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CONTENTS

July 2016

Showing

& telling

10 READERS’ SHOWCASE

Homespun readers

share their successes

26 SELVEDGE

Designer Edge:

Liz Cooksey’s wirework

and mixed media

28 SALVAGE

Be seated ... knitted

upholstery/crocheted

stool covers

Shopping

22 PATTERN &

PALETTE PLAY

Star fabrics –

A galaxy of

glittering designs

128 ON THE ROAD

Craft shopping

in NSW Blue Mountains

and Hunter Valley

134 MARKET PLACE

Product browsing

from your armchair

Sourcing

14 PIN INTEREST

A feast of crafty

ideas and Diary Dates

54 MAKE OR BAKE!

Vintage sewing-

machine cakes

68 WELCOME TO

MY (MINIATURE)

WORKROOM

Sachiko Aldous’s tiny

studio in a suitcase

91 WHAT A CUTE

CHRISTMAS IDEA!

Eight hooped appliqués

stacked to make a

wall-mounted Xmas tree

119 ANOTHER CUTE

CHRISTMAS IDEA!

A sausage-dog swag

gets the holly treatment

137 STOCKISTS

& CONTACTS

138 NEXT MONTH

A crafty teaser

for Homespun’s

August issue

SUBSCRIBING

DON’T MISS

THIS MONTH’S

SPECIAL OFFER

Stitching
32 QUILT
Kiss Cross
Melissa Gottliebsen
40 KNITTING
Cat as a Hat
46 CUSHIONS
Sweet Sorbet
Peta Peace
58 BLOCK OF THE
MONTH PART 6
Foxley Village
Natalie Bird
74 WALLHANGING
Four Days of Christmas
Linda Guy
82 QUILT
Natalia
Michelle Marvig
92 EMBROIDERY
We Wish You a ...
Melissa Grant
100 SOFTIE
Blinky Belle
Anthea Christian
110 TABLE TOPPER
Under the Tree
Anni Downs
120 GINGERBREAD
PLACEMAT
Out of the Woods
Sedef Imer

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