Online Photo! Editor is a free photo manipulation, enhancement and editor. It is a very basic manipulation tool but often that is all you want or need. Often textile artists take photos to act as jump off point to a design. What they need is a way to trace basic …
Many are enjoying my tutorial on How to work a needle woven picot, as the stitch produced is very leaf like. The needlewoven picot I demonstrated has an open base but if you work needlewoven picot with a closed base you get an even more life like leaf! So I …
Threads magazine has published a tutorial on how to make better cord knots. Susan Khalji has illustrated how to make them softer and easier to tie. These knots are a great finishing technique which can be used with all sorts of crafts situations. It is a handy skill to have …
Since people are exploring needleweaving for this months Stitch explorer challenge I thought I might show you another needle woven stitch called Needle woven picot. It is great stitch that you can make short or quite long. They are very effective if worked on mass or if you work them …
I discovered two files on the Antique Pattern Library web site that are a very useful and free book on Drawn thread embroidery. If you are interested in even weave stitching techniques you will enjoy Part I – Drawn Thread Embroidery by Therese Dillmont (PDF) and Part II – Drawn Thread …
It’s time to go out and buy some more printing ink as in my constant trawling I have found another gem which I think readers will enjoy. The full and wordy title is A Treatise on Embroidery, Crochet and Knitting with illustrations adapted to the use of M.Heminway and Sons’ …
Brigitte Read has written a great illustrated tutorial on how to make crochet Mollie flowers. Those who enjoy crochet both free form and in a more traditonal structure will enjoy making these and they are a great way to use up wool scraps and you can link them together to make larger …
