It is with sadness that I have write that the world of needlework has lost a great teacher. Valerie Campbell-Harding died of a massive heart attack on October 5th. There is a book of condolence on her site.
I was browsing what titles have been added in September to the Digital Archive of documents. Half way down the page the September 1919 issue of Needlecraft Magazine are available in two PDF files Also available in three parts is a correspondence course written in 1952 by Baumann and Heary …
This link is for those crocheters out there. During a favourites clean up I discovered this huge list of directions on how to work various Crochet stitches provided by Crochet Pattern Central If you are not aware of this site I am sure is worth browsing and perhaps bookmarking.
Yesterday afternoon I finished the fiber postcard for the 6 x 4 lives challenge. As I said last week is more a design exercise than anything else. It is also an excuse to experiment a little with the sequin waste. I went a bit over board on the beading perhaps …
Well I have been browsing around and thought I would share with you a dash of my morning inspiration and track how the ideas developed. I started off at Loretta Holzberger’s site Dimensional Embroidery which hosts her designs and a number of tutorials online. On Loretta Holzberger’s site there are …
Once again the 6 x 4 lives challenge due date is starting to register on my consciousness. So I commenced this months card which is more a design exercise than anything else. The background is hand dyed and painted linen and I have stitched on some hand dyed flannelette cotton …
Curiouslycrafty has published an illustrated step by step tutorial on making your own hat. When I saw this I immediately thought of embellishing it with buttons or going further and covering it buttons! Link found with thanks via Whip up.
