Penny Bristol-Jones - Noonoo and Friends
What's the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
Mud pies - 3
What do you make now?
Knitted toys, drawings, paintings
What's the favourite item you've made?
A long legged doll
Who'what inspires you?
Any women who have 'made it'
Angela Keele
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
Crotchet squares, 6 yrs old
What do you make now?
Felted hats, bags and more, beaded jewellery
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
Al capone Hat
What’s your day job?
Credit Control Officer
andyappleknickerkeele@yahoo.com.au
Alexandra Westaway - Luna Bloom
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
Wonder woman outfit for my barbie! Age 7
What do you make now?
Natural body products, crystal window charms, astology charts
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
Crystal dreamcatcher with malachite, lapis lazuli and silver feathers
Who/what inspires you?
My five year old daughter inspires me to see the beauty in the world and create with passion.
http://www.lunabloom.com/
Karen Molloy - Kidden Thiele
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
From about five years old I was making clothes for my Barbie with scraps of fabric from Mum’s sewing room.
What do you make now?
Anything that pops into my head, tote bags, adult clothes, children’s clothes, jewellery and homewares.
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
Anchor bag, denim with red and white applique
Who/what inspires you?
I’m about to become an Aunty, so I am inspired to make children’s clothes. I have been pulling out the old Enid Bilchrist pattern books in preparation.
k_swifte@yahoo.com
Lynne Eisentrager - Twisted
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
Wrote a song using my toy piano - 8
What do you make now?
Jewellery using silver wire and beads.
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
Choker with handmade silver wire beads, glass beads and jade ships
Favourite quote or song lyric: “If only they used their powers for niceness, instead of evil” Maxwell Smart
fishpaw@optusnet.com.au
Mandy Heritage
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
Bead necklace - 21
What do you make now?
Necklaces, bracelets etc
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
A goldstone and azurite necklace
Who/what inspires you? Dalai Lama
mandyheritage@yahoo.com.au
Loni Mills - Lonstar
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
Around 6-7 I drew my teacher for a school paper. I included all her wrinkles (sorry Mrs Vaughn) What do you make now?
I paint, draw from life. I make books and cards.
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
A wierd card
Favourite quote or song lyric:
Touch me with your naked hand
Touch me with your glove
And dance me to the end of Love – Leonard Cohen
lonimills@yahoo.com.au
Amanda Makepeace - MANDY-MOO
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
Mud-paint from dirt in the garden
What do you make now?
Pun-cards
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
“You mooove me” sexy cow
Favourite quote or song lyric: Cows with guns
samandamail@optusnet.com
Rebecca Lewis - Little Brown Dog
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
A flamingo marionette from a pink sock, a tennis ball and I think the beak was from one of those plastic puppets you used to get at Pizza Hut with the kids meal deals. I must have been about 7 or 8 and I remember taking it to school for show and tell.
What do you make now?
All sorts, it really depends on what I feel like making when I wake up be it clothes, toys, cushion covers, slippers, whatever I find fits the fabric.
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
It’s usually the last thing I made so my current favourite is a wrap skirt made from old woolen blankets with pockets in the shape of owls.
Favourite quote or song lyric: ‘it was as if the moon rising had said a single silver word: Peace’ Ray Bradbury
www.littlebrowndoggie.blogspot.com/
Rowena Shakes - Lillipilli
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
It was definitely cooking for me when I was younger - I didn't really get into other crafting til I was older and started making gifts for close friends...
What do you make now?
I make an odd assortment of things, mostly from fabric: organic wheat heat packs, kids pants and aprons, Steiner style felt toys, a bit of knitting if the urge takes me, recycled notebooks, quilts and some clothes from time to time, brooches and other oddments too...
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
Most definitely the two quilts I've made for my daughter - one completely from recycled, vintage and found fabrics and the other from a blend of new and recycled. I tend to give away the things I make and love the most - sending them out into the world...
Who/what inspires you?
Crotchet squares, 6 yrs oldWhat do you make now?
Felted hats, bags and more, beaded jewellery
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
Al capone Hat
What’s your day job?
Credit Control Officer
andyappleknickerkeele@yahoo.com.au
Alexandra Westaway - Luna Bloom
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
Wonder woman outfit for my barbie! Age 7
What do you make now?
Natural body products, crystal window charms, astology charts
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
Crystal dreamcatcher with malachite, lapis lazuli and silver feathers
Who/what inspires you?
My five year old daughter inspires me to see the beauty in the world and create with passion.
http://www.lunabloom.com/
Karen Molloy - Kidden Thiele
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
From about five years old I was making clothes for my Barbie with scraps of fabric from Mum’s sewing room.
What do you make now?
Anything that pops into my head, tote bags, adult clothes, children’s clothes, jewellery and homewares.
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
Anchor bag, denim with red and white applique
Who/what inspires you?
I’m about to become an Aunty, so I am inspired to make children’s clothes. I have been pulling out the old Enid Bilchrist pattern books in preparation.
k_swifte@yahoo.com
Lynne Eisentrager - Twisted
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
Wrote a song using my toy piano - 8
What do you make now?
Jewellery using silver wire and beads.
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
Choker with handmade silver wire beads, glass beads and jade ships
Favourite quote or song lyric: “If only they used their powers for niceness, instead of evil” Maxwell Smart
fishpaw@optusnet.com.au
Mandy Heritage
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
Bead necklace - 21
What do you make now?
Necklaces, bracelets etc
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
A goldstone and azurite necklace
Who/what inspires you? Dalai Lama
mandyheritage@yahoo.com.au
Loni Mills - Lonstar
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
Around 6-7 I drew my teacher for a school paper. I included all her wrinkles (sorry Mrs Vaughn) What do you make now?
I paint, draw from life. I make books and cards.
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
A wierd card
Favourite quote or song lyric:
Touch me with your naked hand
Touch me with your glove
And dance me to the end of Love – Leonard Cohen
lonimills@yahoo.com.au
Amanda Makepeace - MANDY-MOO
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
Mud-paint from dirt in the garden
What do you make now?
Pun-cards
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
“You mooove me” sexy cow
Favourite quote or song lyric: Cows with guns
samandamail@optusnet.com
Rebecca Lewis - Little Brown Dog
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
A flamingo marionette from a pink sock, a tennis ball and I think the beak was from one of those plastic puppets you used to get at Pizza Hut with the kids meal deals. I must have been about 7 or 8 and I remember taking it to school for show and tell.What do you make now?
All sorts, it really depends on what I feel like making when I wake up be it clothes, toys, cushion covers, slippers, whatever I find fits the fabric.
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
It’s usually the last thing I made so my current favourite is a wrap skirt made from old woolen blankets with pockets in the shape of owls.
Favourite quote or song lyric: ‘it was as if the moon rising had said a single silver word: Peace’ Ray Bradbury
www.littlebrowndoggie.blogspot.com/
Rowena Shakes - Lillipilli
What’s the first thing you remember making? (How old were you?)
It was definitely cooking for me when I was younger - I didn't really get into other crafting til I was older and started making gifts for close friends...What do you make now?
I make an odd assortment of things, mostly from fabric: organic wheat heat packs, kids pants and aprons, Steiner style felt toys, a bit of knitting if the urge takes me, recycled notebooks, quilts and some clothes from time to time, brooches and other oddments too...
What’s the favourite item you’ve made?
Most definitely the two quilts I've made for my daughter - one completely from recycled, vintage and found fabrics and the other from a blend of new and recycled. I tend to give away the things I make and love the most - sending them out into the world...
Who/what inspires you?
Well, not so surprisingly I’m incredibly inspired by crafting. Within our current society I see it very much as an act of social rebellion to reclaim our ability and interest in making what we need and use, a most important ingredient in the re-creating of the ecologically and socially sustainable world I want to be part of and part of bringing into being.
