Once you start exploring the world of dyes you will realise there are lots of different ways to use dyes, numerous recipes and lots of ways to make it sound complicated! But it’s not really very difficult at all and it is loads of fun. I mainly use Procion dyes …
A step by step video tutorial of flying geese block construction was discovered in my bookmarks (yes, I am having a clean out). Anyone interested in scrap quilts or stash busting will find this old tried and true quilt pattern useful.
For regular quilters interested in scrap quilts Victoriana Quilt Designs is running a Block of the Month series which are all Stash-Buster patterns. They suggest that the larger the variety of fabrics you use, the better these quilts will look. Victoriana Quilt Designs also houses a number of tutorials that …
I came across some excellent Needlelace tutorials on Textile dreams – fibery wake up. The series is delivered in nine sections as this technique is a long process. While on the site take some time to browse as Textile dreams – fibery wake up is an excellent blog. On the …
Motifs used in Palestinian embroidery hold meanings for those in the culture. This site about this traditional form of stitching has illustrated traditional patterns with delightful names such as ‘moon with feathers’, ‘old man’s teeth’, ‘bachelor’s cushion’, ‘the baker’s wife’. The designs are made up predominantly from geometric and abstract …
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 …
I just had t share this knitted bus! Magda Sayeg and a group of guerilla knitters are responsible and it was featured in Telegraph(UK) newspaper Guerilla knitters around the world are taking knitting out of the domestic sphere and into public places as they have started to decorate trees, street signs …
