Category: Fiber and Textile Arts

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, …

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

What have I been up to? While recovery mode I assumed I would be stitching but quickly found that it involved a little too much movement – twisting in one direction to reach that colour thread, then deciding that colour bead on the shelves behind me were needed then back …

If you are an English speaker and need to translate a Spanish crochet pattern you have a bit of a problem. Because the language and abbreviations are so specialised a translator will be useless. This site of English and Spanish Crochet abbreviations (link removed as it is out of date) will …