Welcome

Just a brief update on happenings here at the shop and life in general. I was in town earlier this week and lucky enough to visit the Art Deco exhibition at the Art Centre. It was truly wonderful and if you love Art Deco you must get there. The beautiful dresses and sculptures are something else. I just loved it. Also had the opportunity to visit Lumina gallery in Malvern which was also a delight. Read more...

What's In Store

Basic Woman - Cloth Doll Pattern - Pam Grose

Products

Check out these items:

• Derwent Inktense Pencils
• Pam Grose doll patterns (see right for one example)
• Japanese Fabric Packs
• Jacquard Fabric Markers
• Jacquard garment Dyes for natural and poly fabrics
• Bondaweb 90cm wide
• Beautiful new silk products and dyes
• Hand-painted threads and textiles
• Moroccan silk & Japanese fabric packs
• Treasure Gold waxes

Contact us about any of the above products if not yet available to purchase online.

It really is hard to believe that we have been operating for two years now. As we endeavour to provide you with the same quality products and classes associated with Textile Artistry, please feel free to contact us to pass on any ideas you have that may help us to improve our range or service.

Books & Magazines

Check out these fantastic books by talented dollmaker Patti Medaris Culea (she is coming to teach instore in March 2009 - see Latest Classes, Workshops & Groups for details):

• Creative Cloth Doll Beading
• Creative Cloth Doll Couture
• Creative Cloth Doll Faces
• Creative Cloth Doll Making

Also available, this selection of books with more to come online soon:

• Australian Themes in Machine Embroidery: More Than 20 Unique Designs to Make and Wear—Marilyn Townsend
• Collage Discovery Workshop—Claudine Hellmuth
• Cloth Dolls—Brenda Brightmore
• Advances in Colour Harmony and Contrast for the Artist—Michael Wilcox
• Creating Sketchbooks for Embroiderers and Textile Artists—Kay Greenlees
• Surface Tension—Dale Rollerson
• Pretty Little Things—Sally Jean Alexander
• Stitch, Dissolve, Distort with Machine Embroidery—Valerie Campbell-Harding

Contact us about any of the above books if not yet available to purchase online.

Cloth Paper Scissors - Issue: Jul/Aug 2008

Quilting Arts - Issue: Aug/Sep 2008

These full colour magazines provide you with instruction and inspiration to create a myriad of pieces you will enjoy keeping or giving away. Limited back issues may also be available - please contact us.

Latest Classes, Workshops & Groups

We have lots of new things happening with new artworks for sale and a number of new teachers and groups—all outlined on our Classes page:

• One to look out for is Pamela's Guidance Group for those who want to catch up socially and get a little help with their projects, especially unfinished ones that we get stuck on.
• Kay's Felting Mastery workshops are building and we think will become a regular event.
• Corrie, our new teacher, will astound you with her free machine embroidery, and it's not computer generated!!
• The Blue Days Group is rocking along and somehow they've convinced us to have them every fortnight. Numbers are limited so please contact us if you want to come along.
• Numbers are building for Patti Culea's class in March so best get your name down if you're intending to come along.

There are many more classes happening in the coming months - take a look for full details. Hope to see you soon.

Unleash your Creative Spirit!