CGT School: Origin Story It was 2007 and Pam Spurway was working in an aged care home in Mirboo North when her long-time friend – embroidery designer Brenda Ryan asked her to try dyeing...
CGT School: The dye lot dilemma They say to never work with children or animals…but I bet they’ve never tried to tame the wild beast that is hand dyeing a natural fibre. Differences between dye lots...
Meet the designer: Joanna Kabanoff of Mojo Stitches – stitching a sense of place Joanna Kabanoff is a stitcher and a historian, a combination that has evolved into a rich practice of textile designing and making.
Inspired: Tattooed Ladies: A short story of ink and stitching July 17th was national tattoo day and it got us pondering the connections that keep popping up between tattooing and stitching; it just feels like there’s increasingly a link between...
Product Feature: Field Journal Have you ever held a vintage embroidery in your hands and wondered who stitched it? As you run your fingers over the stitches do you wonder what year it may...
CGT school: Colour Fastness and care instructions Welcome to our first blog series called CGT school. In each lesson we are going to be cover the CGT fundamentals. Today's lesson is all about colour fastness and care instructions. ...
Meet the designer - Brenda Ryan – stitching as drawing Brenda’s stitching has become deliberately crafted to emphasize the beauty of the line. There’s a looseness - a kind of dot/dash drawing with the thread.