TORQUE ABOUT
PINCUSHIONS
WITH GRUNT!
These are what you would call ‘top gear’ for
your sewing studio. These gorgeous truck
pincushions are the creation of Cathe
Holden, from Just Something I Made,
justsomethingimade.com. You can fi nd out
more on this direct link: justsomethingimade.
com/2010/03/retreat-crafting-spring-2010.LACY LOBES
Hanna, from Pearls & Scissors, feels a little
guilty about her lace stud earrings – simply
because making them is “so easy, it almost feels
like cheating”. She says if you’ve always wanted
to have a go at jewellery but were bewildered
by the tools and wires involved, then this is the
starting point for you. We think her guilt is
nullified by the fact that she’s happy to share
her quick-step tutorial at http://www.pearlsandscissors.
com/2015/04/diy-lace-stud-earrings.TWINKLE TOES
and FANCY FEET
Whatever you want to call them, they are all that’s
good about modern knitting design. Especially
when it’s getting cold out there and the idea of
snuggling into toasty hand-knits is the ultimate
in winter comfort. These are the work of Cathy
Carron, who has compiled wondrous woollies into
a fabulous book called Happy Feet – Unique Knits
to Knock Your Socks Off. There are heaps of great
designs that can be whipped up in no time.
Published by Sixth&Spring Books and distributed
locally by Capricorn Link Australia. Available from
selected bookshops or by mail order from
http://www.candobooks.com.au. Phone (02) 4560 1600
or email [email protected].Let’s drink to Christmas – but keep
the bottle top! That’s the advice
from Julia Camilleri, who likes
to upcycle plastic lids with
embroidered and cross-stitched
yule motifs. Such a sweet idea- and executed perfectly,
considering the space limitations.
Contacts: Julia’s Place. Blog: http://www.
creativeribbons.blogspot.com.au;
direct link: http://www.creativeribbons.
blogspot.com.au/2011/11/
bottle-top-decorations.html.
XMAS 5:
BOTTLE-TOP
DECORATIONSWhen Lori Holt was creating
festive fabrics for Riley Blake
Designs, she left nothing out
of the ‘Cozy Christmas’
cotton range – with
wonderful colour and line,
she included stars, reindeer,
gingerbread, baubles, holly
et al. Contacts: Distributor- Millhouse Collections.
Direct link:
http://www.millhousecollections.
com/shop/category/
cotton-fabric/available-
now-1/cozy-christmas/
cozy-christmas-cotton; Ph:
(07) 5449 1936; Email: sales@
millhousecollections.com.
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NEW FABRICS