We don’t know quite what to call this. Is it a shawl or a cardigan? Under the arms are attached by a few stitches but its more like a throw on thing. Jerry jokingly described it as something that was thrown and not quite missed. I am feeling quite satisfied …
All Dressed Up and Nowhere To Go : Novelty Cards of People in Silk and Embroidery by Liselotte Erlanger Glozer is a brief article on silk cards produced in the l9th century. Particularly of interest to those who are creating contemporary fabric postcards is a section half way down the …
Drumroll …not just a little Drumroll a big drumroll …. A call out to all Aussie crazy quilters and International if you feel you feel like popping over I will sit down and have a cuppa with you – details of the second National Crazy Quilting retreat have been organized …
Very few design and art museums recognise the artistic achievements of illustrators of children’s literature. The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature aims to counter that. A permanent collection is maintained. I am always interested in why someone chose to make art as their career and how they did it …
Gina of Patra’s Place is trying to identify an piece of vintage lace that is an inherited UFO. It is a form of Tape lace but not the most commonly known which is Battenberg Lace . Another form is Princess lace but it’s not that either! I could not find …
The Arts Council of Greater New Haven has put a call to artists to produce a post card for the Postcard International, An Art Show All proceeds go to Save the Children. Create your own artwork on a postcard from scratch, or manipulate/alter an existing postcard. Only one side will …
Making fabric postcards is a step by step illustrated tutorial on creating a fiber postcard. An equally useful tutorial is How To Make A Fabric Postcard DebR Style . It is a highly amusing jaunty approach to the same topic.
