Comments for textile dreams - fibery wake up

Comment on Crewel Embroidery Pomegranate—Finished! by Susan

Susan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:09:58 +0000

I love the shading effect of the colours on the leaves and fruit.

Those colours would be absolutely ideal for a Jacobean style piece, I can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Comment on Needlepoint Lace Tutorial – Part 9 by Carmen Andrade

Carmen Andrade — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:43:30 +0000

Muchas gracias por este tutorial. He aprendido mucho con él y sé lo laborioso que debe haber sido subirlo. Mil gracias.

Comment on Retail Therapy in Birmingham by Jane

Jane — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:21:44 +0000

I love crewel embroidery and Sue Hawkins does some beautiful designs. Looks like you will have fun

Comment on Retail Therapy in Birmingham by Susan

Susan — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:50:25 +0000

It really is a beautiful frame. I haven’t done much embroidery in years but I’d be tempted to do more just to have an excuse to buy one of those.

Comment on Making a Bag (or lots of them) by Ruth O'Leary

Ruth O'Leary — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:52:18 +0000

What a great idea! Great bag, too.

Comment on Tatted Earrings by lizziebach

lizziebach — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:50:41 +0000

I’ve also made some tatted jewellrey. There’s a picture of it here: http://lizziebach.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/a-pair-of-earrings-to-match/ I think you are right that in order to bring these crafts forwards with us we need to come up with ways of making them contemporary. I love my jewellrey and think despite it being an old craft the necklace and earrings themselves look modern as they have been made in fashionable colors.

Comment on Hexagons for Quilters by Mariposa

Mariposa — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:47:22 +0000

I was Googling “hexagon quilt pattern” images and came across this post.

Thanks for the link to Jon Ingram’s site! It’s very interesting and I love what you and he did with these tiles. There’s a hexagon quilt in my future and You’ve given me more inspiration to do it!

Comment on Needlepoint Lace Tutorial – Part 1 by bicks

bicks — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:24:34 +0000

thanks for the tutorial… i always wanted to learn this work .thanks

Comment on Book Review—Victorian Lace Today by Susan

Susan — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:22:48 +0000

It is a fantastic book, isn’t it? Once you have made one of the shawls, you will be amazed at the number of opportunities you find to wear it. I’ve even worn my wedding shawl as a scarf while hiking through muddy fields!

Comment on Sketchcrawling on a Sunny Spring Day by susanskinner

susanskinner — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:06:39 +0000

Congratulations on 100 posts!

My favourite part of your blog is seeing your own projects, mainly because they tend to be crafts that I don’t currently do but would love to try if I had more time, particularly your quilting and your lace.

Saying that though, I also love your book and museum reviews!

Susan