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How About - Volume 19, Number 3
An old basket of fabric scraps is a link to another time and a foreign country, as well as the source of precious memories recalled.
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How About - Volume 19, Number 2
Do you feel an affinity for places other than your home patch?
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How About - Volume 19, Number 1
In the midst of a wonderfu experience, it's not often we fear it may be the last time for us.
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How About - Volume 18, Number 12
This month, Louise considers the expert status achieved through specialisation versus the pleasure of variation.
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How About - Volume 18, Number 10
This month, Louise finds hidden pleasures to buy, admire and eat in beautiful English country town.
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How About - Volume 18, Number 09
A chance meeting with a stranger gives Louise some perspective, propelling her day in another direction entirely.
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How About - Volume 18, Number 06
As any experience embroiderer no doubt knows, the creative process runs both ways. Sometimes the activity has as great an effect on your psyche as your fingers have on the thread
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How About - Volume 18, Number 05
Have you been treasure hunting lately? With
interest rates rising, the dollar booming and superannuation dwindling, it
seems to be a time when many of us are more
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How About - Volume 18, Number 04
At home, the charcoal linen suit with the black and white shirt dashed with pink looked an ideal choice for a speaking engagement in India. It had been four years since
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How About - Volume 18, Number 02
A friend recently spoke with concern regarding
the lack of new membership at her branch and the rising average age of the
existing members. She was talking about ideas to expand
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How About - Volume 17, Number 12
Recently, we spent a beach holiday with my
honorary daughter and her husband and children. A young wife and mother of
three kids under five, she has spent an exciting decade in the
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How About - Volume 17, Number 11
The non-work highlight of a recent trip to England was a small group tour or
Buckingham Palace. We entered via the Ambassador's Entrance then through the
Grand Entrance, feeling a little
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About - Volume 17, Number 10
Embroidery is often categorised as a craft and as such has been
traditionally exhibited in places other than galleries. For years, church
halls, stately homes and guild rooms have showcased
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About - Volume 17, Number 8
The art of Needlework dates from the earliest record of the world's
history, and has, also, from time immemorial been the support, comfort and
employment of women of every rank and age.
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How About - Volume 17, Number 6
I asked an embroiderer, whose beautiful stitching often graces the pages of this magazine, how she satin-stitched so well. "It's very simple", she told me with a smile. "If a stitch looks . . .
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How About - Volume 17, Number 4
Take a deep breath and travel out of your comfort zone this month - the end result may be a revelation! So many inspiring ideas are contained within these covers that I am . . .
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How About - Volume 17, Number 3
Are there any of us who haven't stitched a flower of some kind, whatever the style? My first attempt at embroidery was a whipped running stitch pony on purple linen . . .
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How About - Volume 16, Number 11
Stitching for its own sake is as relaxing, beautiful and satisfying
pastime as can be found. Am I stating the obvious? With a little care and
the right light - also glasses for me these days - the
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How About - Volume 16, Number 8
The girlfriend I met last week is a caring, thoughtful woman. She
doesn't like using her open fireplace unless she knows a licensed wood
collector has gathered the wood. It's very important
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How About - Volume 16, Number 7
Entering a mansion of minimalist modernism, in cool and neutral
tones with clean straight lines, a more spacious and less cluttered interior
would be hard to find. This house was furnished with
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How About - Volume 16, Number 6
Between 7th and 8th Avenues, on 39th and 40th Streets (even I can't
get lost with this street numbering system) lies textile nirvana. In streets
that seem the perfect blend of Mumbai and
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How About - Volume 16, Number 4
My creative partner is colourblind. Despite the difficulty in
distinguishing colours, he is, amongst other things, an artist. He is also
able to eye-match threads, seeing tonal variations not easily
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How About - Volume 16, Number 3
I had been concerned about a friend due to her deepening depression,
then I met her at a country show. "I am so excited! My shredded marmalade
won second place and so did my
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How About - Volume 16, Number 2
Having devoured more than my share of visual feasts over the last 12 months,
I've been thinking about the ingredients that go into creating a rewarding
exhibition. Some displays are historic,
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