A Grain of Sand is a beading supplier which hosts a beading resource site titled the AGOS Bead University. It is a site worth bookmarking as there is a list of bead terms, definitions of gemstones, and a glossary of findings. These lists are illustrated with photographs which makes them …
With the fourth block (placed on this grid ) documented I am now up to the fifth which is another that is to be found in the I dropped the Button Box gallery. I hope people will enjoy seeing it again in more detail. Fabric content: How I managed a small block …
This line of stitching is a band of Open Chain stitch Thread: A hand dyed soft Danish cotton which feels and works up in a similar way to coton a broder and is matt with no sheen. It is approximately the same thickness and weight as perle 8 Fabric: This section of the …
Jerry spent the weekend trying to catch me in leathers. Sounds fun doesn’t it? Well actually he was trying to photograph me as over the weekend we took the motorbike to Tumut. Jerry had a gig there. Such photographs I try to avoid at all costs as usually the sight …
Detail 27 is a button cluster made up of vantage buttons. Placement and Foundation Fabric: The cluster is situated on piece 5 in the diagram published here when I introduced block 4 In the same article I also talked about the foundation fabrics I used. What is the back story? …
This is a line of feathered chain stitch Thread: Hand dyed lampshade fringing which is very similar to Bunka thread. Lampshade fringing is made is such away that once it starts to unravel it is very easy to unpull. I purchased the lampshade fringing and unpicked it to get the thread, then dyed it. …
Classic stitches have an article online which many contemporary embroiders and crazy quilters will find very useful. Jan’s Guide To Sequins covers different types of sequins, attaching them to fabric, dealing with different shaped sequins and Jan has written a good section on how to apply sequins to Aida and …
