Australian Homespun

Homespun magazine is a place of inspiration, it combines creative techniques with a vast array of styles and themes taken from a team of leading craftspeople throughout Australia and the world. Homespun is a publication that is at the forefront of the industry, made by people who are passionate about craft. Each issue of the magazine features step-by-step easy-to-follow project ideas and accompanying patterns sheets, a variety of crafts including quilts to bags to dolls, inspirational photographs of fantastic finished products plus interesting reads to engage and entertain. Purchase includes the Digital Edition and News Service. Please stay in touch via our Facebook Page.

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Australian Homespun

Our Designers • In this issue we present projects, ideas and designs from a number of designers and creators.

Best of the best from Pinterest • Here are our favourite watermelon craft ideas on Pinterest this month.

diary dates • Let us know about your events - email details to jcooper@umco.com.au or send them to Homespun Diary Dates, Locked Bag 154, North Ryde, NSW 1670.

PIN INTEREST • Bright ideas, fabulous products, clever tips & quick reads

Selvedge DESIGNER EDGE

MAKING AN ART FROM Patchwork Traditions • She’s one of Australia’s highest-achieving art quiltmakers, but Judy Hooworth remains passionate about traditional patchwork blocks.

HEXIES HEART OF HOPE WALLHANGING • Hope is the thread that stitches light into the soul … hang this mini quilt somewhere you can read these uplifting words every day.

PINK CAROUSEL QUILT • Pretty as can be, this quilt recalls the wonderland of fairgrounds. Balloons float in the breeze and carousel ponies dance around and around.

Pretty in Pink CUSHION • Bright pinks, spots and stripes galore — the perfect match for this bunting design pattern.

SPIRAL GARDEN CROCHET THROW • Make your own enchanting garden filled with swirls and flowery puffs!

Remember When QUILT • Get snipping! The folk art tradition of paper cutting is a fun way to make fabric patterns for reverse appliqué.

For Chele CARRYALL • Embellished with an intricate gerbera design embroidery this carryall bag is stunningly stylish — but it’s also very practical with short and long handles, and lots of room inside.

DUBARRY SWEATER • Soft and beautiful to wear, yet easy and fast to knit. This sweater design is stylish simplicity.

Softness & Strength KNITTING AND LIFE

VINTAGE FLORALS HANGING HOOP ART • Embrace the simple pleasures of old-style homely comforts with this nostalgic stitchery featuring an embroidered quote from Little Women, and Suffolk puffs.

Flowers of Love JOURNAL COVER • Add a special touch to your journalling with this rustic embroidered journal cover.

Felted flower FANCIES • In three simple steps, make gorgeous floral accessories that can be turned into brooches or hair decorations. Just crochet them, felt them and embellish them with beads.

Crochet for Kindness

A Christmas Yarn • From cheery bunting adorning streets to trees and park benches wrapped in woollen jumpers and street poles turned into knitted Christmas treats — towns can be transformed into festive wonderlands with colourful yarns, knitting needles and many hands.

Market Place PRODUCTS OF THE MONTH

ON THE ROAD GUIDE TO CRAFT, SEWING AND PATCHWORK SHOPS • Next time you are on the road, make plans to stop at some of the businesses listed on these pages – they would love to welcome you.