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 …
Gina of Patra’s Place is a fellow Aussie blogger who is asking people to stitch a post card for a bush fire victim. You can read about it in the Fabric Postcards Group on Stitching Fingers. Gina says There are a number of people and groups doing crafty things to raise funds for bushfire …
I thought I would share this with my readers. This is a knitting sampler rolled as you would a needlework band sampler. Made in Czechoslovakia in 1876 it contains more than 70 patterns. This piece is held by the Powerhouse museum and one of the aspects of thier site I …
Fabric on Demand is a print on demand service for fabric designers. I have not used this service but it appears to be fairly straight forward. First of course you need to create a design. The file you submit to them has to be 150 dpi, 1200 x 1200 and 10 …
Go and check out this great crazy quilt on the Marie Osmond’s quilting challenge 2008 /2009 . This crazy quilt is by Dean Deerfield and called A Little Bit Country. When on the quilting challenge page if you click on the title you can see a really good image of it and …
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 …
I was exploring the Simply samplers website yesterday and discovered this Sampler Game in which you can design your own sampler from traditional sampler motifs. I spent an age mucking about enjoying this Sampler Game. To design your sampler you click to add or select object by clicking in the …
