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Feedsack Feedsack Feedsack
A start of the Feedsacks I have got together so far on my trip. I will start to get these ready for sale when I get back.
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Australian Quilters Association - Guest Speaker
How excited am I to be the guest speaker at the Australian Quilters Association on September 3rd. I will be trading from 10am with feedsacks, quilt blocks, quilt tops and vintage fabrics from the 1800s...
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Playing with Colour
I've been playing with colour schemes at the moment, grouping colour and pattern together gearing up for some new projects. Tying things back with grey and white and maybe a little accent of that nice...
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Studio now Open
Hello everyone, we have decided to open up the studio to you all from 11am to 3pm Thursday to Saturday. Feel free to pop in to view the fabrics, quilts and other textile goodies. Cash and Card...
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A Little Bit of History
My studio is in a heritage listed building built in 1876 in one of the worlds last remaining intact Victorian era paper mills. I have become quite fascinated by the old place and have started to gather...
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Get ya' Funk on...
New in stock - 1960s and 1970's vintage fabric fat quarter packs. 4 fat quarters in each pack. $20.00.
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Shed Crasher
I love the old place where my studio is. Over the last however many years its been a light industrial area. There are lots of tradies in sheds - this is a real blokes with sheds kinda place.I feel like...
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Work and Working
Part of me has shifted into a different mode of working. I have all this space now to unpack ideas into...and a huge 2.2mt square table that I can walk around on all 4 sides certainly helps too. My old...
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Shaky Bill the Alcoholic Tattooist
This image reminded me about a funny story I was told by a fellow shed dweller.It was about a tattoo. And how it ended up being inked. The reason why it was inked was a little sketchy, but the story of...
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New Year, New Arrivals....Back to Work!
Well it's the New Year and its time to get back in the swing of things. I did take time out over the break and did some things for me but this week its been right back to it filling orders, unpacking...
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Pick 'n' Mix
One of my fondest childhood memories was being given a silver coin and going to the local Milk Bar and getting mixed lollies.It was such a treat and so, each selection took careful consideration. Was...
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Quilting Fit
Last year I had a car accident…well being taken out on a roundabout by someone who didn’t give way kind of accident.It was a shock and annoying and my beloved car was banged up pretty bad, but so was...
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AQA Dear Jane Show
This coming weekend the studio will be closed (feb 9th and 10th) as I will be trading at the Australian Quilters Association Dear Jane Show. Its on from the 8th to the 10th from 10am to 4pm.Its going...
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Dear Jane Wrap Up
What a glorious weekend it was at the AQA Dear Jane Show. It was great to meet so many of you and put faces to names and have a chat. So many new projects are being started and loads of orphan blocks...
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Busy, Busy, Busy....
It's been so busy in the studio the last week. Thank you so much to the Geelong News for featuring the studio, I have been run off my feet and add to that some design work for a new fabric range...
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Castlemaine Festival
From Saturday the 15th to Sunday the 24th is the Castlemaine Festival. The Whitehorse Studio is a fantastic textile studio run by Jackie, she creates amazing knit scarves, hats and accessories and...
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Maths, Beats and Quilts
My partner is studying Engineering and often we have mentally taxing discussions that involve maths. I was never very good at the whole Maths thing when I was at school and it was a bit of a nuisance,...
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Easter Trading Hours
We are open over easter, just closed on the Sunday, we have to go off and hunt for bunnies... but don't despair we will hop back for trading on the Monday. Happy Easter everyone.
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Up Coming Events
I am the guest speaker at the Patchworkers and Quilters Guild of Victoria on Saturday the 6th of April.Trading from 10.30. Speaking at 1.00 (need to confirm that).Find it at the Ivalda Masonic Centre -...
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1940's Scrap 9 patch Variation Quilt.
This is a favourite layout for a 9 patch, why, its got the graphic grid of crosses going on.This quilt is an original 1940s quilt that has been restored by the studio for a customer. But before it goes...
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