September 10, 2009
This is an exciting book! Jennifer Playford has taken the Japanese art of Furoshiki, or fabric-wrapping, and compiled a lovely, simple guide.
I’m totally incorporating some of this into my upcoming holiday wrapping. (And, making use of some fabric stash in the process.)
Wrapagami offers up 25 ways to use square or rectangular pieces of fabric [...]
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September 8, 2009
The awesome indie crafty publishing continues! Carina has just released an ebook (or, ebooklette) – Small Stitches, a lovely primer for people who want to dive into embroidery.
There are photo how-to’s for 11 stitches here, including Satin Stitch, Running Stitch, French Knots, Daisy Stitch, Buttonhole, and others. Carina also offers up a nice Basics [...]
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