After featuring a Fargo rose on some of my crazy quilt blocks, a reader, asked me to write instructions on how work one, so here is a tutorial! This sample of a Fargo Rose is worked using 7mm silk ribbon. First bring you needle through to the front of the fabric. …
Over on Stitchin fingers a discussion has developed about how people store their threads. Often I get asked as to how I store my crazy quilting supplies so today I thought I would show you what I do and explain why I do it. I store everything by colour as …
There is always a sense of great achievement when I have another work in progress report to write. I have finished another two the Diamond quilt blocks. Last week in the comments I was asked for a tutorial on how I do the silk ribbon roses. I had hoped to …
Kent State University Museum has a website that highlights their extensive textile collection. The collection is divided and presented in four parts, chronologically, geographic region, exhibition and type of embroidery. Most of the collection consists of clothing so anyone interested in costume or the history of garments will find this …
When you first start to hand embroider items, or perhaps you have picked up some of my free patterns and want to start stitching, one process that often stumps people is how to transfer hand embroidery patterns to fabric so that you can start to stitch. Here are the 2 …
With December fast approaching and there are tutorials, patterns and freebie downloads all over the net. Over on A Print a Day there are some free Stickers and Tags to download and print off. My to do lists are not very fancy, in fact they are usually on a scrap …
This is a very quick post in order to share my latest diamond blocks, before heading out to do the weekly shopping and jobs around the house like washing and cleaning. How mundane is that? I went mad on silk ribbon roses this week. The first block I did a …
