Pintangle

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 364


Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in /home/inamin5/public_html/pintangle.com/wp-content/themes/kahuna/includes/loop.php on line 295

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 …

CQ Detail 210


Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in /home/inamin5/public_html/pintangle.com/wp-content/themes/kahuna/includes/loop.php on line 295

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 …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 363


Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in /home/inamin5/public_html/pintangle.com/wp-content/themes/kahuna/includes/loop.php on line 295

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 …

Tutorial on Colour Theory


Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in /home/inamin5/public_html/pintangle.com/wp-content/themes/kahuna/includes/loop.php on line 295

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 …

Introducing block 32 of the I Dropped the Button Box crazy quilt


Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in /home/inamin5/public_html/pintangle.com/wp-content/themes/kahuna/includes/loop.php on line 295

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 …

The making of a pop up book


Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in /home/inamin5/public_html/pintangle.com/wp-content/themes/kahuna/includes/loop.php on line 295

Fold, Pull, Pop and Turn – Smithsonian Video by Sean McGee steps through the process of designing and making a popup book from concept to production. It is possibly one of the most interesting videos I have found on YouTube on a topic that has always interested me.  Chuck Fischer …

For the Love of Stitching Sampler – Band 362


Warning: Trying to access array offset on null in /home/inamin5/public_html/pintangle.com/wp-content/themes/kahuna/includes/loop.php on line 295

Stitches This band of stitching consists of straight stitches, cross stitch, fly stitch and bullion knot buds which are made of two bullion knots worked side by side. Thread  The straight stitches are worked in wool, the bullion stitches are worked in silk and the cross stitches are worked in …