This is a heads up for anyone who has wanted to design fabric. I was a bit slow to realise this (blog moving and all) but Spoonflower is a service that enables you to design and then have your fabric printed onto quilting weight cotton fabric. This is a print on …
I have been poking about the sewing sites again and discovered this tutorial on how to make spats. The pattern is a pdf file and since it is so simple I can see them being embellished is all sorts of ways. Regular readers might be asking why do I want …
Coats have published one of their vintage set of notes on basic embroidery stitches. It is available from the Coats site as a PDF file. It is interesting to see what was considered a ‘basic’ stitch in the 1940’s. For instance both bullion stitch and french knots are included. Found with thanks …
Recently Linda Permann wrote a tutorial for Craft Stylish, on How to Crochet a Flower. The article illustrates a flower which has been made of standard wool. I am sure anyone interested in freeform crochet will enjoy it. The pattern draws on the tradition of Irish Crochet and as such …
For anyone interested in samplers and their history I discovered the 1926 edition of Leigh Ashton’s Samplers Selected and Described as a digitised book free online. The overview from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries covers primarily English samplers but European and American samplers are also included. The book contains …
The Victorian and Albert Museum has published some Designs & Illustrations by Florence Caulfield. These patterns are released free to embroiderers to print out, transfer to cloth and use. If you click on any of the images you can view a larger version. I must admit my connection has been …
Have you ever poked around the the Threads website? For those who live where this magazine does not hit the news stands, Threads is a print magazine that publishes articles on fine sewing and embellishment. The site houses loads of interesting articles, tips and tutorials. With the release of …
