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"She Is The Kind Of Girl Who Climbed The Ladder Of Success Wrong by Wrong."
Posted on
29 May 2011
About my bestfriend caity, like I mentioned in past blogs, I believe that you should feel appreciated! freinds should be treated like celebrities, and if you aren't, they're not worth it! And lately I truly have been. My bestfriend has invited me out so much the past week, we've been ...
3D textile art - Art you can grab hold of
Posted on
15 Jun 2009
International magazine contents, new books on the market, work on display at local galleries or on sale at various shows and stores all indicate that three dimensional textile work is growing in popularity. Textile art, as a segment itself, is a constantly moving feast but many of its players struggle ...
Tags:  3d art artist profile textile art
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Posted on
14 Feb 2011
hellloooo
A brief history of... Crazy quilting
Posted on
06 Aug 2009
Crazy quilting does not actually refer to a specific kind of quilting; instead it refers to a kind of patchwork. Originating in the late 1800s during the Victorian era, the word crazy was used to mean not only wild but also broken or crazed into splinters; a good description of ...
Tags:  artist crazy history quilt quilting
A brief history of... Fashion illustration
Posted on
28 Jun 2009
Fashion at its best remains an art form and, before a garment can be made, its concept must be communicated to others - to those who do the sewing and construction. Hence, fashion illustration becomes an essential instrument in the designer’s tool box. And, even today, when the computer has ...
Tags:  clothing designer illustration sewing
A brief history of... Origami
Posted on
10 Jun 2009
Like many of the world’s ancient artistic forms, the earliest origins of Origami can be debated but some say this Japanese art of paper folding was practiced in Japan as early as the sixth century. The word itself is made up of two Japanese words - ori, meaning fold and ...
Tags:  origami papercraft
A brief history of... The advent calendar
Posted on
13 Jul 2009
The word ‘advent’ comes from the Latin - ‘ad’ meaning ‘towards’ and ‘ven/vent’ from the Latin verb ‘veno’, meaning ‘come’. Advent refers to the days approaching the coming of Christ to earth. More specifically, in the German tradition, it refers to the 24 days immediately preceding Christmas day. One of ...
Tags:  advent christmas festive
A brief history of... the apron
Posted on
12 Aug 2009
Necessity is the mother of invention or so they say and so it is that the apron came about, saviour of women’s (and some men’s) clothing as they’ve cooked and cleaned their way through the decades. Some youngsters would be shocked to hear it but, in times gone by, we ...
Tags:  apron history pinafore sewing
A brief history of... the Bead
Posted on
18 Jun 2009
We wear them, we buy them, we count them, we sometimes even pray with them but why are beads so precious to the human psyche and where did it all begin? Here are a few tasty tidbits about a material that holds such importance in our crafty endeavours. Man began ...
Tags:  beading beads history
A brief history of... the Christmas stocking
Posted on
08 Jul 2009
While Australian families may not follow the tradition of hanging Christmas stockings over fireplaces (how many of us have functioning fire places these days after all?) the tradition of the stocking continues and, as a motif, it appears constantly in contemporary Christmas imagery. Like any phenomenon that has travelled the ...
A class of their own
Posted on
13 Jul 2009
Textile education. Today’s textile students tackle the here & now. If you love working with textiles and wish you could be making a living in the area, is 2009 the year you start looking at options? This month ‘get creative’ steps inside the hallowed halls of one of Australasia’s most ...
Tags:  designer learn teach textile university
A Day In The Life Of A Teenage Girl.
Posted on
11 May 2011
I'm normal. I fall over. I crush on guys. I fight with my friends. I feel bloated. I love getting dressed up. I make mistakes. Im me. And this blog is all about me. You want to know a little about me? Im from england, moved to aus when i ...
Tags:  girl in it livin sydney teenage up
A global view - Destination: Zambia
Posted on
13 Aug 2009
“I was lucky enough to recently travel to Zambia in Africa to see how women in developing countries are undertaking training in sewing & tailoring as a means of social & economic development.” - Janine Janine Nutley from Spotlight’s Kawana Waters (QLD) store recently travelled to Zambia in Southern Africa. ...
Tags:  africa quilting groups sewing machine stitch in time
A good friend is like...
Posted on
07 Aug 2009
“A good friend is like a warm quilt wrapped around the heart.” - Anon. Whenever you talk to a quilter, novice or professional alike, the word ‘friendship’ comes up early in the conversation. Like many other creative hobbies, quilting provides people with much more than stitching skills or an overflowing ...
Tags:  artist quilt quilting quilting groups
A handmade Christmas
Posted on
23 Dec 2009
Shamefully I have to admit that 90% of my presents this year are store-bought. I'm sorry! I've just been so busy with my new, busy, exciting, stressful, full on, adventure-full job and moving into my new digs that I just haven't had time to make any handmade gifts. But there ...
Tags:  embroidery present slippers
A novice in the making
Posted on
17 Nov 2010
I bought my first sewing machine about a week ago, today I plan to finall buy some fabric and put it to the test. I haven't put my hand to a sewing machine since middle school, so I really am new at this. Through this blog I hope to show ...
Aldora Knitted Jacket
Posted on
23 May 2010
Hi Everyone, I have tried and tried and tried to work out the Spotlight 'free' pattern for knitting an Aldora Jacket from Moda Vera Aldora wool. It just doesnt make sense and doesnt work. Has anyone else had problem with it and found the solution? Thanks
Tags:  knitting
Art emotion & letters
Posted on
10 Jun 2009
Calligraphy - what is it? Calligraphy comes from the Greek words ‘kallos’ and ‘graphos’ and means ‘beautiful writing’. It is a traditional art - gestural drawing or painting that illustrates and illuminates the written word in a sumptuous, spontaneous and sometimes elaborately unintelligible way. In the western world ...
Tags:  artist calligraphy dave wood writing
Artist profile - Ann Baldwin
Posted on
05 Jun 2009
In 2000, after 25 years teaching English in high schools in England and middle school in California, Ann Baldwin decided to take the plunge and try forging a career as an artist. “I had been painting passionately since 1991 and was already exhibiting widely and selling my work, so it ...
Tags:  ann baldwin artist mixed media wall art
Artist profile - Carolyn Sullivan
Posted on
13 Aug 2009
An inspiring woman who pursued her love of quilting and embroidery via further education, whilst raising her family, Carolyn Sullivan is now at a point in her life where she can focus on her work, happily ensconced in her much longed for studio in the Southern Highlands of NSW. We ...
Tags:  artist carolyn sullivan embroidery quilting

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