Pattern & Palette Play – Wilderness Fabrics
Pack a picnic and pack some punchy scenery into your stitching designs. Spring calls for adventures in national parks, and you can capture the pristine beauty of the wilderness with fabrics full of wild flora and fauna. Compiled by Janai Velez Left to right: 1. Moda Fabrics ‘Wild Blue Yonder’ Autumn 33120-14, designed by Sentimental Studios. […]
Designer Edge – Andrea Brokenshire
Flowers are at the very core of American artist Andrea Brokenshire’s life. Big, beautiful blooms! Even as a child, she was drawn to them. by Janai Velez When her mother was shopping for fabrics with her daughters, Andrea’s sisters chose pale, quieter designs, while Andrea made a beeline for the brightest bolt in the store – […]
New 2018 Quilters Companion Diary and Tilda Calendar Out Now
Let’s face it – no matter how many quilting projects you promised yourself you would finish this year, it’s probably been impossible to complete everything you planned. However, the team at Cosy PROJECT believe that 2018 is your year to finally organise enough time for your passion. Take this opportunity to spice up your crafting […]
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 […]
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 […]
Quilting Advice from Deborah Louie: Take one cross hatch stencils and a walking foot
Do you have cross hatch stencils at home that you bought at a quilt show or at your local patchwork shop and thought, yes, I will use that one day? Perhaps it is still in its packaging in the drawer somewhere. How often do we purchase a patchwork tool for that ONE DAY! Well, let’s […]
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 […]
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 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 […]