This Jitterbug girl give me the jitters. In keeping with the season of Halloween Rachel of Average Jane Crafter has reinterpreted a vintage embroidery. It is a very humorous subversion of 50’s idealism. I thought I would share it an make you smileThanks goes to Jerry for the link
This PDF file The Riches of Stitches is an excellent resource particularly if you are following the TAST challenge. Not only is there stitch instructions in this article, but ideas on how to push a stitch further. This phrase “pushing a stitch” is often used by contemporary embroiderers. I see …
This article on brush basics explains how brushes are made, what they are made of, what the different shapes are for, and how to look after them. On the same site there is a descriptive list of drawing materials and another on water based paints what they are.
The Artist’s Toolkit is an interactive site that encourages users to explore visual elements of design such as line, colour, shape, movement and balance. It’s a very good educational resource. In the first section “Watch”, an animation explains each design element. In “Find” the idea is look and see how …
The Mandala maker allows you to create your own mandala design from basic geometric shapes. You select a shape and then can resize it and angle it in different ways and choose colours. Once you are happy with the design you can email it to a friend or your self …
One of the constant questions asked by those who are new to hand embroidery is how to transfer a design to fabric so that you can stitch it. I have just stumbled upon Back to Basics useful tips and techniques which is provided by the UK based Embroiderers Guild magazine …
Piecework Magazine has announced The Excellence in Needle Arts Awards for 2008. For a chance to win up to $500, people have been challenged to design and create pincushions and send them by March 1, 2008. The juried pieces will be exhibited at The National NeedleArts Association’s (TNNA) June 2008. …
