l'uccello Summer Crafting inspiration

Some crafting inspiration for a leisurely Summer!

The holiday season is perfect for relaxing at the beach and being with family. And for many of us it is a time to finish off a crafty project or perhaps begin new ones. 

l'uccello has so many lovely fabrics, haberdashery items and  books to delight and inspire your creative spirit this Summer 

L'uccello closed for Anzac Day

Just letting you know that l'uccello will be closed on Anzac Day 

this Saturday the 25th of April.

Visit l'uccello at this years AQC!

Two days to go till the AQC!
We are so excited to be setting up shop in the beautiful Exhibition Building for this years  Australasian Quilt Convention.

You can find l'uccello at.

Stall 65
April 16-19, 2015
10am - 4.30pm each day
Royal Exhibition Building,
Carlton Gardens
Melbourne, Australia

To view our latest moving picture on our you tube channel click here

We are thrilled to be releasing two new 'Petite Projects' for French General during the AQC. With special show deals as well as new products this years convention is not to be missed.

Lovely new Christmas Deliveries just landed!

We have a sweet new moving picture heralding our latest Christmas deliveries!

click HERE to watch on you tube.

l'uccello has just had some lovely new Christmas deliveries and is brimming with wonderful gifts, craft supplies, vintage haberdashery and fancy goods. To make it easier for you to visit us and experience Christmas with l'uccello we have also extended our opening hours and will be taking part in this years Flinders Quarter Shopping Night.

Flinders Quarter Shopping Night
Thursday 11th of December
l'uccello will be open till 9pm


l'uccello Christmas Hours

From December 1st

Monday - Saturday 10am - 5.30pm*

* With late night shopping on 

Friday 5th, 12th & 19th till 7pm

Open Sunday 7th, 14th & 21st 

11am-4pm

Open Christmas Eve 10am - 3pm

Closed Christmas Day

Closed Boxing Day

Closed Saturday 27th December

Open again at 10am 

Monday 29th December 

l'uccello is off to The Craft & Quilt Fair!

l'uccello is loading up the old jalopy and setting up shop at Melbourne's Craft and Quilt Fair.

You can find us at 

stand EZ06

June 26 - 29th, 2014

Thursday to Sunday 9am - 5pm

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre,

South Wharf

click here to view our latest moving picture

This will be our first year exhibiting at the Craft and Quilt Fair!
We can't wait to see you there! 

New deliveries all the way from the U.S.A

Click here to view our latest moving picture celebrating the arrival of new vintage treasures at l'uccello!

Treasure Hunting

At l'uccello we are currently unpacking treasures from the USA! Here are a few images of some of the beautiful stock that we are gradually adding to our shop at the Nicholas Building.

Due to the limited nature of this stock it may not make it onto our online store. If you can't visit us in store feel free to call us and place a mail order.

 Treasure hunting at a flea market in America

 Vintage embroided motifs.

Vintage straw braid in beautiful colours and patterns, very limited stock in store now!

Gorgeous stripy vintage ribbons, some with picot edging

Vintage Bakelite coat buttons just heading downstairs to the store. 

The black ones are singles and we have singles or sets of the brown ones.

Divine new collection of antique mother of pearl buttons, buckles and hand carved paillettes.

Bon Anniversaire l'uccello

It is l'uccello's 4th Birthday!

We are so excited...

To celabrate we are having a special sale.

 1 week only

visit us in store

Monday May 5th - Saturday 10th May

Click  'Bon Anniversaire' to enjoy 

l'uccello's 4th Birthday Movie

Easter Trading Hours

Easter Holiday Trading Hours

Good Friday - CLOSED

Easter Saturday - 10am - 5.30pm

Easter Sunday - CLOSED as usual

Easter Monday - 10am - 5.30pm

Wishing you all have a wonderful Easter!

See you at the AQC!

We are looking forward to seeing you at the AQC.

10am - 4.30pm each day

l'uccello is off to the Australasian Quilt Convention

l'uccello is once again loading up the old jalopy and setting up shop at the AQC.

You can find us at 

stall 65 

April 10 - 13, 2014

10am-4.30pm each day

Royal Exhibition Building,

Carlton Gardens

'On the Road'

And to celebrate our participation in this years 10th Anniversary AQC we are launching the l'uccello you tube channel, with our first film 'On the Road' by our very own talented Mary.

 l'uccello will  have a wonderful selection of vintage and contemporary haberdashery for you at the this years AQC as well as our in house designed and crafted sewing boxes. And we well be launching our 'Remains of the Day' kits a special collaboration with French General. Our kits feature patterns for a sewing chest, needle book and tape measure designed by l'uccello, combined with  French General's Le Bouquet Francais' fabriccs by Moda.

Looking forward to seeing you all at this years

AQC.

Happy Holidays!

We would like to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and Happy Holidays
 and share with you our Christmas Holiday Opening hours!

l'uccello

 Christmas Holiday Opening Hours

Christmas Eve: 10am-3pm

CLOSED Christmas Day

CLOSED Boxing Day

Friday the 27th to Saturday 4th January:

12pm - 5pm

CLOSED New years Day and Sundays

Monday 6th January

return to normal hours

Monday to Saturday 10am-5.30pm 

From Paris with Love............

We just had to share our most recent haberdashery find. 

Beautiful vintage French ribbons in a variety of sorbet colours. The moire (watermarked) ribbons that are over 18cm's in width are exceptional.  

In store now.

Beautiful things we would like to share.....

So many beautiful things to share with you today! 

Our gorgeous 'big sister' Etui, delicious Valdani hand dyed silk threads, lovely Judie Rothermels' vintage reproduction Dressing Gown range of fabrics and of course our own l'uccello collect jewellery range.

We are excited to bring you our new 'big sister' Etui, large enough for all your favourite sewing items. The lid features a piece of 19th C French fabric, French General and other lovely bits and pieces. Inside you will find it filled with a collection of gorgeous sewing accoutrements, very limited edition.....

 Delicious Valdani hand dyed silk threads have arrived,

perfect for embellished quilts, embroidery or fine crochet,

such an array of gorgeous hand colours

available in-store and online. 

 A lovely selection of Judie Rothermel’s vintage reproduction 

Dressing Gown range has arrived just

perfect for your patchwork

One of the special neckpieces made by Vikki Kassioras,

this work has a beautiful yellow vintage splatter bead as its focal point, 20th C carved agate butterflies and victorian black  glass facetted beads. Truly unique.  

Chris Massey's neckpiece features a vintage button 

and charms all on handmade  twisted cord.

Another unique treasure.

We had a great night at open studios last night and 

we are looking forward to another tonight.

Come visit!

OPEN STUDIOS Nicholas Building 2013

Once again here at L'uccello we are looking forward to taking part in this years OPEN STUDIOS. 

We would love you to come at visit us during this unique annual  twilight event that will be held on 

Thursday 29th and Friday 30th of August 

from 4-9pm on both nights 

And this year we have two lovely brand new lifts making it easier getting up and down the building. 

This annual event showcases some of the wonderful spaces, artists, specialty retailers and galleries within our wonderful Nicholas Building.

My treat

It's been a pretty average week, I won't bore you with the details- let's just say always measure twice, cut once and don't try to do more than 2 things at once, it will always end in tears. All of that however gave me the perfect excuse for a treat or 3.

A huge bunch of the prettiest pink roses from Vasette

A gorgeous new candle from Kleins Perfumery.

Tocca candles are one of my favourites, this one is casablanca lily, the studio smells divine!

A new copy of Selvedge, what more could you want?

Well a few more fabrics for my collection, this is my palate for a new project I'm about to start

If that's not enough to cheer a girl up more fab stock arrived yesterday.

Exquisite silk and velvet flowers, so romantic

Beautiful oak bobbins wound with silk fibres in gorgeous colours, the edges of the bobbins are wrapped in copper

Perfect for the season, vintage wooden buttons

Brilliant buckles in casein, celluloid, diamante and bakelite