Carolyn Sullivan Tells Us About the Inspiration behind her Quilts
Carolyn Sullivan is the author of many books documenting embroidery and textile designs from all over the world. Carolyn Sullivan’s embroidered and quilted works are inspired by these textiles. In this blog post she tells us more about her inspiration. By Carolyn Sullivan. I have always loved cultural textiles and a lot of my work has been based on […]
Six Questions With Award Winning Eden Quilt Designer Rebecca Stewart-Bartell
We catch up with designer Rebecca Stewart-Bartell and discuss her award winning Eden Quilt design. How did you come up with the idea for the Eden Quilt? The theme of this year’s West Australian Quilters Association annual competition QuiltWest was “I Remember When” and to me that meant childhood memories. Most of my childhood memories […]
Stunning Stripe Fabrics: Pattern & Palette Play
Horizontal or vertical, fine or bold, monochromatic or multi-coloured. Whatever their form, stripe fabrics are a design perennial. Top L – R Clockwise: 1. Art Gallery Fabrics ‘Avantgarde’ Steps Above Prism AVG-28900, designed by Katarina Roccella. Distributed by Craft Project – Charles Parsons. 2. Ella Blue Fabrics ‘Ella’s Basics’ Ticking Kingfisher stripes TE2007T, designed by Emma […]
Robyn Hicks Shares her Favourite Crochet Projects and Tips
Robyn Hicks is an ultra-creative crocheter! She shares her two crochet favourite projects, her two top crochet tips and her love of crochet with us. Robyn Hicks’ Favourite Projects 1. The Crochet Curtain What rule book says that crochet can’t be used as curtaining? Not one on Robyn Hicks’ library shelf, that’s for sure. Robyn turned […]
Six Crochet Tips you’ll Wish you Knew when you Started
Self-taught crocheter Ashleigh Kiser has made a mire of mistakes and come out of the process with skill and a smile on her face. Here she passes on some must-read crochet tips so you can bypass the winding backroads of crochet knowledge and speed right along the highway to success. I haven’t talked about this […]
Gorgeous Floral Fabrics: Pattern & Palette Play
Fresh greens and posies of pink – it’s a soothingly cool summer combo that’s hard to beat. Take dainty new buds and surround them with leaf colour, just as nature intended. Check out these gorgeous floral fabrics! Top L – R Clockwise: 1. Northcott ‘Peony Passion’ 21289-72, designed by Lynnea Washburn. Distributed by Lloyd Curzon Textiles. 2. […]
Sewing Secrets From the Biggest Names in Craft: Part 2
Last week we revealed 38 must-read secrets from some of the world’s best quilters. Afterwards we felt much better about ourselves and our own quilting shortcuts… And now in Part 2 we share a few more sewing secrets to comfort you even further! As well as inspire to keep going with these tricks from the trade. […]
How To: Make this Gorgeous Pincushion Pattern in Six Simple Steps!
Martina Bahre, co-founder of Brisbane’s Ava & Neve, has created this wonderful hooped, Liberty print pincushion pattern. Make your own in just six easy steps! Everyone needs a cute little something in their sewing room to bring the space to life. I have a nasty way of popping the pins between my lips while I’m busy […]
How To: Make Lisa Walton’s Sheer Origami Quilt Pattern!
We speak to Lisa Walton about the crafting process and the inspiration behind her beautiful, award-winning Sheer Origami Quilt pattern. Finished Size: 95cm x 100cm How did you come up with the idea for the quilt pattern? I once did a class with Jeanette DeNicolis Meyer on translucency in fabrics. One of the exercises we did was […]
Start Homespun’s 2017 Block of the Month!
The Feburary Homespun is always hard to beat because it launches our much anticipated Block of the Month. And this year our Block of the Month is a doozy – ‘specially for kids! And as usual we have 10 other step-by-step easy-to-follow projects covering crafts including quilts, bags, dolls, and more to make your February fantastic. Never […]