EDITOR'S LETTER
Welcome
I love quilt show season. From about April to July it seems that there’s a different event on every weekend. Living on the New South Wales Central Coast, I had the pleasure of attending two lovely local shows, the Caroline Bay Quilters’ show and the Central Coast Craft and Quilt Show. A couple of weeks later Australia’s first modern quilt show was held in beautiful Berry, a couple of hours south of Sydney and that was followed mere weeks later by the behemoth that is the Sydney Craft & Quilt Fair. I enjoy meeting so many artists and business owners at these events and thrive on the plethora of inspiration and ideas that prepare me for a winter in front of my sewing machine. Apart from being out and about, I’ve also been busy working on a series of video tutorials that focus on a huge
range of papercraft and sewing skills, starting with the absolute basics and working through to more complicated techniques. You can find them at www.patchworkandcraft.com.au I’d love you to check them out and let me know what you think! In between all this action, we collected all manner of delicately embellished projects for our annual Beads, Buttons and Bows issue. We always enjoy seeing what you make of the imaginative projects within these pages, so please drop us a line at editorial@handmade.com.au
Editor’s Pick
Karen Pior’s bed runner is just what I need to cosy under in the midst of winter.
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