Feature Artist

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Little Black Books

Am pleased to report that I have found a different creative use for Big Bertha - without permission, necessity has lowered her sights to sewing little black notebooks. Still, for such a hard worker, it's better than being idle! Although her favourite thing is still needling right through layers of gorgeous leather, wool tweeds, oilskins, …

Katrina Slade’s Art Class

Sadly, freezing rain might keep me home this evening rather than travel to Fredericton's College of Craft and Design for my number 5 of 7 Mixed Media Art Class. It's double sad because tonight, we're having a guest instructor, Rebecca Sentgeorge. Such is the way of things when AppleTowne Designs stays East for Christmas in …

Art it Out

I still need to talk it out sometimes, that is, an emotion or situation that is dragging me down. But ever since I discovered art journaling a few months ago, I find that if I also 'Art it Out' (create an art journal page on whatever is bugging me) the emotion, whether sadness, frustration, anger, …

Mixed Media Art Journaling

Try as I might, I won't be making bags and hats for a time, a couple more months anyhow. The 'rest' is to heal a herniated disk in my neck due to repetitive strain injury. Yes, I am officially on hiatus from Josephine and Big Greta, from the cutting table and the steam press. But …

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How I Work

Sometimes when I see a certain jacket in a thrift store, I instantly know that I must get it, even when it costs more than twice what I would normally pay for such a garnment. There is no way that I can walk away from the thing, knowing it could be transformed into a spectacular …

Josephine

Introducing... young Josephine, my Big Gretta's little sister! She's modern, equally tough and just as fast, and much like her big sister, she's up to any job in the studio - except floors, she doesn't do those either! Josephine is proud of her professional walking feet, can climb any mountain barefooted and blindfolded, yet she …

Meta4 Gallery

I am pleased to announce that AppleTowne Bags, as well as a few sleeveless jackets,  are now available at Meta4 Gallery in Peterborough and Port Perry. What beautiful stores!

Gretta – my right-hand girl

Quiet as a mouse and strong like bull, I am thrilled to introduce Ms. Gretta MacJuki, the newest addition to AppleTowne Designs' growing arsenal of sewing tools. And this no-nonsense workhorse is already leading the charge! Following a three-hour romance in her stall at International Sewing Machine Group in Brantford, ON, last month, she willingly …