if in South Australia in July 2009...

...consider attending Winterworks, an "international ecologically sustainable bush textiles symposium". The symposium will take place in the Mount Lofty Ranges in SA between July 12 and 17, 2009. India Flint, an Australian textile artist known for her works using Australian Merino wool and plants, has more information here. The setting certainly looks stunning; let's keep an eye out for the call for papers.