Quilters Companion, Michelle Marvig’s top picks – Embroidered Essentials
No one craft is ever enough! We all try our hand at multiple techniques as the mood takes us. Maybe today you feel like a little project for some embroidered essentials? I found these beauties at cosyproject.com.au Just Be Yourself, by Jennifer Reynolds, is a wonderful little reminder to stay true to ourselves. […]
Craf-Tex and In-R-Form by Bosal Foam and Fiber
Driven by Michelle Marvig I love how my quilts add colour and texture to my home. I once removed all the hanging quilts from the walls as I needed to showcase them at a trunk show. My husband’s first comment to me when I arrived home was that our house seemed cold and bland without […]
Look What I Made From…3 x Ribbons! With Cintia Gonzalez
A bit of floral buttoning, a bit of gathering and a couple of trimmed ribbon tails and voila… funky handmade rosette brooches that were made in no time. Here’s how you go about it: Materials (makes 2) * Striped ribbons: 1m (11/8yd) each of green and pink (2.5cm/1in width); 50cm (5/8yd) green ribbon (1cm/3/8in width) […]
Thanksgiving Thyme with Therese Hylton
Instead of showing gratitude to a year of harvest, why not celebrate a year well-stitched with some holiday quilting this Thanksgiving? As our friends from the Northern Hemisphere prepare their tables with turkey, pumpkins and pecan pies, Australians too can join in this season by sewing these icons in sumptuous reds and oranges as seen in […]
Designer profile, meet Janelle Noack
Janelle Noack lives in the very rural NSW Riverina town of Dirnaseer. In fact the town has a population of just 170! It is farming country and that’s exactly the life Janelle has led. “Growing up on a farm you learn to make do and use what you have,” Janelle says. “My mum was a […]
Designer Edge: Meet Joy Pitts
Showy types like to flaunt their designer labels all over town, but for most of us lesser mortals, clothing tags stay hidden from view. Now, one very fine artist is getting in on the act and making masterpieces from these rag-trade IDs. By Janai Velez UK-based artist Joy Pitts uses labels by the thousand. She […]
Welcome to Jennie Larsen WORKROOM
Buying a new home meant JENNIE LARSEN finally had a craft room. And she takes full advantage of the luxury, by making it a happy and social place to create in retro-style surroundings. By Janai Velez Bright colours and room for craft gatherings were top prioriBuying a new home meant JENNIE LARSEN finally had a […]
Karen Roark welcomes you to her Workroom
Childhood summers of making projects for country fairs combined with an interior-architecture degree are reflected in KAREN ROARK’s bright and cheery craft room. Warm country meets contemporary pizazz. By Janai Velez No detail is overlooked in Karen Roark’s crafty corner of the world – from the neatly stacked fabrics in crates to the thread-filled jars […]
Designer edge: Meet Claire Read
“They made me smile, made my heart leap a little. I guess you could say I fell in love.” Claire Read recalls when she first discovered her passion for making ‘storybox’ sculptures – little whimsical worlds created with repurposed materials. “I take the unwanted, the unloved, the damaged, the decayed and put them together in […]
Get to know author, writer, producer and now STITCHER – Tara Moss
TARA MOSS: Author, Human rights advocate, Documentary presenter, writer and producer, Vintage lover, Doctoral Candidate at the University of Sydney, Journalist, Charity worker, Blogger and now… STITCHER There’s not a lot of downtime in Tara Moss’s schedule, but what little there is now taken up with her new-found passion – sewing. And in typical form, […]