Australian Homespun

Homespun magazine is a place of inspiration, it combines creative techniques with a vast array of styles and themes taken from a team of leading craftspeople throughout Australia and the world. Homespun is a publication that is at the forefront of the industry, made by people who are passionate about craft. Each issue of the magazine features step-by-step easy-to-follow project ideas and accompanying patterns sheets, a variety of crafts including quilts to bags to dolls, inspirational photographs of fantastic finished products plus interesting reads to engage and entertain. Purchase includes the Digital Edition and News Service. Please stay in touch via our Facebook Page.

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Australian Homespun

Our Designers • In this issue we present projects, ideas and designs from a number of designers and creators.

Best of the best from Pinterest • Here are our favourite dahlia crafts on Pinterest this month.

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PIN INTEREST • Bright ideas, fabulous products, clever tips & quick reads

Selvedge DESIGNER EDGE

MAN OF Many Colours KAFFE FASSETT • Being the first living artist to have a solo show at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, is just one of many — and very colourful — ways that Kaffe Fassett has taken textiles crafts to brilliant new heights.

RUSSET CHEVRON STRIPES QUILT • Kaffe Fassett brilliance is yours! Kaffe is sharing a very special sneak peek with Homespun from a yet-to-be-released book. We are thrilled to bring you a quilt made in fabrics dear to Kaffe's heart — with threads leading back to his very first fabric range.

FARMHOUSE CUSHION • Pretty melon shapes create a stunning design of interlocking flowers and circles, perfectly set off with a unique crochet edging.

AMBER & LACE VINTAGE THROW • Bring some old-time charm to your decor with this soft and drapey knitted throw. Made from an archival baby blanket pattern, this design takes on a new life with a contemporary colour choice.

Yarn Day notions CARRYALL • Make your own practical carryall for all your yarn craft notions. This nifty bag has pockets specially designed for Clover's range of specialist yarn notions — with slip-in pockets to stop circular needles getting tangled and plenty of places to tuck away your soft place markers, yarn snips and row counters. There's even a pocket to fit Clover's handy combo set of swatch ruler with knitting needle and crochet hook gauges.

MAGENTA MAGIC QUILT • Find your sweet spot between purple and pink! Those magenta hues really do pop, and this beauty is bursting with life.

Rainbow in Your Cloud CROCHET WALLHANGING • Joyous colours burst from this mandala-inspired crochet project. Hang it in a window or on a wall to remind you that the sun shines through, even on not-so-sunny days.

Patterns of Peace • How two designers came to know the healing properties of craft.

Petals Mandala PINCUSHION • Delicate flower details make for a delightful design that you can enjoy every time you stitch!

SMALL STITCHES SHOW THE BIG PICTURE • A loop of fabric containing thousands of embroidered ‘x’ marks was a finalist in this year's prestigious Dobell Drawing Prize, held at the National Art School in Sydney. The prize has been revamped in recent years, expanding its definition of what a drawing is. Textile art now sits alongside traditional drawing techniques.

String Snowball QUILT • What a beautiful way to use up scraps from your stash with this wonderful twist on string-pieced blocks.

YARN Worthy

YARN Worthy • SPINNER BEGINNER

TRIANGLE JEWELS QUILT • Colours bedazzle like gems in this brilliant combination of jewel hues.

Reflections on Mending • A textiles art exhibition soon to open in Newcastle, NSW, explores the mending of...