Meet the Designer: Helen Stubbings In this artile we interview Helen Stubbings about her journey into the world of stitchery, she shared some beautiful memories of her family and early life as a professional musician....
Inspired: Tiny stitches with Elk and Tom Lizi Klavins is the force behind Elk and Tom, an Australian label that creates stunning micro-jewelry using embroidery. Klavins is a stay-at-home mom of three, and she finds time to...
CGT School: The Psychology of Colour We’re curious about the subjective experience of colour. Why do individual colours seem to carry a particular emotional charge? Do colours explain our personality traits and could they influence the...
Product Feature: Hearts for Pam But first, buckle up…this is possibly the most vulnerable blog post we ever share. Usually a very private person, Pam opens up about her medical condition for the first time...
Meet the Designer: Jan Hicks - Travelling stitches Jan Hicks is on the move. She's stitching and driving her way across vast distances of the United States with her husband Mike and cat Nina, having traded in their...
Inspired: Kate Biggs – A collaboration of paint, threads and intuition Kate Biggs is a painter. That is, when she’s not caring for her family, or dyeing up variegated embroidery threads (floss) in the Cottage Garden Threads dye room. @katebiggsart calls...
CGT school: Anatomy of a Cottage Garden Thread Anatomy of a Cottage Garden Thread explains the features and components of our embroidery floss.
Meet the designer: Veronique Diligent – How to sew a garden Veronique Diligent is a captivating embroidery stitcher who resides in Melbourne, Australia. Her love for gardening is entwined with her love of textiles and her garden is where she finds...
Meet the designer: Amy Kallissa - Stitching through the storms of life When Amy Morgan decided to make stitchery her business, she took her first and middle names – Amy Kallissa – and ran with it or shall we say sailed with...
Inspired: Small town serendipity We don’t have to look far for inspiration, all we need to do is step out our front door. This time of the year is particularly inspiring in our little...
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...