The collection of French illuminated manuscripts is a database of breathtaking texts dating from the year 500 through the 1400s. The site is divided into themes. Though the high-resolution images take a bit of time to load they are gorgeous. I particularly liked Working Plant Fibers to Make Cloth (hemp …
Connie McGinnis collects needle books, and she shares them with us in her Needle Book Museum. Most women I know who sew have one or two needlebooks. Sometimes more, as they are often given as gifts as they are small, quick to make and act as nice mementos. Apart from …
For anyone who really enjoys illustration of the Art Deco period the flickr site Deco illustrated will have you compulsively clicking through the images of 1920’s – 1930’s colour illustrations and pictures.
Charlotte Jirousek of Cornell University have provided a textbook for Art Design and Visual Thinking . This design course includes articles on the Language of design, design elements and principles, application of media, colour psychology, notes on the fine art movements, and the decorative arts.
In the mail this week I received a wonderful gift from Myfanwy of Nuvofelt. Myfanwy runs a business Winifred Cottage and she sent me some of her hand dyed threads. Myfanwy sent me a 3 thread pack colour Damask and a hank of Jumbo perle Fine Serendipity (unrepeatable). I normally …
Well it is time once again for my weekly report on the state of my WISPs (Works in Slow Progress). As regular readers will know this year I am attempting to work through the pile as part of Sandie’s UFO and WISP challenge. Progress has been slow as it’s summer …
The latest issue of CQ Mag Online is now out. I particularly enjoyed Sue Bleiweiss’s article on the process of making fabric charms as it solved a problem for me. I was wondering what I was going to do with the samples that I make for the Take a Stitch …
