The upcoming website will showcase new tours focused on Indian textiles, offering immersive experiences with artisans and cultural insights. A video presentation is available for updates, alongside a special Christmas discount in December. With high participant return rates, the tours promise memorable adventures for all travelers, complemented by comprehensive itineraries and visuals.
Category: textiles.
Discovering Textiles: My Thai Adventure Awaits!
Geraldine’s Journey Continues! Wednesday 23rd July. Geraldine is multiplying once again! Today marks Day 2 of our time with her, two weeks after our last encounter. We had a delightful day, and everyone achieved their goals. Oh, how wonderful it is to teach in the countryside, surrounded by scrumptious treats like cream puffs, chocolate cake,…
Creating Luscious Mini Quilts: A Step-by-Step Guide
It’s been a calm day. I made a short trip to town to get some groceries and then returned to my desk. I’ve had these ideas waiting for months, so it’s nice to finally have the time to try them out. Designing on the Ipad. I’m using an iPad Pro and an apple pencil. Vector…
Nurturing Creativity: Finding my Personal Time
Time out to sit and sew.
Crafting Unique Brooches from Repurposed Fabrics
The author enjoys creating brooches from repurposed fabrics, particularly old button-down collars from Troy, NY, a historic center for collar manufacturing. These unique accessories reflect creativity and sustainability while also serving as thoughtful gifts. The collar industry notably empowered Irish immigrant women and contributed to fashion innovation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
A pinny or a patch. – working on the shack.
The shack was built in the era of my childhood, 50’s and I wanted to keep some of the warmth of the 50s as I decorated it. ‘We’ did work – ‘I’ dressed and decorated it, and ‘we’ had to do it on a budget. Now, as I sit here surrounded by the creativity of…
Bringing your travels back home.
I sit under a Kantha quilt of indeterminable age at night when I watch TV, made by someone in the magical world of invisible possibility. There’s a stack that is neatly folded by the big chair that the Grandies love to sit in, and each of them has a favorite quilt to sit under. They…
It’s cooler today.
For us, living in the Adelaide Hills, the temperature has dropped and it’s cool once again. There is a stillness in the garden and the agapanthus are almost in full bloom and I love sitting out amongst the foliage and my ‘things’ and working. It’s unreal that our country is in the grip of terrible…
Textile styles in the making.
It’s taken me a while to write this story. Most of you on my blog, are quilters or love the art of Textiles. We have a textile advantage that we take for granted so today I share a story of art and experimental reinvention. Dena Crain a quilter from Kenya, taught the local ladies a…