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 …
William Morris (1834-96), was a designer, writer, and typographer. The William Morris Society highlights the work of this prominent figure in the Arts and Crafts movement. The website describes itself as Founded in 1971, the William Morris Society in the United States is a group of scholars and enthusiasts brought …
I recently came across this embellished denim bag and thought I would share the story. In my late teens and early 20’s I went backpacking. While traveling I always carried some embroidery floss and a basic sewing kit. I had two pairs of jeans one I was wearing and one …
How do you source materials for crazy quilting? You have a number of options. You can simply buy materials and embellishments but that is an extremely expensive way to go. I am sure that one of the reasons I love crazy quilting is because this style of work appeals to …
Silk Ribbon embroidery has long been associated with Crazy Quilting. The richness of silk ribbon seems to marry well with the extravagance of Crazy quilting. One of the pleasures of Crazy quilting is that you can incorporate all sorts of embroidery techniques. Apart from Silk ribbon embroidery you can experiment …
Coloured Floss Checklists for DMC, Coats, Anchor, Dimensions, and Bucilla flosses are provided by cyberstitchers.com which you can print out. On the same site a handy Floss conversion calculator is provided for you to convert floss codes from Bucilla, Dimensions, J & P Coats, Anchor, and DMC to any of …
