The other day Penny of Back Valley Seasons wrote a post about her Grandmothers sampler which made me poke around the net to see if there were any Australian needlework samplers were online. The powerhouse museum has a sampler worked by Isabel Buist (1839) at age 9. As the blurb …
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 This site of English and Spanish Crochet abbreviations (link removed as it is out of date) will …
Through the week Sarah of Embroidery and Sewing at Knitting.com dropped me a line to draw attention to the out of copyright vintage hand embroidery patterns she has available on her site. Included in the downloads is a booklet from 1940 “Embroidery Stitches: Anchor Needlework Series Book 4” which contains …
Cathy Decker has provided a site on Bargello canvas work with sections on traditional designs, line patterns, Florentine work, geometric and ribbon patterns, and Four-Way Bargello designs. While you are on the site you may also like to check out her page of crewel embroidery
Connie McGinnis collects needle books, and she shares them with us in her Needle Book Museum. Most women I know who sew have one or two needlebooks. Sometimes more, as they are often given as gifts as they are small, quick to make and act as nice mementos. Apart from …
In the mail this week I received a wonderful gift from Myfanwy of Nuvofelt. Myfanwy runs a business Winifred Cottage and she sent me some of her hand dyed threads. Myfanwy sent me a 3 thread pack colour Damask and a hank of Jumbo perle Fine Serendipity (unrepeatable). I normally …
