Category: Hand Embroidery

A Digitised Book on Samplers


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Books / Fiber and Textile Arts / Hand Embroidery / Samplers 2 Comments

For anyone interested in samplers and their history I discovered the 1926 edition of Leigh Ashton’s Samplers Selected and Described as a digitised book free online. The overview from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries covers primarily English samplers but European and American samplers are also included. The book contains …

Free embroidery designs from the V&A


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Fiber and Textile Arts / Hand Embroidery 3 Comments

  The Victorian and Albert Museum has published some Designs & Illustrations by Florence Caulfield. These patterns are released free to embroiderers to print out, transfer to cloth and use. If you click on any of the images you can view a larger version.  I must admit my connection has been …

More Diamond blocks


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Crazy quilting / Diamond block crazy quilt / Hand Embroidery 5 Comments

In response to last weeks Work in progress report I managed to get myself beautifully side tracked this morning and faffed so much I have not done my email either! Last week I asked people if they ever used blog categories to track back and read the back story of …

Another Work in Progress Report


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Crazy quilting / Diamond block crazy quilt / Hand Embroidery / Work in Progress 11 Comments

I have another work in progress report! (I am secretly aiming to write at least one every 10 days but don’t tell anyone) As you can see another couple of diamonds have been stitched. Here is a detail from this block. I first stitched a scallop of chain stitches. I …

Free Needlework books online


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Books / Fiber and Textile Arts / Hand Embroidery 9 Comments

Recently I have been digging out a list of Needlework books online for the stitch along that is being worked by members of the Hand Embroidery group in the Stitchin Fingers Textile Community. It will be starting next week! Yikes that sounds close to me … I am really looking …

Gems to be found at Needlework Tips and Techniques


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

An article on the history of crazy quilting lead me to be reminded of Carol Leather’s site Needlework tips and techniques. While there I was poking about and discovered that the ever tricky bullion stitch has been featured in a tutorial on Bullion Roses. Clear tips and advice on how …

A tale of two samplers


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Fiber and Textile Arts / Hand Embroidery / Samplers / Work in Progress 18 Comments

This is the start of what may become the tale of two samplers and is actually a continuation of yesterdays post but for all those who swing by for links rather than chatter Susie Monday has a very good article about getting yourself going. 10 Ways to Unstick when You’re …