A Beginners guide to Goldwork is provided in the ‘know how’ section of the Classic stitches site.
I am still a big kid at times. This morning I opened my mail to read an email from Sennur in Istanbul. Sennur’s interests are in crochet and embroidery and she has gone to the trouble of writing her blog nursbasket in English and in Turkish I really admire people …
Fabric remains are exceedingly rare in archaeological sites, which is why the discovery of the oldest and largest collection of ancient textiles in the world is an exciting piece of news. Archaeologists have discovered what is believed to be ancient warehouses in the Burnt City. The city was built in …
Well, perhaps people would use this crochet pattern for a heart motif for other purposes but I am a bit mad on crazy quilting. I know nobody would ever guess this interest of mine but here you are. Anyway for those who are handy with crochet hooks I thought this …
These colouring pages of birds and butterflies are ideal to resize an use in needlework and embroidery. Thanks goes to Meggiecat for the link.
Through the week I was asked about Lagartera Embroidery and had to leave the answer until today as life was busy. I knew I was going to have to trawling though my references as there is little online about this obscure form of embroidery. I knew I had an article …
I have to watch that man of mine as he discovered a book on English embroidered book bindings on Project Gutenberg. Did not tell me about just blogged it! I think it was test to see if I read his blog. Well I pass. That aside Jerry has written a …
