As I have mentioned before I have a number of Wisps or Works in Slow Progress which I plan to work on in 2007. So in the spirit of Sandie’s UFO and WISP challenge for 2007, I am setting a personal target of working on something and posting the results …
Dueling fiddlers is part of my 6 x 4 lives fabric post card challenge. The aim is to create a fabric postcard at least once a month that records what you have been exploring, doing, or thinking about. The format of a fabric postcard can be used to explore telling …
In the personal Library of Stitches class students are discussing creating their own covers for the lessons and I thought I would post images of two folders I have covered in samplers. Even thought both have beads on them they have not lost any which I find surprising as I …
This Felting Dictionary explains some of the terms associated with felting. The same site houses a partly illustrated hat dictionary which would be of interest to costumers milliners. Hat Shapers has also published pages of old advertisements from hat retailers. Many crazy quilters will find these a great visual source …
Anyone reading yesterdays post will realise that in the stitching class I have students exploring the notion of points. In my class used Pointilism as an example of works based on point. Yesterday Nan of What boggles my Mind discovered the Pointilism Practice Page it is an educational interactive site …
A selection of colouring pages on Art, History, Religion are available on the on the Best of Kids site. These images can easily be adapted for needlework and embroidery projects. There are famous paintings, historical images and images drawn from mythology such as dragons, fairies, mermaids and unicorns. Thanks for …
Mark Boulton has written 2 articles in a series titled Five Simple Steps to designing with colour. The series is aimed at web designers but much of what he says can be applied to textile design. The first article covers working with tone and the second part covers colour terminology …
