Getting Cosy with Designers – Katrina Hadjimichael & Mollie Johanson
Be inspired by our truly amazing contributors and designers as featured on Cosy PROJECT! Katrina Hadjimichael Email: kat.had@bigpond.com / katrina@katrinahadjimichael.com.au Blog: katrinahadjimichael.blogspot.com Website: https://katrinahadjimichael.com.au “Quilters instantly have a connection to each other than transcends age, culture and status.” Colours of Katrina “My favourite colour for quilts is red. I use many different reds, from soft pinky shades to rich […]
Jennifer Corkish, Her Work and Her Upcoming Sea Change
The term sea change couldn’t be more fitting for the future of quilter Jennifer Corkish, who is moving from the Southern Highlands to the south coast of NSW. I spoke with Jennifer about plans for her new studio and how the new house will affect her creative process. By Caroline Adams. Those looking for a […]
Meet Designers Natashia Curtin and Robyn Hicks
Be inspired by our truly amazing Cosy PROJECT designers and contributors! This week we meet Natashia Curtin from Smee Designs, and Robyn Hicks from Yummy Yarn and Co! Natashia Curtin On stitching… “Stitching is also an awesome mechanism for getting out of washing the floor as often as I should.” My personal style is… “Diva cockatoos, […]
Winter Patterns: Keeping Warm with Cosy PROJECT
As the winter months approach we feel the temperature dropping. In some areas of Australia the temperature is certainly dropping faster than in others, but we feel it nonetheless! We here at Cosy PROJECT aren’t dreading the season. We’re looking forward to nights in, enjoyed with a warm drink and a cosy blanket, and new winter […]
Discover Becky Anne Tilson and her Delightful Hooped Animal Designs
Becky Anne Tilson has had many varied and interesting careers. She has practised cosmetology, cleaned houses, taught preschool children and waited tables. She has also worked at a zoo, retail store, salon and sandwich shop. Finally, she found her calling, as a gifted needlefelter and embroiderer, specialising in hooped animal designs. By Janai Velez. Becky […]
Getting to know designer Cindy Steiler
The discarded, the old and the forgotten – they are all given new life courtesy of Cindy Steiler embroidered artworks, which have stitched characters flying kites, crocheting and riding horses and elements of the designs escaping from the constraints of frames and hoops – Janai Velez Double-hooped embroideries, dioramas, stitched portrait photographs and clay dolls with […]
Designer Edge – Sarah K. Benning
Sarah K. Benning splits her time between a sunny Spanish island and the USA, which makes having a garden and growing plants pretty difficult. by Janai Velez Instead, she has created a vibrant, indoor ‘vertical garden’ of embroidered plants, the inspiration for which came during the long, dark, cold winters experienced in Upstate New York. “It […]
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. […]
Designer Edge – Megan Nedds
When you look at this cheetah in mid-chase, you’re struck by its realism. You’re taken along on its hunt for prey – its eye fixed on its quarry, its posture streamlined and its movement sleek and effortless. by Susan Hurley Similarly, a quick glance at the needle-felted foxes has you caught up in their play. […]
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 […]