Month: March 2007
Design tool and resources for beaders
The design tool on the Swarovski website is a tool for those who are interested in designing beaded items. You can start a design from scratch, or use existing templates to create designs, calculate what materials are required, save and print your designs. I used it to work out possible …
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Two classic model books
I have found two ebooks the first is John Taylor’s The Needles Excellency: A New Booke wherin are diuers Armirable Workes wrought with the Needle (1631) includeds the Poem In Praise of the Needle and contains needlework patterns for blackwork, cross-stitch, and lace designs. The other is in the collection …
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Vintage Transfers
Floresita of uses her blog vintage transfer finds to share and catalogue her collection of vintage transfers. It is worth a visit as there are lots of freebies on this site. Found with thanks via needlenthread.com . Mary Corbet has been running a series of posts on vintage embroidery transfers …
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Tatt22dgoddess
tatt22dgoddess houses journals, collage works, and altered books. There is quite a bit of material to browse through so settle down with a cuppa and enjoy.
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Embroidery visual resource
Embroider the World is an interesting education resource provided by the Bankfield Museum. The aim is to develop an understanding of how textiles are used and decorated throughout the world It is well worth checking out. Embroider the World uses just a small part of the ethnic textiles collection at …
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Grab a cuppa
Settle back for a bit of a chat and a cuppa. I am in a mood to ramble this morning. I have been thoroughly enjoying what has been going on as a result of the TAST challenge. I am constantly amazed at the variety of ideas and work that is …
