Australian Homespun

CHRIS JURD

Why this particular craft? When you spend all the time and energy to make a quilt, you end up with something that’s so beautiful AND so usable, unlike a lot of other crafts. Playing with fabrics and colour is the best fun.

Macramé (what was I thinking?), knitting, dressmaking – the usual things. I’ve always had something on the go. My mother used to say, “Idle

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