CONTENTS
October 2017
Showing
& telling
10 READERS’ SHOWCASE
Readers share their
stitching successes
22 SELVEDGE
Designer Edge:
Johanna Flanagan’s
eerie doll creations
26 GETTING COSY
WITH DESIGNERS
Anthea Christian and
Minki Kim reveal their
style secrets
Shopping
18 PATTERN &
PALETTE PLAY
Out-of-this-world
fabrics: We have lift-off
for creating outer-space
adventures with solar
systems, aliens, stars
and spacecraft
126 MARKET PLACE
Product browsing for
your stitching needs
Sourcing
12 PIN INTEREST
A feast of creative
and crafty ideas from
some of the world’s
canniest crafters
14 DIARY DATES
Mark your calendar with
these dates for quilt
shows, craft exhibitions
and product sales
49 WHAT A CUTE IDEA!
Super-sweet pineapple
bag with ribbon spikes
atop soft yellow fabric
107 ANOTHER CUTE
IDEA!
Extend your creativity
this Halloween with
these cutely spooky
trick-or-treat crochets
129 BOOK NOOK
Read to succeed. Latest
and best books from
top craft writers
130 NEXT MONTH
& STOCKISTS
SUBSCRIBING
DON’T MISS
THIS MONTH’S
SPECIAL OFFER
Stitching
30 NESTING PUPPETS
& THAUMATROPES
Child’s Play
Allison Dey Malacaria
38 QUILT
Cinderella
Francesca Ogliari
50 AUSTRALIAN
HOBBY HORSE
Hobby Hopper
Pauline McArthur
58 QUILT
Flutter
Samantha Green
66 CAR PLAY MAT
Drive Time
Nicole Stark
76 GARDEN TOOL
SOFTIES
Gardening Games
Val Laird
86 GIRL’S BAG
My First Handbag
Lisa Ratford
100 QUILT
Hedgehog Heaven
Rachael Hyde
108 KNITTED TOY
Wug-up Wabbit
112 QUICK STITCH
Popsicle Pouch
Stephanie Cunnyngham
116 BLOCK OF THE
MONTH PART 9
Going to the
Zoo, Zoo, Zoo
(Quilt front, monkey
appliqué and cafe food)
Claire Turpin and
Jemima Flendt
98
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FUN & GAMES
THANKYOU
MUM!
PATCHWORK s APPLIQUÉ s EMBROIDERY s CROCHET s KNITTING s TOYMAKING
SPECIAL: Stitching for your kids
“Mum just made me my first handbag”
CINDERELLA QUILT
GARDEN SOFTIES
HEDGEHOG QUILTKITE QUILT
APPLIQUÉ PLAY MAT
“I can choose from:”
“Or even ...”
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