Love to go to this!

Each year Canberra Region Feltmakers holds an exhibition and bazaar to showcase and sell work made by members over the previous year. The handmade felt pieces on exhibition are unique and typically use a range of fibres including wool, silk and alpaca – as well as woven fabrics. This colourful event is popular, with a [...]

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Podcast: Lucy Goffin, Textile Artist.

Maiwa is a really great site for podcasts on textile arts, this site also has documentaries and publications for sale. Click here to listen to  a podcast of an interview with artist, Lucy Goffin, about the in’s and out’s of comission work. For artists who actually want to make money, this is an invaluable resource. [...]

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Beautiful Felt Art

There are some amazing felt artists in the world and many of them are Australian. Felt making has been around for hundreds of years, but in Australia, felting is a newer art form. There are many fabulous sites up and running and many of them are group or community sites. These sites are great for [...]

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Great podcasts for fibre crafts!

This is a fantastic blog with some great podcast all about spinning, dyeing, knitting, sheep and all things woolly!  This particular podcast is all about storing fibre , an important bit of information for everyone involved in textile arts. http://yarnspinnerstales.com/

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