After my post on Wednesday about the denim jeans I wanted to recycle I decided to browse the sewing and quilting sites a little more to see if I could find patterns that could be adapted for patchwork denim projects or use up small scraps of denim. I ended up …
Amy Jenkins has loaded a step by step tutorial on Printing on Fabric with Bubble Jet on her flickr account. Using this process you can prepare fabric that can then be printed on a home printer which means you can printout computer images and graphics on fabric. For anyone who …
When I ran the bags of fun challenge I did not realise how popular refashioning/recycling jeans has become. After the challenge I swore I would never trying to embroider denim again. I should know myself by now and never use the word never but … I have this pile of …
I am a bit like a big kid when I spot those little cards that inform me that a parcel is waiting to be collected at the parcel counter. I scurry in to post office and wait impatiently in line to see what it is. On Friday it was actually …
I discovered Therese de Dillmont’s “Encyclopedia of Needlework” on project Gutenburg. This book is a needlework classic so I was delighted to discover it is freely available. I trawl old books like this for stitch varieties and stitches that are no longer in common use. Often too stitches are referred …
I received an email recently from Heather an editor Needlework Craft Gossip about the American National Counted Cross Stitch Show. Those in the States will find the link of interest so I thought I would pass it on.
I received an email from Linda of Chloes Place pointing me to an interesting article in the Age. Crafty business points to the changing landscape for craft practitioners. There are a number of factors discussed as aiding the shift which I have explored more fully over in Mindtracks this morning. …
