For font freaks I have just found these free Art Nouveau and Art Deco Fonts. There is a caveat on the site stating that they are possibly not up to professional standards but for anyone designing a sampler, wanting text that can be used on an embroidery or crazy quilted …
This is a return and the final in an ad hock series of posts on crazy quilting. I have been side tracked in the last 2 months but still had in mind to cover embellishing the block using techniques other than stitching. So I have dusted off the draft, cleaned …
This stain index and how to remove them, is a handy bookmarkable resource provided by Fabric link.
Jenny G keeps a quilting blog titled Scraps. Quilts, fiber postcards and thoughts about the creative process are covered in her blog. Its interesting – go check it out.
Jill Smith dropped me an email a week or so ago now, to say she is offering classes in creative textiles. Offers include, Layering Class and the Slash Technique, Free Motion Embroidery, Shibori Dyeing, Indian Delights, Make A Wall Hanging out of Scraps, and a series of single classes. I …
Questions about Cigarette silks what they are and why they were produced ae often raised in conversations between crazy quilters because reproduction cigarette silks are still used in contemporary crazy quilts. A well researched article online about these novelty items is Textile Tobacco Inserts and Premiums used in American Quilts, …
Arlee Has asked me to pass on the news that new yahoo discussion group has been established to explore and share free motion embroidery Freemotione is not for digitized or pre-programmed stitching here the idea is to use your sewing machine as a drawing tool.
