I found this article by Valerie Campbell-Harding on creating Blueprints on fabric . I am sure as a technique many quilt and fabric postcard artists will find it interesting. The article is hosted by Stitch Magazine which is produced the (UK)Embroiderers Guild In the same magazine is a sampler by …
This is for cross stitchers who have ever tried to work out how big a project will be. Enter the number of stitches and your fabric count and Stitches to Inches will calculate the size of the finished piece.
Victorian Magazine is an ezine that devotes itself to all things Victorian which I think many readers here will enjoy. I particularly liked this embroidered silk costume and for silk ribbon embroidery fans take a look at this robe The rest of victoriana.com is also worth exploring as there are …
Yesterday afternoon we took ourselves off to the National gallery to see the Constable exhibition and spent a pleasant couple of hours wandering from room to room. To my delight there are a couple of facsimiles of two small sketchbooks that Constable kept in 1813 and 1814 which people could …
Back in January I pieced the diamond shaped blocks for another crazy quilt. This is an update on some rather slow progress of this project. As you can see I have a block almost complete. I have yet to add some buttons and plan to when I lay out three …
I found this free design by Jan Kerton for Periwinkle Pincushion which I thought people would be interested in. It would make a lovely gift or exchange.
For anyone who translates images into either knitting or cross stitch patterns using one of the software packages designed for this task this Charting Trick from Judy Heim is an extremely handy tip to know. Sorry I did not manage to touch base yesterday I have been having problems with …
