Selling crafts online is a series of 15 articles covering such topics as, photographing your wares, describing the product, shipping methods, and then goes on to examine a number of options for selling crafts online. The series then examines various websites against a set of criteria. Since the author is …
The Macclesfield Silk Museum looks to house an interesting collection of approximately 4000 items which includes items large and small from 26 jacquard handlooms to silk covered buttons. The collection is described as containing silk machinery, equipment, tools, textiles and costume but the items that caught my eye is the …
Carolyn Ellertson has collected aprons for over 40 years. In Up Close and Personal with Vintage Aprons Carolyn shares her collection, her memories and situates these textiles with a cultural context. I have found no other medium which covers a broader section of the needle arts for a longer period …
Textile artist Renee Harris uses needle and thread as a graphic medium illustrating her narrative imagery on felt. I find these images paticularly mysterious hinting at stories I am yet to understand. My feeling about the embroidery I use in my work is that it is a true drawing tool …
Jo of No matter where I go has generously provided a fully illustrated step by step tutorial of how to create a Fargo rose in silk ribbon. These roses are simple to work and very satisfying as they are quick to work.
Many tatters will welcome this list of titles of Tatting Books in the Public Domain. The books and magazines are archived in PDF files so you will need Acrobat reader which is free. Instructions are on the site.
There is a fantastic tutorial for a crazy quilted Christmas decoration that Sandie of abeautifulcraft has written. It I clearly written and illustrated and anyone should be able to follow it. Here is the perma link for this Fan ornament
