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Webletter #232
Articles » Webletters
Published on Friday 04 July, 2008
We've found some absolutely amazing books for you this week. There are some great beginner books to help both children and adults pick up a needle, some fabric and threads to create something unique and wonderful...
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Webletter #230
Articles » Webletters
Published on Friday 27 June, 2008
Country Bumpkin recently participated in Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea to help raise much needed funds for cancer research, education and support services. I'm pleased to let you know that the latest results show that this year's morning tea raised over $430,000...
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3 day, 60 mile, breat cancer walk
Articles » Readers' Letters
Published on Friday 27 June, 2008
The last weekend in October 2007 I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in a three day, sixty mile walk in Dallas Texas, to raise money for breast cancer research. Three day events were held in ten United States cities between July and November of 2007, to benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation...
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Gardens & Flowers by Pamela Perrault
Articles » Your Say
Published on Thursday 19 June, 2008
Hello everyone and thank you for inviting us to share with you the gardens from which we draw our our inspiration. I live in Ontario, Canada in a small village called Baltimore...
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Stitching Groups by Ruth Cook
Articles » Your Say
Published on Thursday 19 June, 2008
For the past fifteen or more years I have met with a group of keen stitchers. We meet every Thursday morning from 9 -12 o’clock. This group has been through many stages, starting as a polytechnic class, tutored by Jean Clark, to where it is now in a purpose build craft studio, at Jean’s home and still tutored by Jean Clark...
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AS&E #71 - Spring Fever
Articles » Magazine Corrections
Published on Thursday 12 June, 2008
There is an alteration to a measurement in Spring Fever...
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AS&E #80 - April in Paris
Articles » Magazine Corrections
Published on Thursday 12 June, 2008
Correction to measurements...
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Webletter 229
Articles » Webletters
Published on Friday 30 May, 2008
The latest issue of Australian Smocking & Embroidery has just arrived in our warehouse and is on its way to our lucky subscribers worldwide. It is such a gorgeous edition, featuring three beautiful sundresses, each in very different designs to suit all tastes. With the much needed rain we've had here in Adelaide, I suspect that in Australia we have some preparation time before putting our little girls in sundresses again, but in the US you will need to get busy!
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Webletter #228
Articles » Webletters
Published on Friday 23 May, 2008
You may remember that late last year we announced a special competition, exclusive to our subscriber family, called 'Spot the Smocker'. The challenge, that many lovely subscribers chose to accept, was to send in a photo of yourself holding an Inspirations Collection umbrella in a crowded place...
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'Spot the Smocker' Competition Winners
Articles » Competitions
Published on Friday 23 May, 2008
Last year we introduced our gorgeous umbrellas to the Inspirations Collection product range. Today, thousands of AS&E readers are parading their beautiful pink parasols to show the world that they love smocking. Our wonderful subscribers were invited to enter a special competition we called 'Spot the Smocker'. The challenge was to send in a photo of yourself holding an Inspirations Collection umbrella in a crowded place
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Webletter #227
Articles » Webletters
Published on Friday 16 May, 2008
In the latest instalment of 'Cutting Edge', featured in Inspirations issue 58, Susan O'Connor shared with us some fantastic new books. Her reviews were so enticing that I was compelled to look through them myself and found some absolutely breathtaking projects, inspiration and information...
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Webletter #226
Articles » Webletters
Published on Friday 09 May, 2008
If you're an avid collector of antique needlework items, have an interest in the history of needlework or are just infatuated with all things French, you will fall in love with Sajou....
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Webletter #225
Articles » Webletters
Published on Friday 02 May, 2008
With Mother's Day just over a week away, I think now is the perfect opportunity to share some wonderful news that I've just been bursting to tell you. My eldest daughter, Tory, has announced that she's pregnant with her first child, due in December... I'm going to be a Grandma...
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French Glove Stitch - step by step
Articles » General Embroidery
Published on Monday 28 April, 2008
This stitch is similar to glove stitch in appearance, but is worked from right to left. We used contrasting thread for photographic purposes.
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Webletter #225
Articles » Webletters
Published on Thursday 24 April, 2008
This week, our close friends here in South Australia joined us in the Country Bumpkin Courtyard to celebrate the launch of Inspirations issue 58 and Quilting for Embroiderers.

Fortunately, Susan O'Connor, who is currently visiting us to put the finishing touches on one of our forthcoming titles, Beautiful Embroidered Jackets for Children, was also available to share her fabulous tips on some of the techniques featured in the current issue with our guests on the day. Susan also enthusiastically spoke about the fantastic books and products that are showcased in Cutting Edge. A product of particular interest to our audience was Sajou.

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Bonjour maison Sajou
Articles » News & Events
Published on Thursday 24 April, 2008
Having assumed that they had gone out of business, I was surprised and delighted to find that Maison Sajou was one of the companies exhibiting at Le Salon Marie Claire Idées that Fiona Fagan and I attended in Paris in October last year. Frédérique Crestin-Billet has lovingly brought this company into the 21st century and SAJOU now manufacture more than 600 needlework related items. I asked her to tell me a little of the history of the company and how she became involved...
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Spot the Embroiderer Competition
Articles » Competitions
Published on Thursday 24 April, 2008
Late last year we introduced 2 gorgeous umbrellas to the Inspirations Collection product range. Today, thousands of Inspirations and Australian Smocking & Embroidery readers are parading their beautiful parasols to show the world how proud they are to be a needlewoman...
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Inspirations #58 - Victorian Lace
Articles » Magazine Corrections
Published on Wednesday 23 April, 2008
The embroidery chart for Victorian Lace was accidentally omitted from the liftout pattern...
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Webletter #224
Articles » Webletters
Published on Friday 18 April, 2008
With Mother's Day approaching, we have filled Inspirations issue 58 with lovely gift ideas to create for your mum, yourself and your child. The stylish makeup bag featured on the cover, designed by Julie Graue, is so simple it can be made in a weekend and will quickly become a piece to proudly display on the bathroom vanity...
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Webletter #223
Articles » Webletters
Published on Friday 11 April, 2008
You may remember in Inspirations issue 51 that we featured an article called 'Roses from the Heart', where Christina Henri invited needleworkers to stitch a bonnet to honour the convict women who helped colonise Australia. Over eighteen months and several thousand bonnets later, Christina has been very busy organising 'Blessing of the Bonnets' ceremonies around Australia and yesterday I was lucky enough to attend one at St. John’s Cathedral in Sydney...
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