A year or so ago, I went back to the Embroiderer’s Guild of Victoria, after letting my membership drop. I went primarily to meet up with other Cabinet of Curiosities ladies. Some of these ladies were also working on another beautiful casket – ‘the other casket’, one designed by the talented Maree Talbot. They started… Read More
Back in March at the Monbulk Quilt Show, I signed up for the Girl’s Day Out with Jo of Sewjo Designs and Libby Richardson of ArtSmart Craft Cottage… And then forgot about it. Fortunately for me, the girls had enough people interested that they were able to run two days. They rang me and asked… Read More
Monday night I attended my regular sit and sew up at Mrs Martin’s. Over the past year or so I have been slowly working on Leanne Beasley’s “Down In The Garden” project. Initially it took me a while to get started, because I was not sure about cutting into the Rural Jardin fabrics from the… Read More
I have not been able to do much stitching this week. Between going to bed late as I have watched Le Tour de France (GO CADEL!!!!) and getting up early so I could go to work, my eyes were constantly sore from tiredness all week. BUT Monday evening I went to my regular Sit and… Read More
NB: If you are here to visit my studio as part of the Where Bloggers Create studio tour, please proceed to the 16th July entry… Over the last 2 weeks I have been working away on my first ever softies, I have already shown Miss Buttons, but I was hoping to have the next three… Read More
What does an embroiderer need in their basic kit. Essentially, if you are going to a class, you can expect the teacher to provide you with a class kit as part of the fee, or specific instructions about what you need to buy. My experience has been that a kit is provided. But what of… Read More
Today I took some time out to finish a small project I started in the school holidays. At the Monbulk Quilt show Gail Pan introduced several new designs. Of course i had to purchase 3 of these designs. In the lead up to the April Quilt Camp, I had no idea what I was going… Read More
Phew! What a busy weekend we have just had! Friday night I went to the movies with DH. We decided to see The Kings Speech. What an amazing, inspiring story! If you have not yet seen it, you really must. I generally look on all the hype that goes with some films with suspicion, but… Read More
I am often asked by quilters which how to books would I recommend. This became very important at Mrs Martin’s Stitching at St. George, when we were working on a particular embroidery that used woven spider web roses. Generally, I recommend the A-Z of Embroidery, put out by Country Bumpkin, to people who are new… Read More
At last! A couple of weeks ago I attended Mrs Martin’s Quilt til You Wilt. For me, although I still absolutely love my cross stitch, I find that I am more likely to do something just for me if I go to Karen’s shop. And the recent Quilt til you Wilt was no different. I… Read More
