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2012 show over

The 2012 Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair is over for another year, and for me it was a raging success. My sales were beyond what I had hoped for, and I had many enquiries about classes from students, shops and guild groups. My book “Portuguese Whitework” was extremely popular, with many having seen it in […]

June 18th, 2012 | Category: exhibitions, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, public thanks | 3 comments

Win a copy of Portuguese Whitework

If you haven’t yet been caught up in the excitement of my new book, head on over to the website of one of my biggest US fans – that would be Mary Corbet’s Needle’nThread! – and get yourself on the list to possibly win a copy of my new book “Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from […]

May 8th, 2012 | Category: book reviews, embroidery musings, Ethnic embroidery, favourite needlework items, new products, Portuguese embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, public thanks, whitework | 4 comments

Back from Maitland

I’m back from Maitland and had a wonderful time! The two classes that I ran on Portuguese Whitework went really well, and I’m pretty sure the students enjoyed them greatly.

I have never met a group of more attentive hosts. They were so welcoming and so accommodating of my needs. Many took part in organising […]

March 29th, 2012 | Category: Embroidery classes, Portuguese embroidery, Portuguese Whitework: Bullion Embroidery from Guimarães, public thanks, teaching embroidery | 3 comments

a quick present

We found out yesterday that one of our favourite teachers at the girls’ school is leaving at the end of this term (tomorrow!). Both our girls have had her, and had a great time in her class. She’s a very dynamic teacher, who creates a fun and interesting learning experience.

As parents, we found her […]

April 7th, 2011 | Category: making stuff, public thanks | 2 comments

last day of school

Today is the last day of school for the year for lots of children in New South Wales (a state of Australia). And then it will be school summer holidays for about 6 weeks. I guess this is quite a bit different to what those of you in the Northern Hemisphere are used to! All […]

December 15th, 2010 | Category: exhibitions, public thanks | 4 comments

finished Hardanger bookmark

Here’s the finished Hardanger embroidery bookmark. This is a thank you gift for Gillian, giver of the beautiful Turkish scarf.I used a new type of finishing for it, that I thought up in a lucid moment the other day, and was pretty pleased with the result.

I’m not entirely happy with the fact that the […]

June 3rd, 2010 | Category: designing, Embroidery classes, hardanger, making stuff, public thanks, teaching embroidery | 7 comments

a suitable thank you

I have been working on a thank you gift for Gillian, who presented me with the beautiful scarf from Turkey.

I’ve decided that a suitable gift is a bookmark, with Hardanger embroidery worked on it. I have no idea if she has any interest in embroidery, therefore if it is a bookmark, she can choose […]

June 1st, 2010 | Category: designing, hardanger, public thanks, whitework | 8 comments

a beautiful gift

A lady from my biblestudy group recently went to Turkey to visit relatives of hers. Before she went, I jokingly said “bring me something back from the textile markets!” And of course, I thought nothing more of it.

But, she did think more of it.

Yesterday she was back at biblestudy, fresh from her trip. […]

May 29th, 2010 | Category: public thanks | 4 comments

Public thanks: Phil Bush

When I was at school, apparently I told my mum in about Year 10 that I wanted to be a book designer. I don’t remember doing this. When it came time to choose what I wanted to do after school, there were a few options that appealed to me: graphic design and science – perhaps […]

May 13th, 2010 | Category: public thanks | 3 comments

public thanks to Belinda

When we started planning to go away for three months, a big question for me was what I was going to do with my business for that time. I couldn’t just up and leave, or temporarily shut it down, as the beginning of the year is a time when many new classes start, and often […]

March 31st, 2010 | Category: public thanks | 2 comments
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