*** UPDATE - SUNSET SEAMS IS TAKING A BREAK - SEE INSTAGRAM @SUNSETSEAMS FOR UPDATES ***
About Us
Sunset Seams is a family-owned on-line business, established in October 2011. Based in a breezy Bayside suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, we provide a customised laser-cutting service to Quilters and Patchworkers all over the world.
We are a husband and wife team with backgrounds in science & engineering as well as business, banking & law. We also share a love of design, wood-working, carpentry and crafting, including 30 years of sewing, and 10 years of quilting and patchwork experience. Having this sewing experience, and active membership of 3 Quilting Guilds, enables me to understand exactly what really matters to quilters, and makes their quilting experience that much more enjoyable.
We aim to provide friendly, responsive customer service and accurate, timely, customised acrylic templates for ordinary, (and extraordinary!) Quilters, Patchworkers & Crafters everywhere - throughout Australia, and beyond!
Using AutoCad and our computerised Laser-Cutter, we can make 3mm (1/8th inch) Acrylic Templates in any shape or design (from any pattern you provide), and also do etching and engraving.
We are here to help with your crafting & patchwork quilting challenges!
Contact us via: SunsetSeams@hotmail.com or Postal: PO Box 221, Elwood, Victoria, 3184, Australia.
Sunset Seams is a Registered Australian Business, ABN No: 46 344 963 M: (+61) 0411 400 939
We are a husband and wife team with backgrounds in science & engineering as well as business, banking & law. We also share a love of design, wood-working, carpentry and crafting, including 30 years of sewing, and 10 years of quilting and patchwork experience. Having this sewing experience, and active membership of 3 Quilting Guilds, enables me to understand exactly what really matters to quilters, and makes their quilting experience that much more enjoyable.
We aim to provide friendly, responsive customer service and accurate, timely, customised acrylic templates for ordinary, (and extraordinary!) Quilters, Patchworkers & Crafters everywhere - throughout Australia, and beyond!
Using AutoCad and our computerised Laser-Cutter, we can make 3mm (1/8th inch) Acrylic Templates in any shape or design (from any pattern you provide), and also do etching and engraving.
We are here to help with your crafting & patchwork quilting challenges!
- Maybe you have a shape or design in mind, and can't find the exact template to buy?
- Or you have a favourite pattern which you would like to make up in a different size?
- Perhaps you are geographically isolated from your local fabric shop?
- Or you have a busy life, and need acrylic templates to speed-up your fabric cutting or tracing?
Contact us via: SunsetSeams@hotmail.com or Postal: PO Box 221, Elwood, Victoria, 3184, Australia.
Sunset Seams is a Registered Australian Business, ABN No: 46 344 963 M: (+61) 0411 400 939
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Our Workshop
Our Laser-Cutter can cut 3mm (1/8th of an inch) acrylic at any size, up to 24 x 36 inches. (Limitations may apply to the postable size of customised template requests).
We convert your pattern copy into AutoCad, and then personalise the templates by including etched markings, as per your request. (Or you can send us a .PDF, .DXF or a .AI file).
The converted files are up-loaded to our computerised Laser-Cutter. Your personalised, precision-cut, templates are individually and accurately laser-cut, according to your specifications. We then check the templates to the pattern, hand-polish each piece, carefully pack the templates, with reinforcement (recycled cardboard) and post the templates (and return your pattern) to you.
PROUDLY AUSTRALIAN OWNED AND OPERATED, BY A QUILTER!
*** UPDATE 13 SEPTEMBER 2018 - SUNSET SEAMS IS TAKING AN EXTENDED BREAK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE***
*** UPDATE 21 AUGUST 2018 *** *** SUNSET SEAMS IS TAKING A THREE WEEK BREAK ***
*** UPDATE - 1JULY 2018 *** ***STILL WORKING PART-TIME ONLY ***
In May, I re-opened my Sunset Seams website for Australian customers only, at this stage. When you order & pay, please allow 2-3 weeks for me to hand-make and post the templates. Quote requests may also take a little longer.
THANK YOU for your patience, while my Knee Rehabilitation STILL continues! - (Injury was Dec17, Ops in Jan/Feb/Mar!)
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Overseas returning customers (Outside Australia): Please email me at SunsetSeams@hotmail.com with your template requirements & colours / sizes and I will work out the processing & shipping times and costs for you, (if your order can be accommodated at this time).
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My Rehabilitation Regime continues with a daily 1-hour exercise program, twice-weekly Hydrotherapy sessions, weekly Physiotherapy sessions, and fortnightly Pain Management Counselling. Activity and mobility are increasing, I am now walking without crutches, and can drive up to 20 minutes at a time. But I still get tired easily, and underlying pain is never far away. This is why I've decided to limit my work-load to Part-time. Please be aware that I may temporarily close my website from time-to-time, to catch up on orders.
Thanks again for your patience, and your loyalty . Cheers, Lisa Smallridge 7 May 2018
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*** UPDATE 21 AUGUST 2018 *** *** SUNSET SEAMS IS TAKING A THREE WEEK BREAK ***
*** UPDATE - 1JULY 2018 *** ***STILL WORKING PART-TIME ONLY ***
In May, I re-opened my Sunset Seams website for Australian customers only, at this stage. When you order & pay, please allow 2-3 weeks for me to hand-make and post the templates. Quote requests may also take a little longer.
THANK YOU for your patience, while my Knee Rehabilitation STILL continues! - (Injury was Dec17, Ops in Jan/Feb/Mar!)
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Overseas returning customers (Outside Australia): Please email me at SunsetSeams@hotmail.com with your template requirements & colours / sizes and I will work out the processing & shipping times and costs for you, (if your order can be accommodated at this time).
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My Rehabilitation Regime continues with a daily 1-hour exercise program, twice-weekly Hydrotherapy sessions, weekly Physiotherapy sessions, and fortnightly Pain Management Counselling. Activity and mobility are increasing, I am now walking without crutches, and can drive up to 20 minutes at a time. But I still get tired easily, and underlying pain is never far away. This is why I've decided to limit my work-load to Part-time. Please be aware that I may temporarily close my website from time-to-time, to catch up on orders.
Thanks again for your patience, and your loyalty . Cheers, Lisa Smallridge 7 May 2018
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*** UPDATE - 21 MARCH 2018 ***
Unfortunately my website will be temporarily closed for about another month, as I come to grips with the Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy Regime arising from my accidental knee injury in Chile, South America on 22 December 2017 (Diagonal Quadriceps Tear & Ruptured Tendon). Three months and 3 operations later, improvements are not happening as fast as expected. Existing orders will still be fulfilled as soon as possible. Hoping to re-open around the end of April. Please subscribe to my occasional Newsletter for the re-opening date. Thanks for your patience, and your loyalty . Cheers, Lisa Smallridge 21 March 2018
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Unfortunately my website will be temporarily closed for about another month, as I come to grips with the Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy Regime arising from my accidental knee injury in Chile, South America on 22 December 2017 (Diagonal Quadriceps Tear & Ruptured Tendon). Three months and 3 operations later, improvements are not happening as fast as expected. Existing orders will still be fulfilled as soon as possible. Hoping to re-open around the end of April. Please subscribe to my occasional Newsletter for the re-opening date. Thanks for your patience, and your loyalty . Cheers, Lisa Smallridge 21 March 2018
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