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	<description>textile art, quilts and jewellery</description>
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		<title>Stick Weaving</title>
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I sell sets of weaving sticks for $16 per set, plus postage and handling. All sets come with written instructions, with colour pictures.
Stick weaving is a traditional technique. It is very quick and easy to do, and I absolutely love it! You don&#8217;t need much equipment either &#8211; just a set of weaving sticks and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiatanyadesigns.com.au/2010/06/22/stick-weaving/</link>
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		<title>Change of dates for my beading workshop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some time ago I posted info about my upcoming beading workshops to be held at my property in rural NSW.
I have since found out that the dates for the first weekend workshop are actually the ANZAC Day long weekend, so I have shifted the dates for Bead Embellishment Explorations 1: Brilliant Basics to Saturday 1st [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiatanyadesigns.com.au/2010/02/08/change-of-dates-for-my-beading-workshop/</link>
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		<title>Maharajah&#8217;s Fantasy Bloom &#8211; my latest artwork</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been working really hard over the last month to complete my latest artwork: &#8220;Maharajah&#8217;s Fantasy Bloom&#8221;. It is my contribution to the ATASDA travelling suitcase exhibition called Maharajah&#8217;s Garden, and even the suitcase has a name: Safron! Isn&#8217;t that fabulous.
ATASDA (Australian Textile Art and Surface Design Association) hasn&#8217;t had a travelling suitcase exhibition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiatanyadesigns.com.au/2010/02/08/maharajahs-fantasy-bloom-my-latest-artwork/</link>
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		<title>Weekend beading retreat workshops for 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just updated my website (www.chiatanyadesigns.com.au) with information about my 3 weekend retreat workshops for 2010. Go to the events page for details.
These workshops are all on bead embellishment. They are techniques-based, and focus on particular techniques which can all be used for jewellery or textile art of many kinds.
Each retreat is for just 6 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiatanyadesigns.com.au/2009/12/13/weekend-beading-retreat-workshops-for-2010/</link>
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		<title>My workshops at Sydney Bead and Gem Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am teaching 4 of my beading workshops at the Sydney Bead and Gem Show this year &#8211; September 25 &#8211; 27. The Show is at Olympic Park, Sydney. Check the Bead and Gem Show&#8217;s website for booking info: http://www.beadandgemshow.com.au
Friday 25:  10 am &#8211; 1 pm  &#8220;Spiral Rope Earrings&#8221;  Cost: $70 (includes kit)
 

Friday 25:  1:30 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiatanyadesigns.com.au/2009/09/04/my-workshops-at-sydney-bead-and-gem-show/</link>
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		<title>Masterclass beading project</title>
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I was thrilled when the editor of Australian Beading magazine asked me to create a Masterclass Project using seed beads for the August 2009 issue. The result is the brooch you see in the  photo above &#8211; Beaded Treasure Brooch. The August issue is due out in the middle of the month, so check your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiatanyadesigns.com.au/2009/07/27/masterclass-beading-project/</link>
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		<title>My Astro Boy collection on the telly!</title>
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This is a bit off topic for my blog, but I just have to tell you how excited I am that my treasured Astro Boy collection will be seen on the ABC TV show Collectors this Friday (June 5th, 2009) at 8 pm.
The film crew came to our house in late March to shoot the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiatanyadesigns.com.au/2009/06/02/my-astro-boy-collection-on-the-telly/</link>
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		<title>Teaching satisfaction!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[      
I taught my two-day &#8220;Curvaceous Squares Quilt&#8221; workshop again over the weekend &#8211; this time in Canberra. The workshop participants were mostly members of Canberra Quilters &#8211; a group that I belong to and have great affection for, partly because they have been so supportive of my quilting journey for nearly 7 years.
Two of my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiatanyadesigns.com.au/2009/05/18/teaching-satisfaction/</link>
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		<title>Sneak preview of my next beading project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  
Here&#8217;s a sneak preview of my beading project for the June issue of Australian Beading magazine (due out mid-June).  Kelly (the magazine editor) has given me permission to talk about my projects that will appear in the magazine &#8211; thanks Kelly for allowing me to share some of my designs on my blog.
I think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiatanyadesigns.com.au/2009/05/12/sneak-preview-of-my-next-beading-project/</link>
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		<title>Someone likes my project &#8211; I am so happy!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Got an email from my friend Erica the other day (check out Erica&#8217;s blog here: http://creativedabbling.blogspot.com). She went to a lovely quilt show at Eastwood (in Sydney) last weekend, and what do you think she saw? A gorgeous quilt made from my project &#8220;Raspberry Lime Splice Quilt&#8221; in the January issue (no. 128) of Down [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chiatanyadesigns.com.au/2009/05/10/someone-likes-my-project-i-am-so-happy/</link>
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