How many times have you wondered where an expression came from or what it meant? The Phrase Finder looks to be a handy desktop resource that deserves bookmarking. This site provides information on the meanings and origins of English phrases, sayings, quotes and clichés. Just in case your inbox is …
This tutorial Turn A Photo Into A Sketch For Making Coloring Books is for anyone who has Photoshop. I tried it out on some photos of flowers I have taken and with a bit of tinkering I was able to quickly produce a line drawing suitable for needlework. So if …
Arlee Has asked me to pass on the news that new yahoo discussion group has been established to explore and share free motion embroidery Freemotione is not for digitized or pre-programmed stitching here the idea is to use your sewing machine as a drawing tool.
One of the many Hurricane Relief Efforts is a drive to donate shawls to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Full details are on the site.
Unfortunately in the online craft community copyright infringement of patterns and designs is a widespread problem. Around the globe everyday illegal copying is going on. Copyscape is an interesting search engine for anyone wanting to find out if any of their work has been plagiarized. Enter a URL of a …
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 …
Charlotte Jirousek of Cornell University have provided a textbook for Art Design and Visual Thinking a course on design. The site includes articles on the design elements, application of media and notes on the fine art movements, and the decorative arts. This site has a number of strengths as it …
