Lesley Riley’s site LaLasLand features her quilts, dolls, collages and mixed media. Do take time to investigate Riley’s “fragments” series as they are small textile collages. Riley describes them as “My Fragment series came about as a result of having lots of ideas and little time. I started creating small …
The Thread Project: One World, One Cloth. looks like a neat online project. Terry Helwig has been asking people to send a piece of ribbon, hemp, string, or other fibre to be joined together and woven into seven cloths which “celebrate the boldness of our cultural diversity and the unity …
Early this week Andrea left a comment to ask me what stitches I am using to build up the texture in my bag for the bags of fun challenge . I have been trying to get to this all week as I thought I would explain and provide links to …
There are a number of handy sewing tips in Suzan’s tip of the week . These are more than simple tips. There are some good handy pieces for any sewer or crafter to bookmark. For instance Estimating Bias Yield or if you work in metric Estimating Bias Yield in metric …
Poking around on the net I often take note of smaller museums just in case I am ever travelling in a particular region. There is nothing more frustrating than unpacking your bags after a trip to have someone ask did you see such and such? I admit no, I did …
The last couple of days I have been concentrating on fundraisers for the victims of Katrina and there is some stuff cooking behind the scenes here which I will announce if they eventuate. I have also not yet heard back from E bay In America in response to my inquiry …
I had word from both Shirley and Arlee at Albedo Design about a drive to both raise money for Red Cross to cover immediate needs and to produce quilts. Quilters Comfort America is being coordinated by Karey Patterson Bresenhan, Director of the International Quilt Festival Houston and Chicago. Their organization …
