in Canada!

CRAFT FOR LESS - DSF offers are here!

Buy 2, get 3rd for free - on almost everything in Craft Land!

With terrific offers on sewing machines as well, see us in the shop for details.

Here are some of the terrific 3 for 2 options:

all yarns

handbag accessories

needles & pins

Crochet hooks (& knitting needles too)

all reels of machine thread

fabric pre-cuts and....

...kits

GO! dies and mats

rulers & mats

all cones of thread

ZIPPERS!

beautiful buttons

fabric: buy 2m & get 3rd for free, or buy the rest of the bolt & get 35% off

bead packs

all hand embroidery ribbons...

....thread skeins....

....and thread packs!

And lots more in the shop! All offers good until February 3, 2013. Happy DSF!

Happy Holiday Crafting!

We wish all our customer safe travels and many joyous holiday moments with family and friends!

Craft Land will be open over the holidays - daily 10am-10pm, Fridays 2pm-10pm - though we might run away  a bit early on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve!

Our classes are not running over the holidays, but we do have some clinics for those of us who just can't stop crafting! Here is the schedule:

Sunday December 23 - General Clinic at 12:30-3:00pm
                                  - Knitting & Crochet Clinic 7:00-9:30pm

Thursday December 27 - General Clinic at 9:30am - 12:00noon

Saturday December 29 - General Clinic 10:00am - 12:30pm
                                  - Kids' Sewing Clinic 1:00 - 2:30pm
                                  - Kids' Crafting Clinic 2:30 - 4:00pm

Sunday December 30 - General Clinic at 12:30-3:00pm

Wednesday January 2 - Knitting & Crochet Clinic 7:00-9:30pm


Thursday January 3 - General Clinic at 9:30am - 12:00noon

Saturday January 5 - General Clinic 10:00am - 12:30pm
                                  - Kids' Sewing Clinic 1:00 - 2:30pm
                                  - Kids' Crafting Clinic 2:30 - 4:00pm

                                 
See our website for the full schedule, and have a look at the Workshops on offer in the New Year.

Happy Holidays and Happy Crafting!

Run a small business with Brother embroidery!

Brother PR1000e and PR650e machines can kick start your business - start a new business or add to an existing one with the easy-to-use, versatile multi-thread machines. And until the end of December, get PE Design Next embroidery software for free - normally 4,700dhs.

PR1000e 10-thread embroidery machine

Stop in to Craft Land any time for a demo! You'll be surprised at how easy it is to use, with the simple fabric loading and intuitive touch screen. Embroider names and monograms easily by setting up your design on the touch screen, or load designs directly from your computer or via USB. Resize, rotate and adjust colors; even align multiple designs using PR1000e's built-in camera.

PR650e 6-thread embroidery machine

Once you've bought the machine, we offer comprehensive free training at our premises or yours (within Dubai - elsewhere can be arranged). We also carry a full range of high-quality embroidery threads and stabilizers to help you give your customers the best results.

So, what will you do with a PR machine? Personalize baby clothes, golf and sports attire, home furnishings...embellish abayas and shaylas...monogram towels...create corporate gifts...create beautiful wedding fashions or decorations...the possibilities are endless!