Embellish Magazine

Embellish magazine aims to fuse fashion, fantasy and art into everyday items, gifts and homewares. You will find in each issue a mix of techniques and articles as well as ideas and inspirational stories. Expect to see a range of projects including dye processes; fabric manipulation; knit and/or crochet embellished finishes; couture techniques; hand embellishing; machine embellishing; prints; custom designs; repurposed textiles and projects related to textile applications that incorporate fabric, yarn, felt and/or fibre.

The cover shown here is issue 3, out in newsagents, craft stores and Guilds from September 2 until December 1, 2010. Subscriptions will start with the next issue (issue 4) in December, unless you request your subscription start with the current issue in the comments box at checkout.

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In this issue we take a look at rusting powder with Dale Rollerson; the Pantone colour of the year with Anette Eriksson and Art To Wear 2010. We also do some armchair travel to Turkey, with a Postcard from Turkey and an article on Oya by Frances Ergen. We profile shibori artist Amy Nguyen and also get a glimpse into a migrants journey and arrival in Australia in 1950, thanks to Helen Stumkat.

Projects in this issue include:

• Natural Solar Dyes by Michelle Moriarty
• Itajime Shibori by Liz Gemmell
• Embroidered Roses by Yvette Stanton
• Computer printing in the creation of Complex Cloth
• 3D Beetle by Penny Eamer (same process as the frog, issue #2 cover)
• How to make and embellish a Shrub by Anne van de Kley
• Tree of Life felted tote by Diane Leftwich
• Converting a scarf into a hat by Joanne Rolfe
• Texturising with Embellish Machines by Sam Pope