I was sent this photo by email with no information about it. No artist name, no details as to where, when, what or how just the photograph. I was intrigued and immediately was pounding out search terms in google. Terms such as “tree sweater”, “tree cosy”, crochet + tree “guerilla …
Threads Magazine has published very easy directions on how to rust dye cloth. It is a very beautiful technique which has been covered simply and concisely by Ariel Price. So do check out How to Make One-of-a-Kind Fabric
Tilleke Schwarz has updated her website. If you have not encountered her work before do check it out as she is a Dutch contemporary embroiderer who draws with thread. Her stitchery is employed as a graphic mark which is an approach you do not see often. In all her pieces …
A thoughtful reader Bev Forsling sent me this link to this interesting YouTube video. I am always fascinated when ever stitchery is used as a graphic medium. Like It or Not has been painstakingly stitched then animated! The other aspect of this project that fascinates me, is the idea of …
Make a cuppa, and settle back for some brain food because poking around the V&A website I discovered Issue 1 of the V&A Online Journal. This journal is an annual publication featuring research undertaken in connection with the V&A and houses articles on the history of art, architecture and design, …
The Burda style site has a section titled Sewpedia which covers many of the key terms associated with sewing. The site also houses a discussion forum where many sewers post. Also the sewing blog is not just about patterns or pattern choice. In other words it’s not a blog written …
Well between the kaleidoscope filter in Image tricks and illustrator I have become quite obsessed. So here are some more free designs. Click and you will be taken to larger version which you can resize to your needs. I hope people enjoy them as much as I have had playing with them. …
