4Ever Blue

4Ever Blue Hand-made bags and homewares using natural fibres and pre-loved & re-purposed fabrics.

Specialising in hand-crafted items such as Pouches, Bags, Totes & Homewares made from natural fibres (up-cycled Jeans, vintage silk, cotton, linen and leather) often embellished with Japanese style slow stitched embroidery (Sashiko) and/or stencil prints. Available for sale from my Studio in Sumner or my Etsy on-line Store: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/4EverBlueCreations

Workshops - why not join

me for a Boro/Sashiko or Introduction to Ikebana Workshop held at my Sumner Studio on a regular basis.

Italian holiday vibes... this clutch takes my mind straight to sitting on a busy Piazza, sipping a Campari Soda, enjoyin...
25/05/2026

Italian holiday vibes... this clutch takes my mind straight to sitting on a busy Piazza, sipping a Campari Soda, enjoying a long sunny summer evening.

Made from repurposed fabric (re-pieced cut offs from an alteration I did on a friends vertical striped pants) lined and padded for extra body. Red, white and green striped cotton fabric, 26cm wide, 15cm tall, green zipper and red leather zipper pull.

Soon to be found on my Etsy store.

Now where is that waiter with my drink....???🍹🍹🍹

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Home Ikebana - bathing in late afternoon sunlightCarnations, NZ flax and some grasses I found on my walk with Georgie. M...
23/05/2026

Home Ikebana - bathing in late afternoon sunlight

Carnations, NZ flax and some grasses I found on my walk with Georgie. Missed my Ikebana class this week, the theme was "grasses"...

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ERRATA Please use this QR code to pre-book your seat for our hands-on Workshops, daily at 2PM, $20.00 per person, during...
18/05/2026

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Please use this QR code to pre-book your seat for our hands-on Workshops, daily at 2PM, $20.00 per person, during our Annual Exhibition, Jun 13-14, 2026.

For more information about the actual Exhibition, please refer to the previous post.

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TOWARDS 100 YEARS OF SOGETSU IKEBANASogetsu Ikebana Queensland Exhibition 202610am - 4pmSaturday 13 and Sunday 14 JuneAu...
17/05/2026

TOWARDS 100 YEARS OF SOGETSU IKEBANA

Sogetsu Ikebana Queensland Exhibition 2026

10am - 4pm
Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 June
Auditorium, Brisbane Botanic Gardens
Mt Coot-tha Road, Mt Coot-tha, Brisbane

Admission $5.00

Official opening by Mr Ishikawa Katsutoshi, Consul-General of Japan at 10.15am Saturday 13 Jun. Announcement of the winner of the Ikebana Pottery Prize.

Free Ikebana demonstrations daily 10.30am and 1pm
Free guided tours daily 11.30am and 2.30pm
Ikebana containers for sale daily from 11.30am
Hands-on workshops daily 2pm - $20
Use QR code to prebook your hands-on workshop after 1 April 2026
Refreshments for sale

Contact: The Secretary - [email protected] for more information

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Studio Ikebana. Incorporating paper..... hex wrap packaging paperGlass vase, shredded and tied Gymea leaves, Celosia Dra...
13/05/2026

Studio Ikebana. Incorporating paper..... hex wrap packaging paper

Glass vase, shredded and tied Gymea leaves, Celosia Dragon's Breath

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Studio Ikebana. Incorporating paper..... how important/strategic is the choice of a suitable container/vase? in the fir...
13/05/2026

Studio Ikebana. Incorporating paper..... how important/strategic is the choice of a suitable container/vase? in the first picture I used a simple paper bag as my paper component doubling up as a vase and then re-created the arrangement, using exactly the same material at home, in a matching vase instead... What do think?

Material used: Agave spike, Walking Iris leaves and Sunflower 🌻

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09/05/2026

Open Day/Mothers Day Market at QLD Spinners & Weavers today. What a feast for the senses… colors, textures, weaving and spinning demonstrations and a bit of alpaca and sheep 🐑 fondling… After all, they are the producers of some of the raw material today! Of course I had to enrich my collection of fibers with colorful wool roving, sari silk yarn, raffia and some mohair wool skeins… 🫣😂 #

Studio Ikebana, 2nd arrangement.Pink Camellia and Anthurium displayed in a basket.Ikebana_Brisbane ...
05/05/2026

Studio Ikebana, 2nd arrangement.

Pink Camellia and Anthurium displayed in a basket.

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Studio Ikebana. Sensei Pat's brief was to create something different to our "usual" style Ikebana. I was inspired to use...
05/05/2026

Studio Ikebana. Sensei Pat's brief was to create something different to our "usual" style Ikebana. I was inspired to use Camellia's which have just come into bloom here in QLD. My inspiration came from an arrangement by Kasumi Teshigahara I saw in a Sogetsu Magazine (see photo) and the words of Sensei Mori at our recent workshop.

Material used: Gordonia (Fried Egg Plant) and Walking Iris leaves

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Metallic zipper Boro & Sashiko zipper pouches now available from my Etsy shop.Each one is different, four shades of rect...
03/05/2026

Metallic zipper Boro & Sashiko zipper pouches now available from my Etsy shop.

Each one is different, four shades of rectangular Sakizome Momen cotton fabric patches on oatmeal linen bases, lovingly stitched with matching/contrasting sashiko threads.

Lined with beige and white striped linen/cotton fabric.

Medium size, 18cm wide, 15cm tall $60.00 each.

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