I have found two ebooks the first is John Taylor’s The Needles Excellency: A New Booke wherin are diuers Armirable Workes wrought with the Needle (1631) includeds the Poem In Praise of the Needle and contains needlework patterns for blackwork, cross-stitch, and lace designs. The other is in the collection …
Floresita of uses her blog vintage transfer finds to share and catalogue her collection of vintage transfers. It is worth a visit as there are lots of freebies on this site. Found with thanks via needlenthread.com . Mary Corbet has been running a series of posts on vintage embroidery transfers …
Embroider the World is an interesting education resource provided by the Bankfield Museum. The aim is to develop an understanding of how textiles are used and decorated throughout the world It is well worth checking out. Embroider the World uses just a small part of the ethnic textiles collection at …
I received notice of an interesting series of lectures presented by Drexel University in conjunction with Material ConneXion, Inc. Information about the event can be found here I have lifted the description from their media release. Materials are the fundamental building-blocks for the innovative products that we use on a …
I have been poking around the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco site. With 82,000 digitised art works there is a feast of eye candy for any one. I got lost for a couple of hours in the My gallery section of the site. Then started using keywords such embroidery, …
Browsing the Memorial Hall Museum Digital Collection led me to discover this Crazy Quilt with a Netted Border. The site has options to zoom in on the image and take a really good look at the details (the icons are found on the right hand side of the screen.) The …
The Ozquilt Network is a national organisation for those interested in art quilts and for those who create art quilts. The site houses a gallery of recent work, a members list, a teachers list, exhibitions section, information on how to join and contact details
