Three posts in one day!! At least I'm consistently inconsistent - anyway - WOW !!!!!!
My mind was blown away by this amazing person yesterday ...
My friend Nic and I went to the
Australian Sewing Guild's NSW Industry Day at Simplicity at Revesby, Sydney - (where patterns were available for $5 each) and the lovely Rosemary from
Chic Fabrique had lots of yummy fabrics available ...... I also met
Sharon in the flesh - and you wouldn't believe it, but we both grew up in the same town and went to the same high school!!
Anyway, Kirry Toose was the main speaker - she is a Textile Artist extraordinaire .... my words and photos will go nowhere to doing her any justice - you just have to see it and listen to her to be fully aware and appreciative of her talents and amazing techniques.
You name it - she does it ...
She had lots of wonderful recycled suits that really inspired me .....
Sew, Kirry is a "local" - she lives at
Cowan, NSW. There is an invitation to one of her Show and Tells from the Guild: Tues 10th August, 2010 at Wyong Council Auditorium, 9.30am to 12.30pm Cost $10 - contact Barbara (02) 49905091 if you're interested. You WILL be blown away!!!
This is my son's friend's hat .... he brought it home and he said he'd like one .....
Of course I said - "OK - I can make you one...." While on recent holidays I bought some lovely lovely soft synthetic fur in Coonabarabran .... cutting it out was interesting - a furry mess!
I traced a pattern from the original and did my best ......
I used some black canvas weight for the outer layer ....
And here it is in action ..... not a cold ear in sight!!!
My friend Nic and I went to the Australian Sewing Guild's NSW Industry Day at Simplicity at Revesby, Sydney - (where patterns were available for $5 each) and the lovely Rosemary from Chic Fabrique had lots of yummy fabrics available ...... I also met Sharon in the flesh - and you wouldn't believe it, but we both grew up in the same town and went to the same high school!!
Anyway, Kirry Toose was the main speaker - she is a Textile Artist extraordinaire .... my words and photos will go nowhere to doing her any justice - you just have to see it and listen to her to be fully aware and appreciative of her talents and amazing techniques.
You name it - she does it ...
She had lots of wonderful recycled suits that really inspired me .....
Sew, Kirry is a "local" - she lives at Cowan, NSW. There is an invitation to one of her Show and Tells from the Guild: Tues 10th August, 2010 at Wyong Council Auditorium, 9.30am to 12.30pm Cost $10 - contact Barbara (02) 49905091 if you're interested. You WILL be blown away!!!
Then we went to Nundle, NSW and stayed here at the Nundle Pub - look at the size of these verandahs - you could house several families on this space alone!
Nundle has a working spinning mill - which is why we went there - here are a few shots ...
They also dye the yarn there ....
Sew, if you're ever heading out west - drop into Nundle - you can purchase their yarns online too! Also, if you con your family to going there because there is trout fishing - don't go on a Tuesday- the Trout Fishing Place is closed on Tuesdays and Saturdays - oops!
The 2nd one is called Regency Jumperknit - wool / acrylic 120cm wide and $25.95 / m.
I am on the KnitWit email list and they are currently sending out free swatches - so head on over and have a squizz! Happy Birthday G!!
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