Gerry Krueger has embroidered her Biography on a Jacket quotes and text describe her love of needlework and gardening. (Thanks for link goes to Pat of Gatherings) People have journalled on garments before take a look at these journal skirts Of course these types of jackets which I wrote about …
Over on Moonstitches there is a delightful pattern for some owl pendants. Found via Cotton Spice Karen regularly publishes links to great gift ideas as part of her Last Minute Gift Countdown series.
I was poking around the Internet Archive yesterday In the text Archive an noticed that last week Beeton’s Book of Needlework was the second most downloaded book of the week with 8,293 downloads.Now these are downloads of this book in one single week. That’s a lot of needleworkers online downloading …
Lots of contemporary quilters explore dyeing and surface design techniques to create their own one off fabrics. Contemporary embroiderers also dye and print the back grounds of their work. Dyeing with Bleach is a tutorial from Threads Magazine on using household bleach to produce patterns on natural fabrics. There is …
I have just spotted Jowynn’s post over on Parkview 616 and have to share it. Jowynn has been exploring Pattern Couching and done some fantastic work as well as posting page spreads of her visual journal associated with her design process, making it a very interesting post. Do check it …
There is a large library of online art books, free to download at the Onlinebooks housed by the University of Pennsylvania. This resource is not limited to the topic of art as there is a digitised library to explore. Another category that kept me busy browsing is the Decorative Arts. …
Before I dash off to work I just wanted to point to Old Crazy Stitcher as there are some great tutorials on using Ric Rac for motifs. Crazy quilters will love them as embellishments. Thanks Ira for drawing my attention to them in the comments – they are well done …
