Some people call it ric rac other call it rick rack but no matter what you call the stuff it can make great roses. Here are tutorials for two different types that you can incorporate in your sewing or craft projects. How to make a Ric Rac Rose 1 Depending …
Amy Jenkins has loaded a step by step tutorial on Printing on Fabric with Bubble Jet on her flickr account. Using this process you can prepare fabric that can then be printed on a home printer which means you can printout computer images and graphics on fabric. For anyone who …
When I ran the bags of fun challenge I did not realise how popular refashioning/recycling jeans has become. After the challenge I swore I would never trying to embroider denim again. I should know myself by now and never use the word never but … I have this pile of …
I am a bit like a big kid when I spot those little cards that inform me that a parcel is waiting to be collected at the parcel counter. I scurry in to post office and wait impatiently in line to see what it is. On Friday it was actually …
I discovered Therese de Dillmont’s “Encyclopedia of Needlework” on project Gutenburg. This book is a needlework classic so I was delighted to discover it is freely available. I trawl old books like this for stitch varieties and stitches that are no longer in common use. Often too stitches are referred …
I received an email recently from Heather an editor Needlework Craft Gossip about the American National Counted Cross Stitch Show. Those in the States will find the link of interest so I thought I would pass it on.
Once again it is time for my weekly WISP report. This weeks block is actually a block for a quilt that is being made up as a gift for someone. I don’t think she swings by here often, and I think she has no idea that a quilt is being …
