The Brisbane Textile Festival was not advertised as a heavenly event but an angel was there admiring the creative work! This golden vision was a real person of course, perhaps just stunned by the amazing work. The main exhibition was Circus Berserkus,wearable art ... there was a festival of colour ... just a few of the works I photographed. The third photo is a close up of the "Tightrope Walker" by Kirry Toose, the winner. One of the exhibitions which captured my attention was the sewing machine "tattoos" or art skins ... textile art transferred to sewing machines... one way to personalise your machine! I was happy when I heard the winners of the best "dressed" stalls. They were amongst my favourites, too . 2 World Textiles and Tours was the best small stall and Dairing was the best large stall I fitted in a couple of workshops and was happy to have some time on a 12 needle embellisher machine. I made a wall hanging using only synthetic fabrics...
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