With just days to go until the wind up of the bags of fun challenge could people who have participated email me an image of their completed bag front and back and a description of how they tackled the project? I am building a gallery site for the bags and …
I had an afternoon of stitching yesterday since we had rain throughout the day. As you can see I have started on my block for the All that Jazz Quilt project. Settling down with a cup of coffee I started off with designing some key motifs that were suitable for …
It’s raining this morning which means no gardening today. So I have spent a pleasurable couple of hours catching up on blog reading. It seems an age since I just sat and browsed, caught up on the news and generally had a relaxing time online. Via Dawn I discovered the …
I am often asked how do you use thick, novelty and textured threads in embroidery and crazy quilting projects. The trick is to use couching techniques. There is a particularly good article on using couching and variations – Laying on the line explored by Jan Beaney. For those who have …
As everyone can see I have finished my bags of fun bag. I thought when I proposed the Bags of fun challenge I would have plenty of time to complete it but since I also created the gallery to host on my website I only just made the deadline! …
The last few evenings have been spent poking about the net looking at various Photoshop brushes mainly because I have been designing my own. I found some more great Photoshop brushes online and thought I may as well share the links. Most people require a link back to their site …
There is sometimes a disagreement between lace makers and embroiderers about Needle lace. Lace makers claim it is lace because it is created with no foundation fabric and embroiderers claim it is embroidery because a needle rather than a bobbin is used to make it. Nevertheless it’s a technique that …
