50 ways to become a better designer is written for designers who work in a digital medium such as web designers but many of these ideas can be applied across all areas of design. For textile practitioners the first 8 or 9 points are particularly relevant. Thanks for the link …
Susan of Crazy Quilting for fun has started a new webring. Around the Block is a ring for bloggers who write mainly about crazy quilting. I joined it yesterday and have the code at the bottom of my side bar.
Even though I am in the middle of a busy time I have managed to get a little more stitching done on my bag/pouch. I have done more on the silk ribbon embroidery area and have started to add beads. I was beading it last night when I realised I …
Colour Blender is another free online tool for colour matching. Choose a colour using the colour picker and a 6-color matching palette (a “blend”) will be automatically calculated. Blends can be saved and are available when you return to the site or they can be saved as a Photoshop colour …
These free Printable Boxes would make ideal small gift boxes to hang from the Christmas tree. I particularly liked the second one down the page. It would be ideal to hold a few sweets or cookies. Thanks for the link goes to craftzine
It is with sadness that I have write that the world of needlework has lost a great teacher. Valerie Campbell-Harding died of a massive heart attack on October 5th. There is a book of condolence on her site.
The Digital Dragonfly On-line Museum is a resource site as part of an entomology program provided the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. The site aims to provide entomologists with images of dragonfly species. If ever you are looking for source material for embroidery designs the gallery is full of photographs.
