A recently completed study into the effects of adhesives such as fusible battings, interfacings, and basting sprays is available under the long winded title The Effects of Light Exposure and Heat-Aging on Selected Quilting Products Containing Adhesives . The study carried out light and heat aging tests on many of …
Artistinspirations is a young textile blog kept by Robbin Neff who is interested in quilting, art quilts and visual journals. She documents her creative practice, techniques and thoughts. The other day she posted an image of a working visual journal which many quilters and crazy quilters will find interesting.
I noticed that Meggiecat posted this link to a number of Rare Books on Calligraphy and Penmanship . Each is available in pdf format for download. Anyone interested in calligraphy will find these classics interesting so don’t miss them.
I am sitting here with an absolutely stupid grin on my face. Mary on Norfolk Island a lady well known on the Aussie crazy quilting discussion list has started a blog Devon House Recollections . Mary is another crazy quilter who is lovely lady, does great work and I am …
It’s the end of school holidays here in Australia. Watching the kids in the street it’s the stage of the break where the combination of heat and boredom leads to squabbles and spats. This is when the odd craft or indoor activity is needed. I spotted these paper dolls the …
I notice that Linda at Chloe’s place is blogging more of her swaps from the Chains of Hearts group that she established a few years ago. Although this is a group based in Australia people swap world wide. (Correct me here if I am wrong Linda) It’s an easy going …
I received an email this morning from Candida, giving me the heads up on a link found via Meggiecat . I love the net and blogs when stuff like this happens so thanks to both I found out that Lambert’s Hand-book of needlework published in 1842. At 290 pages I …
