Category: Fiber and Textile Arts

The archival properties of fusible batting and adhesives


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Crazy quilting / Fiber and Textile Arts 2 Comments

A recently completed study into the effects of adhesives such as fusible battings, interfacings, and basting sprays is available under the long winded title The Effects of Light Exposure and Heat-Aging on Selected Quilting Products Containing Adhesives . The study carried out light and heat aging tests on many of …

Needlework books and patterns online


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Books / Fiber and Textile Arts / Hand Embroidery 1 comment

I received an email this morning from Candida, giving me the heads up on a link found via Meggiecat . I love the net and blogs when stuff like this happens so thanks to both I found out that Lambert’s Hand-book of needlework published in 1842. At 290 pages I …

Using Shisha glass, metal threads and tambour hooks


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Crazy quilting / Fiber and Textile Arts / Hand Embroidery 1 comment

How to use Shisha glass in embroidery is explained and illustrated in diagrams on the Rajmahal site . On the same site there is also information on using metal threads for gold work techniques. Possibly most useful on the site as there is not a lot online about Tambour embroidery …

Taking Professional Looking Photos Without a Professional


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Fiber and Textile Arts / Resources 1 comment

Lindsay Landis has published an article Taking Professional Looking Photos Without a Professional which many textile artists will find helpful, as it is a tutorial that covers not only taking photos but editing images in Photoshop. Sorry removed the link as it was out of date and went nowhere! Follow …

Instructions on how to make postcards of fabric


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Fiber and Textile Arts 10 Comments

Detailed instructions on how to make fabric postcards are provided by Arbee Designs in PDF format which means you need Adobe Acrobat reader installed to access it. On the subject of fabric postcards take a look at what Australia Post did to Caitlin’s fabric post card. Technically they ‘opened it’ …

Beeton’s Book of Needlework


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Books / Crazy quilting / Fiber and Textile Arts / Hand Embroidery 4 Comments

Project Gutenburg has another Needlework book. Beeton’s Book of Needlework was originally published in 1870 by the English firm Ward, Lock and Tyler. There are tatting, crochet, knitting, lace and embroidery patterns contained it. The printer is running hot as I print out the embroidery section as I hope to …

Silliness, exploring, rediscovering old favourites and another 8 inch block


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Crazy quilting / Fiber and Textile Arts / Work in Progress 3 Comments

You can tell I am on holiday look at the time! Usually I have post up by 7 it’s nearly 10 here and I am still faffing about! Here is another 8 inch block completed. Since I am planning a few large projects this year and still writing the crazy …