There is a particularly interesting discussion going on over at crochetme provoked by an excellent post Take Back The Crochet We need more artists to explore the medium and its potential for expression. We need women and men to use their hooks with pride, and to consider the beauty they …
Well here I come skittering through the door, sliding to a stop, flushed in the face, waving around an odd bit of fiber and announcing in slightly panting tones even if the sides are not straight I did it! As you can see I have finished the fiber postcard for …
Its going to be a close shave with is fabric postcard for the 6 x 4 lives challenge. I think I might be skating through the door at the stroke of midnight postcard in hand panting as I say I did it. This is the current state of play. Since …
Who sticks their tongue out when they are trying to concentrate? Or when they draw? I do and I have been thinking/drawing so hard my tongue is all dried up I am sure it looks like a prune or perhaps a pickle. I have been working up a few designs …
Julia has posted clear details on how she is making a small pincushion called a “Biscornu”. It is a highly unusual pattern and Julia has linked to a step by step tutorial on how to assemble the design.
Kim over on String or Nothing has published a good article on blackwork embroidery which includes a round up of resources online
Gift-it-forward is a fundraiser which aims to raise money for women diagnosed with breast cancer via the sale of fabric postcards. It is patterned after the idea in the movie “Pay It Forward” written by Catherine Ryan Hyde. In the movie, a teacher asks a classroom to think of an …
