We were in Borders Bookstore yesterday and look at what they had classified under Horror. These are truly horrific books! Someone employed there has a sense of humour and I could not resist sharing.
As regular readers know, I am addicted to the Antique Pattern Library as it is such an interesting and free resource. If you have not discovered it before now take a coffee break and have fun poking around these old books. Yesterday, I was doing just that poking around the …
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 …
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 …
Embroidery Stitches by M.E. Wilkinson is available online free at the Internet Archive. I selected to download it as PDF file but you can view this book via a number of options. It is 216 pages of embroidery stitches illustrated by drawings. Published in 1912 as with any book of …
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 …
Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont (1846-1890) has been published online as a web site. Usually online books are delivered as PDF files which are easy to download but still a bit unwieldy and costly to print out. It is really handy to have version as a website, as you can …
