This post is prompted because Linda at Chloe’s place is currently agonising over how much she should embellish a bag she is making from the top of a pair of denim jeans. It reminded me of this. When I was in my early 20’s I went backpacking. I was already …
A few weeks ago Jerry was in Copenhagen and he paid a trip to the National Museum and has recently loaded photographs of bronze age clothing that were preserved in Danish bogs. I think some of the historical costumers will be interested to see these images.
Before the break when I went on holidays I was working on a series of posts that related to crazy quilting. This morning I have finally got back in the swing of things. I thought I would speak about another styles of embroidery often found on contemporary crazy quilts. One …
Gosh I missed this, but it is a site worth looking at for the fabric postcard eyecandy alone. Fiberart For A Cause is an American Cancer Society Fundraiser which was run this year and since it was so successful looks as if it will be running next year too. The …
Dawn of Raw Heart Everyday popped me a note to point to a project she has been working on. The challenge involved choosing an object and interpreting it differently 32 times using art materials. Dawn was inspired by crazy quilting in the shape of hearts and interpreted them on 5 …
Liam’s Scanned Images, Engravings and Pictures From Old Books houses 500 high-resolution images which have been scanned from old books. They are in the public domain unless otherwise noted, which means you can use them as stock images, print them out and use them in collage projects, or incorporated on …
