Australian Homespun – August 2019

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Let us know about your upcoming event – email details to

[email protected] or send them to

Homespun Diary Dates, Locked Bag 154, North Ryde, NSW 1670.

Please notify us at least four months before the event.

diary dates

NewSouthWales

August23-

LakeMacquarie

WangiQuilters’QuiltShow

WangiWorkersClub,11-19Market

Street,WangiWangiOpen:10am-4pm

Moreinformation:Kay 0408616

629 [email protected]

October5-

Narooma

DalmenyQuilters’QuiltShow

• ColoursofAustralia
  NaroomaLeisureCentre,
  PrincesHighway,Narooma
  Open:10am-4pm
  Entry:$
  October11-
  SydneyCraftWeek
  Jam-packedwitheventsfor
  everyone,includingexhibitions,talks,
  workshops,retailevents,openstudios
  andlivedemonstrations.Thereare
  expectedtobemorethan 200 events
  innumerousvenuesacrossmore
  than 40 suburbsofGreaterSydney.
  Thisinspirationalfestivalwilltapinto
  yourfundamentalhumanurgeto
  create,whilealsoshowcasing
  exceptionalcontemporarycraft.
  Moreinformation:
  http://www.sydneycraftweek.com
  October11-
  Dapto
  CreativeConnection
  DaptoAnglicanChurch,
  MoombaraStreet,Dapto
  Open:10am-3pm
  Entry:$
  Moreinformation:dapto.church/
  events/dac-quilt-and-craft-show

Victoria

November 2-

Ballarat

Ballaarat Quilters’ Biennial

Exhibition – Down the Garden Path

StPatricks Community Hall, 3 Lyons

Street South, Ballarat Central

Open: Sat 10am-5pm,

Sun 10am-4pm

Entry: $

More information:

http://www.ballaaratquilters.com

South Australia

October 18-

Bordertown

Bordertown Gumtree Quilters

Bordertown Civic Centre,

Woolshed Street, Bordertown

Open: 10am-5pm

Entry: $

Special display of

Rachelle Denneny’s quilts

More information:

(03) 5393 9543

Queensland

August 23-

Rosewood

Rosewood Craft and

Quilt Biennial Show

Rosewood Cultural Centre,

1 Railway Street, Rosewood

More information:

Enid (07) 3702 3593

August 30-

Cooroy

Patches of Cooroy

Biennial Quilt Show

Memorial Hall, Cooroy

September 21-

Toowoomba

Toowoomba Quilters’ Club

Annual Quilt Exhibition

Salo Centre, St Ursula’s College,

Rome Street, Toowoomba

Open: Sat-Thu 9am-4.30pm,

Fri 9am-2.30pm

More information:

Marilyn 0408 139 075, or visit

http://www.toowoombaquiltersclub.org

Sweetie Crawly

EMBROIDERY

DO YOU WEAR

A THIMBLE?

Not everyone is comfortable using a

thimble, but how uncomfortable is it

when you don’t! Did you know you can

train yourself to use one?

Day 1: You have to work with a thimble

on for five minutes – you can cuss and

scream, but you must keep it on.

Day 2: Same as for yesterday, but it

stays on for 10 minutes.

Day 3: Repeat as for the first two days, but

thimble must now stay on for 15 minutes.

Day 4 and beyond: Increase time by five

minutes each day until the day comes when

you forget to notice the time, and you

suddenly realise the thimble is actually

assisting with your stitches.

Give it a try and let us know how you

go on Homespun’s Facebook page.

Celebrate the beauty of nature as you stitch this delightful garden

embroidery pattern by Emily Wilmarth. It features beaded raspberries,

woven spiderweb roses and a three-dimensional stumpwork ladybird.

Stitches used are detached chain (lazy daisy) stitch, fishbone stitch, fly

stitch, French knot, padded satin stitch, satin stitch and straight stitch.

Pattern can be found at http://www.cosyproject.com.au

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