Source: Flickr – Maguis & David I have been greatly looking forward to the Ballarat Heritage Weekend - it looks like a wonderful opportunity to take a sneaky peak into some of the gorgeous Victorian buildings. High on my list of ‘must- sees’ is the chapel at the Loreto Convent which I have been led to believe is [...]
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Caring For Your Collection
Posted in Architecture, Design, Embroidery, History, tagged 19th century, australia, Ballarat Fire Station, Ballarat Heritage Weekend, Ballarat things to see, Ballarat Town Hall, craft, Embroidery, Loreto Convent, Victorian Crafts, Victorian Embroidery on May 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
200 Years of Decorative Arts
Posted in Design, Embroidery, Jane Austen, Quilting, tagged 1920s, 1930s, 1940s crafts, applique, craft, Embroidery, Jennifer Isaacs, Patchwork, pokerwork, Quilting, regency, silk, Tapestry, Victorian Embroidery, women on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At one of my talks earlier in the year, a lovely fellow crafter asked me about how she would find out what kinds of craft her ancestors had worked. I pointed her in the direction of an interesting book on Needlework in Australia (Marion Fletcher, 1989), but another book is a bit of a favorite [...]
Tent stitch and radishes
Posted in Embroidery, tagged Berlin Wool Work, Carpetwork, half stitch, long stitch, satin stitch, Tapestry, tent stitch, Victorian Embroidery, william morris on July 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It was surprisingly sunny and warm at Lanyon on Sunday – for winter anyway! We had a lovely time with our Victorian Embroidery class. The capable Sophie led us through the homestead spying out all the original craft items like the knit bedcover, the Berlin wool work bird in the Drawing Room and the child’s [...]
Quilled Hair, Shades & Berlin Wool Work
Posted in Embroidery, Jane Austen, tagged Beading, Berlin Wool Work, Carpetwork, Embroidery, human hair, Lanyon Homestead, Patchwork, quilling, Quilting, sewing, Tapestry, Victorian Crafts, Victorian Embroidery, Wickerwork on July 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m giving a Victorian Embroidery craft workshop at Lanyon Homestead in Canberra on the 25 July so I’m busy doing my research about the links between Victorian Embroidery and the Lanyon Homestead. The collection is not original to the site but the curators at the time it was established as a museum in the 1980s [...]
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