It is with sadness that I have write that the world of needlework has lost a great teacher. Valerie Campbell-Harding died of a massive heart attack on October 5th. There is a book of condolence on her site.
The Digital Dragonfly On-line Museum is a resource site as part of an entomology program provided the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. The site aims to provide entomologists with images of dragonfly species. If ever you are looking for source material for embroidery designs the gallery is full of photographs.
I was browsing what titles have been added in September to the Digital Archive of documents. Half way down the page the September 1919 issue of Needlecraft Magazine are available in two PDF files Also available in three parts is a correspondence course written in 1952 by Baumann and Heary …
This link is for those crocheters out there. During a favourites clean up I discovered this huge list of directions on how to work various Crochet stitches provided by Crochet Pattern Central If you are not aware of this site I am sure is worth browsing and perhaps bookmarking.
We had a load of fun at the crazy quilting get together on the weekend. It was an informal affair and in some ways much more fun. One of the things we did is have a chicken scratch. By pure chance I got a photo of Annie Whitsed of Annies …
In between the hectic activity of the Cqers get together this weekend I have been meaning to announce that I have become a staff member of CQMag Online . So expect the odd article from me over there. If you are a crazy quilter and have not discovered this online …
Yesterday afternoon I finished the fiber postcard for the 6 x 4 lives challenge. As I said last week is more a design exercise than anything else. It is also an excuse to experiment a little with the sequin waste. I went a bit over board on the beading perhaps …
