Sewunique has published a detailed step by step illustrated article on the Development of a Crazy Quilting Motif. This motif is a floral spray in the shape of a heart, is ideal for those new to crazy quilting. There is also a Folding Fan Needlecase which although has yet to …
Ukrainian folk embroidery employs mainly cross stitch. Svetlana Tkachenko has published an interesting article on Ukrainian decorative towels which play an important part in cultural and folk traditions.
Scratching your head for gift ideas, or simple projects suitable for children? This listing of freebies from kreinik.com might generate some ideas for you. Many of the craft projects are easily made and are economical. Kreinik, of course is the thread company that produces a variety of silk and metallic …
I was reminded me of this bag as a result of a friend agonising over how much to embellish a denim bag. When I was in my early 20’s I went backpacking. I was already addicted to stitching and had two pairs of jeans one to wear and one spare. …
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 …
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 …
This is a small experiment as on this block I have incorporated a blackwork motif. The story behind this block is that it is one of the many blocks that act for me as a memento of the year we spent living in England. The little blackwork motif I graphed …
