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 […]
Cool Tools on the Patchwork and Quilting Market
This page is devoted to bringing you all the trusted old favourites and cool tools on the patchwork and quilting market. Melba Trivets Keep your sewing and kitchen table looking good with this cool tool – Melba Trivets by Leesa Chandler. Featuring Leesa’s signature Australian floral repeat design, these trivets are pretty and functional, with a […]
Trial a product: Westalee Ruler Foot and Stencils
For many years, longarm quilters have been using acrylic quilting stencils and special machine feet to do elaborate and precise quilting designs, but until recently, this wasn’t possible on domestic sewing machines. At last, that’s all changed, thanks to the Westalee ruler foot and dedicated 3mm stencils. By Elizabeth Newton So how does it […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
How did they do it? ‘Leafy’ Sea Dragon by Lois Parish Evans
‘Leafy’ Sea Dragon by Lois Parish Evans Size: 126cm x 102cm (491/2in x 40in) How did you come up with the idea for this quilt? Several years ago, while on a family holiday to Tasmania, we visited Seahorse World in northern Tasmania and Lois Parish Evans fell in love with seahorses and sea dragons. Since […]
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 […]
Cool Tool’s for Patchwork and Quilting
This page is devoted to bringing you all the trusted old favourites and brand new tool/s to the patchwork and quilting market. Udderly Smooth This tool has long been favoured by sewers as its non-greasy formula doesn’t leave residue on fabric and threads and doesn’t stain. Create the perfect tool bag for all your sewing […]
Welcome to Michelle Holme’s Workroom
What do you do after the horses have bolted? Fret or think a little creatively? Let’s turn to the inspirational Michelle Holme for the ultimate solution – a fabulously moody old-stables studio that puts all others in the shade. By Susan Hurley Michelle Holme’s romantic stables studio is actually part of a creative co-op of […]