Australian Stitches

The Oriental Panel

The Australian Sewing Guild Industry Day at Brisbane Northside – with plenty to see and do - was one not to miss! We enjoyed talks and demonstrations from Kerryn’s Fabric World, Kazuyo’s Japanese Fabrics, Genesis paints, Janome and costume maker, Gayle McGregor. Stalls at the event provided shopping opportunities for between talks.

At Kazuyo’s stall, I fell for a length of brightly printed fabric from an unpicked kimono. It was about 2.5m long and mostly 36cm wide. Black was the

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