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Discover Slow Stitching Ideas and Inspiration! There are countless projects waiting to be handcrafted through the art of slow stitching.
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Ruth Woods
- Mar 19
- 6 min
Slow stitching: the mindful craft embracing imperfection
Slow Stitching is a relatively new term yet the practice is ancient. Picture an era where every garment, every quilt was meticulously...
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Ruth Woods
- Jan 16
- 3 min
Finding Materials to Create Recycled Fabric Baskets
To create gorgeous functional and decorative baskets you need to find some materials to create them with. This isn’t that difficult but I...
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Ruth Woods
- Mar 26, 2022
- 6 min
Zak Foster: Artist, quilt master, and purveyor of memories
Ten years ago, if you'd told Zak Foster he'd be making a living as an artist making quilts he probably wouldn't believe you. Fast Forward...
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Ruth Woods
- Mar 17, 2022
- 5 min
Natural Dyeing as a sustainable practice with Kate James from Valleymaker
Think exquisite yarns and threads naturally dyed with local plants - and that's only the tip of the iceberg of what Kate James online...
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Ruth Woods
- Mar 3, 2022
- 3 min
Meet our guest blogger, Retritus: fibre artist, slow crafter, and botanical dye expert
My name is Norton Fredericks and I am a queer First Nations sustainable fibre artist living and working on Bullongin land, Gold Coast, Austr
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Ruth Woods
- Feb 28, 2022
- 8 min
A master of slow craft: An interview with Jane Milburn OAM
The first crafter we speak to for Sustainable Craft Month is Jane Milburn. Jane has worked tirelessly in the space, receiving an Order of...
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Ruth Woods
- Oct 25, 2021
- 3 min
Natural dyeing techniques for fabric and raffia
What is Natural Dyeing? Natural dyeing is an extremely old practice. Evidence suggests that extracting pigment from organic materials is...
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Ruth Woods
- May 4, 2021
- 3 min
Celebrating all crafty Mothers this Mother's Day
My mother was a brilliant seamstress. I remember the whirring sound of her sewing room. She would sit behind her industrial sewing...
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Ruth Woods
- Jan 27, 2021
- 2 min
Creative Mending - renew your wardrobe with these fun mending techniques!
Creative Mending adds a fun twist to traditional mending techniques. It allows you to use a garment’s flaws – a tear, a rip, or a lost...
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Ruth Woods
- Mar 31, 2020
- 2 min
Confessions of a serial crafter: I am a hoarder of unfinished objects (UFOs)
When we craft, we are mostly about the end result: that beautiful piece you get to put your name to, the woven basket, or the intricate stit
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Ruth Woods
- Mar 19, 2020
- 4 min
What is slow stitching? The mindful DIY craft you need to try.
To save you from a creative lull, I'll show you two fibre art exhibitions you can currently view online.
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Ruth Woods
- Mar 5, 2020
- 3 min
Why is craft so good for you? Here's my experience.
For many of us, modern life is hectic. A chaotic place where we are at the center of our own little doing cyclones. It’s very easy, in...
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Ruth Woods
- Dec 15, 2019
- 2 min
A crafters journey: it began with a Singer!
Everyone of us has a starting point: the beginning of their craft journey. If you can remember, what was yours!?
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Ruth Woods
- Nov 10, 2019
- 3 min
Recycle Fabrics: using thrift shops to make recycled textile baskets
because recycled textile baskets can be made from pretty much any fabric you can think of! In each creative workshop, we talk about fabric
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