This Chest of Needlework Books contains links to free books that are online that are about sewing and embroidery. Although many of the books can be found elsewhere on the web, each book is divided into chapters that you can print out separately. This is very useful as it means …
For anyone interested in samplers and their history I discovered the 1926 edition of Leigh Ashton’s Samplers Selected and Described as a digitised book free online. The overview from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries covers primarily English samplers but European and American samplers are also included. The book contains …
As I mentioned on Friday, Jerry is recording a CD and we have had a few days in Sydney. Since both Design 08 and Sydney Biennale is on I was not short of places to visitor things to see. Between visits to Berkelouw Books which by far got most of …
Recently I have been creating a list of free Needlework books online and here is the list I thought many readers would find useful weather they are involved in the stitch along or not as they are all very useful books Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont is online …
Ernst Haeckel’s masterpiece, Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) is available for both low and hi-resolution download. The wonderful thing about this resource is that not only are the original plates inspiring but you can also download files of the outlines too, which are ideal as jumping off spots …
There is a large library of online art books, free to download at the Onlinebooks housed by the University of Pennsylvania. This resource is not limited to the topic of art as there is a digitised library to explore. Another category that kept me busy browsing is the Decorative Arts. …
Linda over on Chloe’s Place had a gem of a find at the local markets on Sunday. A copy of the Melba Needlework book came Lindas way and she is loading it to her Flickr site. So do check out her Melba set and while you are there don’t forget …
