Category: Fiber and Textile Arts

Jill Smith is offering classes in creative textile techniques


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Jill Smith dropped me an email a week or so ago now, to say she is offering classes in creative textiles. Offers include, Layering Class and the Slash Technique, Free Motion Embroidery, Shibori Dyeing, Indian Delights, Make A Wall Hanging out of Scraps, and a series of single classes. I …

Nancy Eha has lost her Katrina Block


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Challenges / Crazy quilting / Fiber and Textile Arts2 Comments

I received a rather distressing email from Nancy Eha this morning. As regular readers know she is a well known beader, embellished quilter and instructor who has been asked to participate in the All that Jazz quilt, which is to be auctioned on eBay to provide relief funds to survivors …

A pinkeep that imitates a letter


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The for runner to the contemporary ‘stitch n’ bitch’ evenings can be found in Victorian times when women formed needle clubs or pin clubs. They did exactly what we do today get together, stitch and of course form friendships. This Pinkeep was possibly given as Christmas gift in 1894. Take …

Craft Designs and Copyright Infringement


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Art and Design / Crazy quilting / Fiber and Textile Arts / Hand Embroidery / Resources7 Comments

Unfortunately in the online craft community copyright infringement of patterns and designs is a widespread problem. Around the globe everyday illegal copying is going on. Copyscape is an interesting search engine for anyone wanting to find out if any of their work has been plagiarized. Enter a URL of a …

About knitting and such


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About knitting and such is a resource site which has sections on knit crochet, quilting and machine embroidery. There are numerous links to both instructional material and free patterns. This is one of those sites to browse when you have a spare moment as it is huge.

Monoprinting with Susan Sorrell


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Susan Sorrel of Creative chick dropped me an email to say that her class Monoprinting with Susan Sorrell is starting soon. In this class online students explore the different techniques in monoprinting on fabric. It looks interesting as it includes techniques like shaving cream prints. I have been meaning to …

Hurricane Katrina Quilt Project for cross stitchers


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Kathie Baumgardner is organising a tribute to the survivors of hurricane Katrina from cross stitchers. Kathie Baumgardner coordinates S.T.I.T.C.H. (Stitchers, Through Internet, Touch, Care, Heal) and this project is titled Hurricane Katrina Quilt Project. The aim is to create 3 quilts, one for each state affected by Katrina with the …