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Hello everyone.
Welcome to a new year of sewing creativity. Every day is a great time to expand our sewing knowledge and enjoy the creative processes of working with textiles and threads. As a Freelance Educator based in Townsville, I am able to guide and assist you on your creative learning journey. I am passionate about sewing, and enjoy planning and teaching classes to others who have a similar interest in creative sewing.
Whether you are a beginner sewer, or wish to extend your sewing skills, I can help and advise. I offer general project classes and specific sewing activities at my studio.
Also, I travel extensively throughout the north and far north of Queensland, as well as interstate. Therefore, my studio opening hours are limited.
I teach persons in sewing groups and store customers alike. Please check my workshop page for details and updates of my travel commitments, as these directly affect my studio contact time.
Take time to peruse my website. Hopefully, there are ideas which will inspire you.
Happy stitching
Jane
February 2012
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WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Hi Jane, Thanks for another great weekend sewing. There is always something more to learn. Do hope you enjoy your time in Hughenden as much as we love having you. Lyn from Hughenden 29 01 12
Thankyou so much for such a wonderful weekend of sewing in Hughenden last weekend! I loved every minute and here is my finished quilt! Hope you had a good trip back. Look forward to the next workshop. Bronwyn from Hughenden 27.01.12
Hi Jane I just want to say thank you again for a great weekend. I hope you had a lovely week with your mother and hope she is steaming ahead with her recovery. Loved Ellen’s hat and that tea cosy too! See you next year. Daphne from Bowen 21.11.11
Hello Jane, We all agreed that it was a wonderful weekend & we really enjoyed the company of the other ladies - what a great bunch of girls. Sue from Hughenden 21.11.11
Hope you have recovered from that great weekend. I'm sure we all enjoyed the time sewing, eating etc, all away from home. Lyn W. from Hughenden 20.11.11
Thank you so very much for still having the retreat. It was fabulous - in the process of making another doiley for my Aunty's birthday. Glennis from Ingham 13. 11 2011
Thank you Jane for your lovely newsletter and photo on the retreat. What a great weekend. Lyn J.from Hughenden 11.11.11
Thanks Jane, Thanks so much for a wonderful weekend of sewing, friendship, and laughter. Do hope you enjoyed the time as much as I did. I felt all the ladies had a wonderful time, and I hope Ellen and Beth did too. I'm so tired, and I feel you should be too, even more so. Thanks again Jane, for such a great weekend. Lyn W. from Hughenden 11.11.11
Good morning Jane, Just a few lines to thanks you for another wonderful weekend. It was soooo good, we all seemed to breeze through this time, what a shame we are all becoming experts when it is all over! The kids' day went off very well & the kids did a great job, ave a fun at Darwin, next year I may go with you! Thank-you once again for your knowledge, hard work & friendship. Cheers Sue from Hughenden 17.07.11
Hi Jane, Thank you for a great weekend at Genazzano, I keep looking at the cloth and it keeps getting better!! I can't believe i actually made it. AND I remembered how to center my pattern, it just fell into place. So thank you for being so patient, and will certainly be at your next workshop. All the best Olivia from Cairns 21.07.11
Hi Jane, Just a short note to say many thanks for your help on the weekend. It was so enjoyable I am already looking forward to next year. I had to recuperate on Monday then on Tuesday I tore a ligament in my knee so I am hobbling around. I combined my designs and am going to embroider them in the centre of the cloth. Lynelle from Mossman 22.07.11
"Many thanks for a wonderful weekend, I have my flowers on the dining room table at the moment & admiring them.
I know you understand how much we love having you as our tutor, but I feel we need to keep telling you how much we appreciate your taking the time & making the effort to come to Hughenden. Thank-you also for giving Marg & myself the time yesterday with the embroidery software. I had a lovely play with it last night & again this morning." Sue from Hughenden 17.04.11
"Hi Jane. Thank you again – I loved every minute." Maree from Townsville 09.11.10
"I would also like to thank you for the great weekend. Great teacher, good company and lovely food." Shirley from Bowen 09.11.10
"Hello Jane Thank you again for a fabulous week-end. Even though I very successfully made a mess of my tablecloth I learnt so much from my errors and have tried the "curve" technique already - wonderful. Many thanks for this tip as well as all the others." Marge from Townsville 09.11.10
"Just to say a quick thankyou for a lovely weekend retreat. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and I hope we didn't deprieve you of too much sleep waking you up at 6 a.m." Karen from Townsville 08.11.10
"Jane, you are a wonderful tutor, what a way to go - teaching people to do what you like doing best - sewing! You have soooo much more information to give us." Sue from Hughenden 11.10.10
"Had a great weekend, looking forward to the next one. Jane really is the best tutor. I do remember a weekend course I went to years ago and I didn't get any one on one advice until lunch time on the second day." Lyn from Hugenden 12.10.10
"Hi Jane, Hope you have got over the weekend ok, what an enjoyable one, I have came home all fired up to start embroidering. My daughters loved my bag." Annette from Home Hill 20.09.10
"Hi Jane, I just wanted to say a big thank you for your hospitality over the 2 days. It is such a pleasant environment for stitching and having such a lovely lunch and teas provided too. Thank you again." Miriam from Townsville 17.08.10
"Hi Jane - Just wanted to thank you for the weekend, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The ladies were lovely and of course Judy was great. I am always up for any hand embroidery classes if any more come up. But once again thanks and it was great meeting you." Diane from Townsville 02.08.10
"I wanted to inform you that I enjoyed the machine embroidery workshop that you facilitated at The Bargain Box in Cairns on the 9th July. Since that day I have experimented more with my basic machine and have discovered Lace and cutwork. I have done small lace butterflies, hearts and bells which I have used in my card making. I was inspired by your cutwork." Vivian from Cairns 01.08.10
"I received your CD with the photo's of your quilt! Thank you sooooo much. The photo's are wonderful and it's just a delight to see the embroidery and decorative stitches up close like that. There is so much to the quilt." Shirley from USA 26.07.10
"Just wondering when you are coming back to Townsville and how soon I can book into your classes - I have my new machine and can't wait to start learning how to use it properly." Sharon from Townsville 21.07.10
"I would like to send you a very big Thank You from the girls and myself for the wonderful retreat at Tinaroo. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and honestly appreciate the time and effort you put in to make a wonderful time for all. Also thank you to the girls behind the scene who helped with the lovely morning teas and making our gifts etc. This was the first retreat the girls had been to so it was a big step also for me to talk them into and they are all keen to sign up again for next year, along with a few more from our group in Townsville." Marci from Townsville 16.07.10
"Thank you does not seem adequate for the wonderful weekend up at Genazzano, but thank you, thankyou. Also for the day in at Bargain Box. Am looking forward to joining you again in August at both venues. Thank you once again." Pat from Cairns 15.07.10
"Hi Jane, I received the new Embroidery magazine in the mail yesterday, saw the placemats. I am so looking forward to getting you out here to work with us!" Sue from Hughenden 03.07 10
"Jane, I am emailing you to thank you for the November 2009 Sewing Retreat. I didn't realize you could have so much fun and it still be legal. Lovely group of ladies to sew, laugh, and dine with. I am very pleased with the projects I completed and I am looking forward to more Sewing Retreats." Theresea from Townsville 14.11.09
"Thank you so much for the retreat. I enjoyed every minute and was very happy with what I learned and what I took home. You are so knowledgeable, so patient, and above all so organised, which is something I particularly appreciate." Maree from Townsville 13.11.09
"Hello Jane, had a great time, thank you and am at present making the bag again as a gift for a friend in hospital. I am interested in attending next year's retreat." Annette from Townsville 11.11.09
"I would like to thank you for a great weekend. I had a lovely time, even brought home finished items into the bargain." Shirley from Bowen 11.11.09
"Thanks to you Jane, for your help and your patience. I am sure that not only I, but everyone had a great and productive time." Rita from Townsville 09.11.09
"Thank you for a fun weekend. Had a good time meeting new girls and of course very creative." Beryl from Townsville 09.11.09
"Hi Jane - just wanted to say THANK YOU for a great morning yesterday. I learnt so much and am glad I don't have to immediately spend lots of money to get a new machine. See you next Thursday." Robby from Townsville 02.10.09
"Just wanted to say thank you for a lovely and really satisfying morning yesterday. I learned exactly what I wanted - you are a great teacher." Maree from Townsville 01.10.09
"Hi Jane, thanks SO much for the weekend and for looking after everyone so beautifully. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and loved your studio." Roberta from Townsville 28.09.09
"Thanks again for reviving the 'sewer within'. It was a fantastic weekend which I will remember for a long time." Mary from Brisbane 29.07.09
"Had a lovely learning time, so a big thanks. Will certainly look forward to next year!" Kay from Caboolture 22.07.09
"Well, what can I say?? What a wonderful break we had - great company; great food; great island taxi service; fantastic sewing. So definitely book us in for the next one!" Judy from Brisbane 20.07.09
"Just wanted to thank you very much for Saturday's bag class. I really enjoyed it. You have a lovely teaching style and manner. And I look forward to attending more classes with you." Kate from Cairns 11.05.09
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