This is for cross stitchers who have ever tried to work out how big a project will be. Enter the number of stitches and your fabric count and Stitches to Inches will calculate the size of the finished piece.
For 20 years – yes I worked it out that it’s 20 years since I first started crazy quilting. Ever since storage has been an issue and as the stash has grown so have the storage solutions but I think Jerry has built me what I want. In the beginning …
This month for the 6 x 4 lives postcard challenge I decided to pull out my sewing machine and so some machine embroidery instead of hand stitching. I don’t often do machine embroidery as I take my main pleasure is quietly sitting with needle, thread and fabric. It is just …
We don’t know quite what to call this. Is it a shawl or a cardigan? Under the arms are attached by a few stitches but its more like a throw on thing. Jerry jokingly described it as something that was thrown and not quite missed. I am feeling quite satisfied …
All Dressed Up and Nowhere To Go : Novelty Cards of People in Silk and Embroidery by Liselotte Erlanger Glozer is a brief article on silk cards produced in the l9th century. Particularly of interest to those who are creating contemporary fabric postcards is a section half way down the …
Drumroll …not just a little Drumroll a big drumroll …. A call out to all Aussie crazy quilters and International if you feel you feel like popping over I will sit down and have a cuppa with you – details of the second National Crazy Quilting retreat have been organized …
Very few design and art museums recognise the artistic achievements of illustrators of children’s literature. The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature aims to counter that. A permanent collection is maintained. I am always interested in why someone chose to make art as their career and how they did it …
