Morning all – I am a bit late but I have a really good excuse. Last night I completed another 8 inch block. As you can see it is the block started when I wrote the review for Dream a Seam templates by Carole Samples last weekend. As a side …
I am a big kid when it comes to Pop up books. The contradiction of the 3-dimensional non bookish surprise hiding in the book has always attracted me since I was a child. So discoving this site Pop-up and Movable Books: A Tour Through Their History which illustrates this format …
I was reminded me of this bag as a result of a friend agonising over how much to embellish a denim bag. When I was in my early 20’s I went backpacking. I was already addicted to stitching and had two pairs of jeans one to wear and one spare. …
A few weeks ago Jerry was in Copenhagen and he paid a trip to the National Museum and has recently loaded photographs of bronze age clothing that were preserved in Danish bogs. I think some of the historical costumers will be interested to see these images.
Before the break when I went on holidays I was working on a series of posts that related to crazy quilting. This morning I have finally got back in the swing of things. I thought I would speak about another styles of embroidery often found on contemporary crazy quilts. One …
Gosh I missed this, but it is a site worth looking at for the fabric postcard eyecandy alone. Fiberart For A Cause is an American Cancer Society Fundraiser which was run this year and since it was so successful looks as if it will be running next year too. The …
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 …
