MyPhotoStitch is a free online service which will take one of your photos and chart it ready for cross stitch. I decided to test it using this photograph. To use the program choose one of your photos on your computer. Make sure your photograph is under 1 MG as this …
Many textile practitioners look at a photo and wonder how they might go about turning what they see in the photo into a design suitable for fiber. If you are in this situation this free online tool may help you. BeFunky is a free web based online service that allows …
After yesterday’s post about articles in the V&A journal I went poking around the net a little further and discovered The Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture houses an online copy of Owen Jones classic The Grammar of Ornament This book is beautifully illustrated and influences textile design to this …
I just had t share this knitted bus! Magda Sayeg and a group of guerilla knitters are responsible and it was featured in Telegraph(UK) newspaper Guerilla knitters around the world are taking knitting out of the domestic sphere and into public places as they have started to decorate trees, street signs …
Has anyone ever taken a good look around Colourlovers? I know I have used it all year for the TIF challenge but I have not explored it nearly enough. I have become totally side tracked with Colourlovers pattern making tool. Why and how did this come about? This year we are making …
This is a heads up for anyone who has wanted to design fabric. I was a bit slow to realise this (blog moving and all) but Spoonflower is a service that enables you to design and then have your fabric printed onto quilting weight cotton fabric. This is a print on …
Many textile folks do not see themselves as being able to draw and since it is illegal to copy they find themselves working commercial designs. This method of working is fine but they never really have the opportunity to try their hand at design. There is nothing quite like developing …
