In the mail this week I received a wonderful gift from Myfanwy of Nuvofelt. Myfanwy runs a business Winifred Cottage and she sent me some of her hand dyed threads. Myfanwy sent me a 3 thread pack colour Damask and a hank of Jumbo perle Fine Serendipity (unrepeatable). I normally …
Well it is time once again for my weekly report on the state of my WISPs (Works in Slow Progress). As regular readers will know this year I am attempting to work through the pile as part of Sandie’s UFO and WISP challenge. Progress has been slow as it’s summer …
The latest issue of CQ Mag Online is now out. I particularly enjoyed Sue Bleiweiss’s article on the process of making fabric charms as it solved a problem for me. I was wondering what I was going to do with the samples that I make for the Take a Stitch …
BibliOdyssey has pulled together a collection of images on Zoomorphic calligraphy. Don’t miss this as there is something very enticing when word and image are pulled together. Thanks goes to Moleskinerie for the link
This month the On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics has loaded 3 more free ebooks that are of interest to stitchers. Dentelle Teneriffe, is part of the early DMC library. This book on Teneriffe lace work is of course in French, but the illustrations are understood …
As regular readers will know this year I am participating in Sandie’s UFO and WISP challenge. This week I do not have a work in progress report as there is none. Apart from the TAST challenge samples I have not done any stitching. Instead, since Jerry has finished the new …
The Gutenberg Project has an ebook by Grace Christie online. Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving . Although published originally in 1912 this book is a total gem don’t miss archiving a copy on your computer and printing out sections as you need it. This book is really a needlework classic that …
