The Bryer Skirt, from the zero waste designer Liz Haywood, was bought whilst I was at the Fibres West residential conference; whilst I was in bed in fact. I therefore couldn’t make it immediately, but luckily I acquired fabric at the garage sale whilst I was there and decided to make my first iteration from […]
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I’ve been following the exploits of various sock monkeys on Instagram for some time and kept thinking I’d make one. My biggest problem was socks. I always knit my own and have none that would be suitable. In the end I had to buy some – shock, horror! I was motivated to get a move […]
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Having had Fibres West 2021 cancelled due to WeStern Australia going into lockdown, the 2023 conference was so much more special. I enrolled in an Introduction to Mordant Printing and Natural Dyeing course with Julie Ryder from Canberra and it did not disappoint. I am quite slapdash when it comes to mordanting but I now […]
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One of the latest offerings from Fibremood (Magazine 24) is the Giti, a very cute cross body phone bag. I didn’t want to make any summer clothes, but felt that I could readily use one of these when I have no pockets to put my phone in. The bag has a little credit card slot […]
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