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Mornington Wool & Patchwork Centre: 

2/68 Yuilles Road, Mornington.

Phone: 5975 4257 

www.woolandpatchwork.com.au

Palm Beach Quilting;

7/2 Industry Boulevard, Carrum Downs.

Phone: 9775 1601

www.palmbeachquilting.com.au

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Websites & places we like to visit

• Amitie Textiles  

• Bella Fabrics 

• Bellarine Sewing Centre

• Bittern by the bug

• Broderie

• Chandlers Cottage 

• Clair's Fabric

• Craft Quarters

• Cutting Cloth

• CJ's Discount Fabric

• Fabric Playground

• Fibresmith

• Free Bird Quilting

• Patchwork with Gail B

• Hillstitches

• Into Craft

• Kylie & the Machine Labels

• Little Woolly Makes Yarn Store - Hastings

• Luccello Vintage French Haberdashery

• Mill Rose Cottage, Ballan

• Mrs. Martins Quilt Shop

• Nunonuno, Mont Albert

• Patchwork Passion Cranbourne

• Punch with Judy

• Queen of Fabric

• Skellywag Sewing School

• Sew Materialistic

• Sewing Bee Cafe

• Sewn & Quilted 

• Sunspun  Yarn and other lovely things

• Tessuti.  Dressmaking fabric & patterns

• The Quilt Shop

• Treehouse Textiles

• Wool2Yarn

Diary Dates:

The Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award is a biennial acquisitive award & exhibition celebrating the diversity and strength of Australia’s textile artistry.

This biennial nationally significant award has been presented by Wangaratta Art Gallery since 2009, and will again be a showcase of textile artistry and talent from across Australia. Wangaratta has a long and prominent history of textiles, both in manufacturing and as a craft form. Wangaratta Art Gallery builds upon this unique tradition through the presentation of this outstanding award which continues to recognise the high calibre practice that Australian artists provide to the national and international textile tableau.

This award is committed to the advancement and growth of contemporary textiles, it is an acquisitive award that embodies the current state of play for contemporary textile practice in Australia.

Life on the land celebrated in Landline's 30th birthday quilt

Landline is celebrating 30 years on ABC TV and we want you to help us mark the occasion.

We're making a commemorative quilt from squares created by you.

The theme is Life on the Land, which could mean animals, vehicles, landscapes — whatever regional and rural life means to you.

Use your favourite fibre, yarn, and thread, and create something you're happy to hand over permanently.

Here are the creative specifications:

• Finished size 15 cm x 15 cm square (max 2 cm thick) with finished edges (binding).

• Feature any techniques, ie knitting, crochet, patchwork, felting, embroidery, applique, weaving, dyeing, spinning, lacemaking.

• Use any colours you like.

• Feel free to use texture and embellishment.

Please send your completed piece to:

ABC Landline, GPO Box 9994, Brisbane 4001.

Please include your name, address, phone number and email with your submission.

Squares must be received no later than April 30, 2021.

Follow Landline's Facebook and Twitter accounts see the final product.

All dates were accurate at time of publishing.  Please check individual websites for updated information.

Amish Knot Rag Rugs

At our Gathering on 9th March, Barbara Aylen gave us a great little demonstration on making Amish Knot Rag Rugs using the "toothbrush" method.  Barbara found this technique on UTube.  If you would like to give this ago you can find the video Barbara used here using Barri-Jayne Makes tutorial.  There are also several others you may like to explore.  Have some fun and give it ago!

Teddy Knitting Pattern