Brindlestyle

Maiia: Tthe mad-dash rush for gold has happened here before,  the new generation of Queenslander may well be university educated and embroiled in information technology.   

Russian born educator and scholar Eliza Selton left the snow for the tropics during the 1980's, destined for Cairns in Australia's north East.

No longer darkest jungle with pirates, Murris, farmers under a colonial administration, all of a sudden roads, international airport, internet communications with the outside world, and new generation of thinkers artists and activists.

 Dr Carl Jung -  student of Jungian Psycholgy and Myer Briggs Personality Types Indicators - Eliza Selton.

Archetypal Psychologist James Hillman - In Search of Character and Calling.  - THE SOUL'S CODE

What we might call 'environmentally progressive use of resources' has always been around.     Resourcefulness applies to wasteing anything including our time and labour.  "Waste is the root of all evil."  giggles Leeza, "maybe it's something to do with growing up in communism."  -Energy can be wasted but it's gotta be on having fun. 

Maiia: Lol:  Na it's the same for most of us.  Our grandparents worked real hard for us to have the oppurtunities available to today.

When applied to a sewing project -Yes we do need straight seams, and invisible seams, but we also want the minimum of cutting and sewing, the labour intensive practices that are at odds with fun.

Leeza-  prefers to source vintage fabrics where possible,  The Prue Acton cotton she showed me was exquisite.  The more narrative that can be woven into the work the more precious it is.  When you reuse fabric every piece tells a story.