Owen Jones classic The Grammar of Ornament is online. The 1910 edition is provided free by the Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture Another gem from the same collection of e books also by Owen Jones is the 1867 edition of Examples of Chinese ornament selected from …
I thought people might like to see more of how I use a use a studio journal as a swatch book. Friends often give me bits and pieces of fabric and lace to use in my stitching. When I use them I like to know who gave them to me …
If you are an English speaker and need to translate a Spanish crochet pattern you have a bit of a problem. Because the language and abbreviations are so specialised a translator will be useless. This site of English and Spanish Crochet abbreviations (link removed as it is out of date) will …
A couple of weeks ago I pointed to Maria Peagler’s site. Maria left a comment about her series of blogs posts on Developing Your Own Color Palette. It is only now I have had a chance to take a good look at them. The series has been published as part …
Through the week Sarah of Embroidery and Sewing at Knitting.com dropped me a line to draw attention to the out of copyright vintage hand embroidery patterns she has available on her site. Included in the downloads is a booklet from 1940 “Embroidery Stitches: Anchor Needlework Series Book 4” which contains …
Have yo ever wondered how popup books are made? From idea to publication is an interesting article which tells the story of how popup books are conceived, designed, developed and produced.
Cathy Decker has provided a site on Bargello canvas work with sections on traditional designs, line patterns, Florentine work, geometric and ribbon patterns, and Four-Way Bargello designs. While you are on the site you may also like to check out her page of crewel embroidery
