For those who are interested in canvas work and design don’t miss the ANG Stitch of the Month for December 2008 as the theme is one of circles. Lois Kershner asks how many different circle stitch patterns can there be, and applies the answer to a monotone design of blues. …
I am doing a little jig around the kitchen because I have another work in progress report. Since I did not expect to be able to get much stitching done I am a happy old chook waving two more Diamond quilt blocks around. As usual click on the images and …
Nicole Wolfersberger is posting embroidered diary entries on a regular basis on her blog Embloggery. I find this textile diarist fascinating. Last year at the end of this post I asked if anyone had seen any samplers that were journals or autobiographical in nature. I asked because I often added a bit of …
Have you ever wondered how needles and pins are made? I did, so with the aid of google turned out a few answers. There is not too much online but what I found is here. A Quilt Historian Looks at sewing Needles is a brief history of sewing needles. The …
Has anyone ever taken a good look around Colourlovers? I know I have used it all year for the TIF challenge but I have not explored it nearly enough. I have become totally side tracked with Colourlovers pattern making tool. Why and how did this come about? This year we are making …
How to start hand embroidery is covered in this video made by StitchingCow. The video covers the very basics like choice of needle, use of a hoop, and starting and ending a thread. The Stitching Cow site is worth checking out too as there is a free redwork embroidery pattern …
I was poking around the net looking for book binding eye candy and inspiration because I am making some hand made books as gifts I realised I had missed the last issue of Bonefolder (vol 5 no1) . This journal is way above the normal standard or a free ezine …
