Frances Pickering is a contemporary textile and book artist who has done and taught the City & Guilds courses and lives in Kent, Britain. Frances has produced a series of hand made books that are a personal response to battlefield landscapes and the poetry of the First World War. I …
The Surface Design Organization aims to “increase awareness, understanding, and appreciation of textiles in the art and design communities as well as in the general public.” If you are feeling a little flat and looking for a bit of inspiration browse through the gallery of contemporary textiles as it always …
A few weeks ago Jerry was in Copenhagen and he paid a trip to the National Museum and has recently loaded photographs of bronze age clothing that were preserved in Danish bogs. I think some of the historical costumers will be interested to see these images.
Before the break when I went on holidays I was working on a series of posts that related to crazy quilting. This morning I have finally got back in the swing of things. I thought I would speak about another styles of embroidery often found on contemporary crazy quilts. One …
Gosh I missed this, but it is a site worth looking at for the fabric postcard eyecandy alone. Fiberart For A Cause is an American Cancer Society Fundraiser which was run this year and since it was so successful looks as if it will be running next year too. The …
Coloured Floss Checklists for DMC, Coats, Anchor, Dimensions, and Bucilla flosses are provided by cyberstitchers.com which you can print out. On the same site a handy Floss conversion calculator is provided for you to convert floss codes from Bucilla, Dimensions, J & P Coats, Anchor, and DMC to any of …
The International Sewing Machine Collectors’ Society has a website that publishes a number of articles for sewing machine collectors. The site also houses restoration and care tips as well as pages that are devoted to shuttle identification.
