Years ago I taught the young stitchers group at the Canberra Embroiderers Guild and I developed a habit of being on the look out for projects that could be adapted for children. I came across this cute pattern would be more than suitable for adult and child alike. It could …
On Amiglia you can describe your family tree with photos. This you can also blog, house links, and photos of your family, and have a calendar listing of upcoming birthdays. One of the more interesting features is that it is integrated with Google Maps. You can have maps with links …
After yesterdays post about my new squidoo link lists I feel everyone has a heap of links to browse so I am going to be a little self indulgent this morning. Yesterday afternoon I made a stilt bag. As many readers know Eve my daughter is in a circus Will …
A couple of weeks back I pointed to Squidoo. Discovering this was fatal I am afraid, as I have been going through bookmarks, this blog and doing a few extra searches and building a couple of my own squidoo link sites. The idea behind a Squidoo list, or what they …
There is a collection of charming samplers all embroidered by Elizabeth E. Jacobs held in the English Embroidery Collection (C.1879-82) at victoriana.com
I have been doing a bit of a bookmark tidy up which for some reason always leads to more sites. I discovered this brief History of Brazilian Embroidery and on the same site this list of stitches used in this style of embroidery. This Dictionary of stitches used in even …
These Needlelace Chocolates are calorie and fat free and a great contemporary interpretation of needlelace by Jacky McDouall for a Valentine’s Day competition. Olwyn Scott’s Needlelace is an example of contemporary needlelace from Australia. This time the motif is a Pigmy Possum. This is an exceptional piece of contemporary needlelace …
