To my delight a copy of Allie Aller’s Crazy Quilting just before I left so I was able to read this book, and write this on the plane! Allie Aller’s Crazy Quilting is subtitled Modern Piecing & Embellishing Techniques for Joyful Stitching. The noticeable key word is modern, as right from when you …
Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn – Smithsonian Video by Sean McGee steps through the process of designing and making a popup book from concept to production. It is possibly one of the most interesting videos I have found on YouTube on a topic that has always interested me. Chuck Fischer …
We were in Borders Bookstore yesterday and look at what they had classified under Horror. These are truly horrific books! Someone employed there has a sense of humour and I could not resist sharing.
As regular readers know, I am addicted to the Antique Pattern Library as it is such and interesting and free resource. Yesterday, I was poking around the site and found Madame Worth’s New Manual of Fancy Work. Do check it out as there are a few gems in it. I …
I really wish I had remembered this resource when I suggested the Assisi challenge as Assisi Embroideries, from DMC library is a great book on which can be found on the On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics. I hope what I have lost in timeliness I …
I discovered two files on the Antique Pattern Library web site that are a very useful and free book on Drawn thread embroidery. If you are interested in even weave stitching techniques you will enjoy Part I – Drawn Thread Embroidery by Therese Dillmont (PDF) and Part II – Drawn Thread …
Embroidery Stitches by M.E. Wilkinson is available online free at the Internet Archive. I selected to download it as PDF file but you can view this book via a number of options. It is 216 pages of embroidery stitches illustrated by drawings. Published in 1912 as with any book of …
