The latest issue of Bonefolder, Volume 6, No. 2, Spring 2010 is out. This weekend I finally had time to catch up and read it. This free ezine gets better and better. If you have not read Bonefolder before it is very much about the fine craft of book binding …
Detail: This is small red squirrel I designed because when we were in England, Eve my daughter loved feeding them in the park and she suggested a squirrel. He is only tiny about an inch and half tall. I worked a drawing from a photograph. Thread: Worked in a single …
Stitches This band of stitching two lines of Creten stitch worked in a pattern. Beads are stitched alon gthe middle Thread The band is worked in hand dyed cotton perle #5 Fabric: Linda, 27cnt evenweave fabric produced by Zweigart Size: The sampler is 15 cm (6 inches) wide and all …
Detail: This is some cheap nylon lace which I have embellished with beads down the middle. Along the edges of the lace I have worked a line of French knots . Thread: Cotton – a single strand of stranded cotton for the French knots What is the story? This regularly published …
Stitches This band of stitching is an arrangement of straight stitches and fly stitch worked with a seed bead sitting in the middle of the of the fly stitch. Thread The band is worked in cotton that is hand dyed by me. I it is approximately the same thickness as perle 8 …
I stumbled across an excellent tutorial on colour theory which I am sure most readers will find useful. Simple, Practical Color Theory covers key theories such as Colour Models, Colour Harmonies a section on definitions and Hue, Saturation and Brightness. Owen James deals with screen colour but at the foundation …
Block 32 is a little bit of a favourite with me. I like the colour scheme because is not so predicable. Also across the bottom I have couched a novelty thread and the seam treatment is a little more free form. I hope you will enjoy the focus on each …
