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Designer Edge with Ulla-Stina Wikander

So you can’t afford a Van Gogh! So what? You can always stitch one in tapestry form. And if you are Ulla-Stina Wikander, you can then cut up your finished masterpiece and use the oddments to cover your vacuum cleaner. Or telephone, or typewriter, or pram. Or…. by Susan Hurley That might sound like stitching […]

Getting Cosy with designer Linda Guy

Getting Cosy with designer Linda Guy

Linda Guy, sewer, designer and fabric collector gets cosy with Cosy PROJECT What’s your idea of the perfect stitching day? A perfect stitching day right now would be at the beach, sitting under a tree covering paper pieces or hand stitching. Cup of tea, a piece of cake and, most of all, some sunshine. I’ve lived […]

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Meet multi-talented designer Mary Koval

Mary Koval, quilt collector; dealer; fabric designer and lover of textiles chats with Michelle Marvig I am extremely lucky to visit Houston every year with the Travelrite / Quilters Companion tour. My first stop on Preview Night is always the many antique quilt stalls that are scattered among the other retail stands on the show […]

Desginer Edge - Maria Wigley (Selvedge)

Desginer Edge – Maria Wigley (Selvedge)

Classy cursive, long, loose thread ends and lacy lettering. Maria Wigley’s ‘threadmanship’ is practised and precise … making text float is no mean feat! by Janai Velez An array of writings is translated into stitched artworks by the UK-based textile artist Maria Wigley. “Poetry and songs have a huge influence on my work, as does listening […]

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In the studio with Naomi Hynes

In the studio with Naomi Hynes by Erica Spinks Within her purpose-built studio in a suburb of Melbourne, Naomi Hynes not only makes unique quilts but also designs and markets her original digital quilting patterns and provides professional quilting services to customers Photography by Ned Meldrum Naomi Hynes’s large studio faces north, so the natural […]

Designer Edge: Meet Danielle Edge

Designer Edge: Meet Danielle Edge

South Africa-based artist Danielle Clough loves squash and embroidery … and embroidering on squash rackets, or any racket that she thinks is beautiful. “I don’t discriminate! The first few I got at a car-boot market in Cape Town, but since then I have been sourcing wherever I go,” she says. by Janai Velez Danielle started stitching […]

Designer Profile: Nicole Vos van Avezathe

Designer Profile: Nicole Vos van Avezathe

Getting to know … NICOLE VOS VAN AVEZATHE Being European, do you love cosy days inside in winter or do you dream of swaying palm trees and golden beaches in the tropics? I’m definitely more a fall/winter person. The idea of snuggling under a quilt with a book is more appealing to me than lying […]

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Hillary Waters Fayle – Designer Edge

For most of us, leaves simply mean summer shade and fall colour – we enjoy the underfoot autumn crunch and the year-round rustle of leaves lifted on breezes. But do we appreciate their true potential? by Janai Velez It’s a Fine Romance Quilt!  Virginia-based artist Hillary Waters Fayle likes to take a closer look at leaves in […]

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Designer Edge – Meet Heather Everitt

After a visit to an English museum’s butterfly room, Heather Everitt’s embroidery style took flight. by Janai Velez “Instead of the traditional Victorian displays of butterflies, impaled with pins, they had a butterfly room with the gorgeous creatures cleverly suspended under Perspex so they looked as if they were flying.” And the spirit of their beauty […]

In the studio with Deirdre Bond-Abel

In the studio with Deirdre Bond-Abel

In the studio with Deirdre Bond-Abel By Erica Spinks Since settling in her farm-based studio, Deidre Bond-Abel’s creativity has expanded. We visit her at Hat Creek Quilts in Tasmania to explore how a long-held dream has become real   A copy of the American Country Living magazine set Deidre on a creative path that enhanced […]