Book review: Allie Aller’s Crazy Quilting

To my delight a copy of Allie Aller’s Crazy Quilting just before I left so I was able to read this book, and write this on the plane! Allie Aller’s Crazy Quilting is subtitled Modern Piecing & Embellishing Techniques for Joyful Stitching. The noticeable key word is modern, as right from when you …

Madame Worth’s New Manual of Fancy Work

As regular readers know, I am addicted to the Antique Pattern Library as it is such and interesting and free resource. Yesterday, I was poking around the site and found Madame Worth’s New Manual of Fancy Work. Do check it out as there are a few gems in it. I …

Assisi Embroideries from the DMC Library

I really wish I had remembered this resource when I suggested the Assisi challenge as Assisi Embroideries, from DMC library is a great book on which can be found on the On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics. I hope what I have lost in timeliness I …

Drawn thread embroidery book online

I discovered two files on  the Antique Pattern Library web site that are a very useful and free book on Drawn thread embroidery. If you are interested in even weave stitching techniques you will enjoy  Part I – Drawn Thread Embroidery by Therese Dillmont (PDF) and Part II – Drawn Thread …