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 …
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 …
Celestial seasonings (the people who produce tea) have published some wonderful colouring pages that can be easily adapted for embroidery. Thanks for the link goes to Shay Toner who dropped me an email about it.
Selling crafts online is a series of 15 articles covering such topics as, photographing your wares, describing the product, shipping methods, and then goes on to examine a number of options for selling crafts online. The series then examines various websites against a set of criteria. Since the author is …
