I am still poking about the V&A and discovered a fascinating series of articles on of all things …the history of wallpaper. The section on Design Reform speaks about the influence of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Some have suggested that at this exhibition women where exposed to the asymmetrical …
Over on Mindtracks this morning I have a review Photoshop Express a new free web based image manipulation tool. Many readers here will find it useful as I have full screenshots of what you can do in Photoshop Express. On another note I discovered this list of 26 Free Tutorials …
Did you know that Carolyn Cibik of Evening Star Designs has a ebook out for Crazy quilters? I recently received a review copy. It arrived on CD titled Block with Variations for Crazy quilters. Unfortunately the CD did not read as I am on a Mac the ‘pages’ of the …
Fabric Origami is done by using fabric stiffener to create a stiff foldable fabric. It is easily done and mistakes iron out. As a craft it’s ideal as a quilters stash busting activity. As the Fabric Origami workshop points out after you have stiffened fabric you can “cut, fold, laminate, …
Many readers will be aware of the 1000 journal project which is a bit like sending out a message in a bottle. For those who are unaware of it, the project involved 1000 journals real, physical book kind of blank journals were released into the world in the summer of …
I love curling up with a magazine and I have pointed to the On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics hosted by the university of Arizona as a wonderful resource for anyone interested in textiles. Many of these copyright free online books are not only of historical …
Sorry to be slow today but I have been exploring some of the paper crafting and paper arts groups on flickr. I have had much enjoyment exploring the paper craft pool Toddle over there … as there is much more to see there than here …
