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 …
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, …
