If you sew Burdastyle is a site well worth exploring as it has has free printable patterns, a forum, a blog and instructional material on the site. For those who enjoying listening to a podcast while they stitch Annies Quilting Stash will interest you On another note Jerry has finished …
Sometimes it is best to leave the weeding, the grocery shopping, and the housework and simply have a self indulgent weekend. That is what I did and I was doubly spoiled as it was a long weekend here in Canberra. So what did I do? This 8 inch block is …
Have you ever dug around the history of ATCs (Arts Trading Cards)? I have looked at many, and used the term often without knowing their history and I was prompted to dig around a little. As objects and format they are a relatively recent phenomenon and I don’t think they …
The Five point ribbon flower sample is made from 13 mm ribbon but you can use ribbon from 8mm to quite large to make this type of flower. It looks good in silk ribbon, satin ribbon and ribbon made of organza. These flowers are quick to make and use up …
I have been poking around the World Shibori Network site and discovering all sorts of interesting things about shibori. I have heard of shibori referred to as stitch dye, fold dye, pole wrap dye and of course tie dye but these bound resist techniques are all techniques taken to the …
Candida thoughtfully sent me this link to the Fashion Color Report for Fall 2008 – Check out the colours they look great Arlee of Albedo has new tutorial on her site on making fabric ATCs and postcards Arlee style. This tutorial is described as emailable and printer friendly.
Bookbinding is great fun, creative, a useful craft skill and hand bound notebooks make great gifts, or can be used as visual journals. Recently I have been exploring the book binding sites and discovered a few good tutorials online. Dave’s Book Tutorial is an excellent step by step tutorial with …
