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 …
I recently came across sewing.com. Melanie and Lisa-Anne run this community orientated site is aimed at those who have sewing as their passion. Sewing.com houses tutorials, sewing tips, a dictionary and a forum. Many of their tutorials are good stash busting projects, so if this year you are looking to …
YlI Corporation has released a booklet titled A Thread of Truth (PDF file) a factual look at sewing thread which answers many sewers questions about thread. The article covers how thread is manufactured including explaining clearly the ‘z’ twist and ‘s’ twist. Topics such as thread finishing, ply, the manufacture …
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 …
Nicole Wolfersberger is posting embroidered diary entries on a regular basis on her blog Embloggery. I find this textile diarist fascinating. Last year at the end of this post I asked if anyone had seen any samplers that were journals or autobiographical in nature. I asked because I often added a bit of …
Have you ever wondered how needles and pins are made? I did, so with the aid of google turned out a few answers. There is not too much online but what I found is here. A Quilt Historian Looks at sewing Needles is a brief history of sewing needles. The …
