This year I am offering my regular Weekly and Monthly Classes and Weekend Workshops under the label of ‘Stitchology at the Block’.
If you want to know more about this label and the Classes and Weekend Workshops visit the workshops page.
I was thrilled to be interviewed for the EGA Blog, to read about some of my journey with needle and thread visit:
https://egausa.org/interview-merrilyn-heazlewood-silk-ribbon-primroses/
For more details and to book visit: https://egausa.org/courses/primroses/
Would you like to know:
Listen now or when you have time.
Sharing kindness through handmade pocket hearts.
Judy, one of my wonderful students encouraged me to assist with the organizing of community events to bring creators of Hearts together. 1000 Hearts Project was started by a fellow Hobart stitcher, Sarah De Jong in 2016.
If you want to follow their progress I share frequent photos on my Instagram page
Depending on what I am doing, I find a stitching podcast so relaxing and interesting to listen to.
Two of my favourite podcast’s are Stitchery Stories and Fibre Talk – they chat with stitcher and crafters from all around the world.
Stitchery Stories https://stitcherystories.com the best UK podcast covering a wide range of all forms of textiles and crafts .
Susan Weeks is the host and has been producing podcasts for years. Her passion is stitching, fibres, fabric, and creating ‘things’. Her paid job is ‘tech stuff’. Susan has a bright bubbly personality. Her podcasts are easy listening.
It was a sentimental trip down memory lane for me as Susan recently interviewed Floriane Schmitt who creates items with Canadian Smocking. My grandmother made many cushions in this technique and they were in pride of place in my mother’s ‘formal lounge room’.
Susan interviews interesting and diverse creative people. Look through her web site and you will also see that she offers great assistance for business’s managing ‘online tech stuff’
Fibre Talk by We Talk Fibre is another long running podcast, from the USA.
Gary and Beth are great hosts and share a wonderful, bright and informative conversations with their guests. Hear my interview with Fibre Talk on my web site.
Commence in the middle and build on the various sections of this design.
Easy to stitch, ideal as a project while enjoying summer vacation or while snuggled inside while the snow is falling outside.
Gumnut Yarns perle silk Buds and 50% silk and wool Poppies are complimented with DMC floss and perle cotton 5 and variegated floss by DMC or Cottage Garden.
Another very successful happy Apple Isle Retreat was held in late October on the edge of southern Tasmanian wilderness. Friendships were formed and most importantly lots of stitches were created.
I have just completed Tasmanian Native Flowers, inspired by a Native garden in my neighbourhood.
Tasmania has many hills and mountains, rivers and creeks. This design features one of the local sheltered inlets where yachts are moored. I will now write up the instructions, then have it piloted before I can release it.
Counted needlepoint stitches form the Tile in the centre of the design.
Small clumps of Cyclamen worked in 7mm silk ribbon feature on the four edges of the Tile.
This is the first of a Series of four designs in this format.