Monthly Archives: October 2022

Welding: The Next Step?

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Margaret Ford

In my last post of 26 October 2022 called 25+crossover: a juried exhibition I admitted that my original ambitions for the selected piece were stymied by my lack of the requisite skills of armature building. I had designed a work … Continue reading →

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25+ crossover: a juried WAFTA exhibition

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Margaret Ford

When I posted on 7 Sept 2022 about my work in a WAFTA (Western Australian Fibre and Textile Association) members’ exhibition in 2020 I said that I was thrilled to have been juried into a special 25th anniversary exhibition by … Continue reading →

Posted in bead crochet, Design, exhibiting, freeform crocheting, freeform knitting, Hand embroidery, Knitting, Stash-busting yarn, WAFTA | 2 Comments

Contemporary Quilts: The Challenge to Make a Point

Posted on October 11, 2022 by Margaret Ford

Bear with me, this is a long and indulgent blog. At a recent meeting of the Contemporary Quilt Group (contemporarywa.wordpress.com/about/) of the Western Australian Quilters’ Association (https://www.waquilters.com) our speaker issued a challenge. After a thoughtful presentation to us all about … Continue reading →

Posted in brown onion as dye, casuarina dyeing, cochineal dyeing, Design, dyeing with avocado pips, dyeing with red onion, Eucalyptus sp as dye, exhibiting, Geranium leaf printing, Machine quilting, Natural dyeing, patchwork | 8 Comments

Je ne sais quoi: but it’s fun!

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Margaret Ford

I love making fabric out of yarn using knitting and crochet plus hand stitch. A recent request, in the context of an upcoming exhibition, to provide some background images of my work and perhaps some work in progress, prompted me … Continue reading →

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Vegetable Stash-busting: Baba Ganoush

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Margaret Ford

I’m not hoarding, promise.  But I must admit I am probably a bit ambitious when I go to the green grocer. For example, I bought a large eggplant six days ago and it’s still in the crisper. I would have … Continue reading →

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Crochet bags as stash-busters

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Margaret Ford

I’m probably not alone in having accumulated lots of the “novelty” yarns of the nineties and noughties. You know the kind: hairy, glitzy, chunky, loopy and often all these in the same ball! Time, I thought, to get rid of … Continue reading →

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