I found these interesting excerpts online from the Costumes and textiles of Royal India by Ritu Kumar As a taster… “Among the many hundred gods in the Hindu pantheon is Vishvakarma the God of Craft. He is worshipped by artisans around the country. Every August, Vishvakarma puja is held when …
In the last week or so I have finished the last touches of a couple of sites that I have been working on. As I was working on both sites I thought about how different they are. As a web designer I believe in producing a website that expresses the …
Some people get muddled when talking about colour. For instance hue and tone get mixed up. Do you know what chromaticity or luminance is? Here is a Colour Glossary which is fully illustrated explaining the terms used by artists and desoigners when speaking about with colour.
Here is another textile blog. Lelia has a keen interest in traditional cross stitch, needlework and samplers which she documents in Stitches of Life . There are lots of interesting links in this blog. Lelia also has an interest in historical samplers which is another interest of mine.
I know I pointed indirectly yesterday to this but I had forgotten to say we have a another crazy quilter who is blogging. Julie has started Camille’s Place . Julie is taking part in the quilt for the Katrina hurricane survivors . So check out her blog it’s new and …
Take a look at Camille’s Place because Julia Camilleri finished Katrina block for the invitee All that Jazz Quilt Also Pam of Kitty and me has finished her block! Its exciting to see and I can’t wait to see it in the flesh. I have been playing catch up here …
For font freaks I have just found these free Art Nouveau and Art Deco Fonts. There is a caveat on the site stating that they are possibly not up to professional standards but for anyone designing a sampler, wanting text that can be used on an embroidery or crazy quilted …
