I came across some excellent Needlelace tutorials on Textile dreams – fibery wake up. The series is delivered in nine sections as this technique is a long process. While on the site take some time to browse as Textile dreams – fibery wake up is an excellent blog. On the …
Motifs used in Palestinian embroidery hold meanings for those in the culture. This site about this traditional form of stitching has illustrated traditional patterns with delightful names such as ‘moon with feathers’, ‘old man’s teeth’, ‘bachelor’s cushion’, ‘the baker’s wife’. The designs are made up predominantly from geometric and abstract …
Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont (1846-1890) has been published online as a web site. Usually online books are delivered as PDF files which are easy to download but still a bit unwieldy and costly to print out. It is really handy to have version as a website, as you can …
Tanja Berlin of Berlin Embroidery Designs has provided free instructions and design for a small goldwork sampler. The instructions are brief and assume you have done goldwork before. If you are interested in this technique take some time to explore the goldwork tag over at Mary Corbet’s Needle n’ Thread …
The Embroiderers Guild of America publish a regular free projects under their Stitch-to-Learn series. The series is delivered as pdf files so you will need Acrobat Reader to open and read these files. You can download a free reader on the Acrobat site. An Introductory Program to Surface Stitchery is …
Rayon Ribbon Floss looks like a small thin ribbon of silk but is actually made of rayon. Rayon has a high sheen which makes it an attractive thread to use in hand embroidery. It can really lift an area and add a little extra to your work. This thread has a …
YlI Corporation has released a booklet titled A Thread of Truth (PDF file) a factual look at sewing thread which answers many sewers questions about thread. The article covers how thread is manufactured including explaining clearly the ‘z’ twist and ‘s’ twist. Topics such as thread finishing, ply, the manufacture …
