Artsy Crafty Babe has written a tutorial on how to make a potholder from a dishtowel. Why would want to do that? No fuss with padding or binding making it supper quick and easy. I think its so easy it would also be suitable for young sewers such as children …
Textile artist Jennifer Marsh has recently completed an unusual and big installation. Jennifer called it the World Reclamation Art Project (W.R.A.P.) and covered an abandoned petrol station in textile panels. “Participants have crocheted, knitted, stitched, patched, or collaged 3 foot square fiber panels that expresses each participants concern about this …
I realised yesterday that I am falling back into my old habits and forgetting to post about what I have been stitching as it’s been 3 weeks since my last work in progress report. It is over a month since I last wrote about the progress of my crazy quilt …
I am still poking about the V&A and discovered a fascinating series of articles on of all things …the history of wallpaper. The section on Design Reform speaks about the influence of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Some have suggested that at this exhibition women where exposed to the asymmetrical …
Over on Mindtracks this morning I have a review Photoshop Express a new free web based image manipulation tool. Many readers here will find it useful as I have full screenshots of what you can do in Photoshop Express. On another note I discovered this list of 26 Free Tutorials …
Did you know that Carolyn Cibik of Evening Star Designs has a ebook out for Crazy quilters? I recently received a review copy. It arrived on CD titled Block with Variations for Crazy quilters. Unfortunately the CD did not read as I am on a Mac the ‘pages’ of the …
Fabric Origami is done by using fabric stiffener to create a stiff foldable fabric. It is easily done and mistakes iron out. As a craft it’s ideal as a quilters stash busting activity. As the Fabric Origami workshop points out after you have stiffened fabric you can “cut, fold, laminate, …
