Dalton Ghetti carves tiny minature sculptures into the graphite of a pencil. ” At school Dalton always sharpened pencils by hand, and would sometimes peel the paint from the pencil and carve intricate designs into the wood. He noticed that a good blade cuts through both the wood and through …
It’s interesting the way people are using flickr groups. Nifty thrift is a group to share and swap (if you choose) thrift shop, garage sales, and flea market finds. Cassi Griffin of Bella Dia established the group and I know some people who read this would just love it!
Aronela left a comment to say that she is interested in the bags of fun challenge. So I am waving hello to her and welcoming her in to the group. I have done very little stitching on my bag as life at work has been busy and on top of …
The Bowes Museum holds a collection of European fine and decorative arts of the period 1400-1875 with an emphasis on the arts of France. Images and information about many of the objects held in the collections which you can search for easily via a search option. My searches turned up …
Sewunique has published a detailed step by step illustrated article on the Development of a Crazy Quilting Motif. This motif is a floral spray in the shape of a heart, is ideal for those new to crazy quilting. There is also a Folding Fan Needlecase which although has yet to …
I am late this morning simply because I got side tracked playing with another colour toy on Colr.org which describes itself as a site for playing with colours and words. To use it you select a colour then in the tag box describe it the two are connected to produce …
Apart from gadding about the globe day dreaming of avoiding the washing and housework I have just made some buttons for the challenge which people are free to use as they choose. You will need to copy them ie right click and save the image or if you are on …
