For anyone interested in the grand festivals that took place in Europe between 1475 to 1700 the British Library has digitised 253 Renaissance festival books from their collection. It is part of their Treasures in Full series which has digitised every page of rare editions and historic works.
There is a new blogger on the block. Katrina is a New Zealander who is living in Japan. She has recently started Kat’s Crafts to document her creative interests in quilting, machine embroidery and knitting. Her next challenge is crazy quilting so swing by and wish her a welcome to …
With just days to go until the wind up of the bags of fun challenge could people who have participated email me an image of their completed bag front and back and a description of how they tackled the project? I am building a gallery site for the bags and …
I had an afternoon of stitching yesterday since we had rain throughout the day. As you can see I have started on my block for the All that Jazz Quilt project. Settling down with a cup of coffee I started off with designing some key motifs that were suitable for …
It’s raining this morning which means no gardening today. So I have spent a pleasurable couple of hours catching up on blog reading. It seems an age since I just sat and browsed, caught up on the news and generally had a relaxing time online. Via Dawn I discovered the …
I am often asked how do you use thick, novelty and textured threads in embroidery and crazy quilting projects. The trick is to use couching techniques. There is a particularly good article on using couching and variations – Laying on the line explored by Jan Beaney. For those who have …
As everyone can see I have finished my bags of fun bag. I thought when I proposed the Bags of fun challenge I would have plenty of time to complete it but since I also created the gallery to host on my website I only just made the deadline! …
