Month: September 2005

Hurricane Katrina Quilt Project for cross stitchers


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Kathie Baumgardner is organising a tribute to the survivors of hurricane Katrina from cross stitchers. Kathie Baumgardner coordinates S.T.I.T.C.H. (Stitchers, Through Internet, Touch, Care, Heal) and this project is titled Hurricane Katrina Quilt Project. The aim is to create 3 quilts, one for each state affected by Katrina with the …

LaLasLand


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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


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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 …

Stitches used on my Bags of Fun bag


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Challenges / Fiber and Textile Arts / Hand Embroidery / Work in Progress2 Comments

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 …

Suzans tip of the week


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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 …

Fractals galore


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I am cooking up something for a Katrina refugee assistance fundraiser. Yep its still cooking there is activity behind the scenes and will be for a couple of more days. I don’t mean to sound mysterious but I have to make sure some key things are in place before I …