I am in Print, People.

 I love Art Quill Studio's blog.

It has became a veritable oasis of knowledge for me; augmenting

the textile theory lessons at the chalkface.

Marie-Therese, an academic posts most Saturdays, early, and I

always seemed to read her posts when my spirits are flagging a little at the end of the

working week. I confess to being a textile tragic, as she does.
Marie-Therese is also a co-editor at Textile Fibre Forum magazine.

One day I hope to meet her.
She found me via the enthusiastic comments I would leave on her blog.
I meant every word.

She invited me to be in an edition of Textile Fibre Forum.
My friend J, came over and shot the high-resolution photos.
That was the day the light-box bath-tub got the flick.

My article is a nod to fashioning fleurs from thermoplastic fabrics.
I am a cover-girl, well, just inside it anyway.

I would be lying to say I am not chuffed.

Thank you, Textile Fibre Forum, it is an absolute thrill to be in the magazine.

I will be getting a subscription.



Shooting.

 I'm doing a little story for a textiles magazine.

Frankly, I am excited, but we'll see how it goes.

I might end up on the cutting room floor.

Can happen.

My dear friend J did the shoot.

She is an absolute perfectionist.

Very generous with her time and attention.

 She wouldn't have a bar of my light-box bathtub.

 We had to do the full catastrophe set up on the rear deck.

A flashing snoot included.

Silver 'umbrellas'. The works.

 My little light-box was not needed.

Sniff.

 I will stick to what I know.

Do you?

 



Imagine my Surprise

 These are some of my first Floras from about four years ago.

 This flower, too.

So, you can imagine my surprise when I saw a Flora one-of-a-kind

on television last Sunday night!

Luckily, Foxtel came in handy and I could rewind and take these screen-shots.
I never thought I'd see the day.
I don't do it for money. No-one makes a million selling frippery.
 I do it for the creativity and soul-soothing.
That's enough.

 My black beaded headpiece popped up on Kimberley Busteed's head, again.
On TV.

It was a Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival segment that included behind-the-scenes

footage of the Style magazine shoot.
A watershed moment, dear Followers of Flora's Frippery.
I am going to have start a press release file.
I might need a secretary.
Flora's been showcased on the lifestyle program Great South East.

Here's a bit of the magazine editorial from Style that was filmed for television.

Kimberley is the Ambassador of this year's Winter Racing season.
I've tried to capture the essence of the television story in true-journalistic style.
Jockeys.

A horse.

Lovelies lining up for Fashions on the Field.

 Kimberley getting zhu zhu'd up ready to pop on the lace Flora.

 Checking the light meter.

Again, checking the light meter.

 Shooting.

 Explaining important things to Damien Rossi, a reporter on Great South East.

 Telling everyone to wear Flora's frippery.

Sorry, I made that one up.

The crowd against the race-track on Stradbroke Day at Doomben, Brisbane.

Red, black and white is the palate of the day.



Keep surprising.

 Stay creative.