Australian Homespun — October 2017

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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Iof puppets'm one of a family

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