'Janie Hubble Designs' Category
Crossing Over To The Dark Side …
I’m an embroidery designer. I have always been an embroiderer, and more recently a designer, and have always felt that I couldn’t possibly get involved in any other type of craft because I was so focused on fabric and thread. I used to call anything to do with scrapbooking ‘the dark side’ and sit and [...]
Off to Sydney
I’m off to Sydney next week to check out the Craft Expo at Rose Hill. This is by way of preparation for my inaugural attendance as an exhibitor at the Craft and Quilt Fair in Sydney in June. I’ve never done a retail show before. I’ve only ever exhibited at wholesale shows. I’m taking my [...]
Stitching For The Left-Handed
Hands up all those readers who are left-handed stitchers! I am waving my hand around madly … any more of you out there? Have you ever had trouble trying to interpret diagrams in stitching charts? Or sat in a class wondering what on earth is wrong with your brain because everyone else is busily stitching [...]
Stitching on Things Other Than Fabric!
When I think of stitching, I normally think about stitching on fabric, or paper, or canvas, or maybe plastic. I’ve never, ever thought about stitching on bread! Have you? Em, who does a lot of net surfing, found the most amazing link and passed it on to me the other day, so I thought I’d [...]
Lingo
By now you have probably all gathered that I live in Australia -’Oz’ to those in the know. And because every country has it’s own little quirks when it comes to language I thought I’d share a few of my favourites today. This lesson will also come in handy in future posts in case I [...]
G’day from W.A.
Western Australia that is – where the weather is rather hot and extremely dry and we are wondering how on earth we can re-direct some of the water that seems to be engulfing the eastern half of Australia at an alarming rate! Hi – my name is Janie Hubble and I have just been appointed to [...]
