This website has some lovely lace butterflies and other beauties. However, I had trouble finding out how to actually make lace. There are lots of links on this site so maybe with more time I could find out more. I would love to put some photos on here but of course they're all copyright.
http://lace.lacefairy.com/Lace/
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Lace
I've often admired lace and lacemakers at shows, and yesterday at my local library, on the "chuckout table" I found a book for 20 cents called A Dictionary of Lace by Pat Earnshaw, printed in 1982. It is so interesting to find out about different types of lace. Unfortunately the photos, though lovely, are all in black and white and fairly small. Still, it was 1982 when you didn't always expect big colour photos such as we are used to now. Having had my interest whetted, I googled Venetian lace and found this page on Mary Corbet's Needle "n"Thread site, which is interesting anyways, as it has lots of different types of needlework. I recommend it.
http://tinyurl.com/247mx6x
http://tinyurl.com/247mx6x
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Embroidered Butterflies
http://users.sa.chariot.net.au/~rbg/amaryllis_ds.htm This website has some lovely pictures.
Look out for some more butterfly patterns from me in the next few months.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Baby quilt
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Here you see the lovely quilt my sister made ready for the arrival of her first grandchild. There is also a close up view on my website, at www.christinelinton.com.au on the What Have You Made page, as well as new green information boxes.
I recently wrote a profile for Country Bumpkin embroidery magazine about myself and they have kindly published in in their free online newsletter, or Webletter, which is easy to find at this link:
http://tinyurl.com/23sgyox
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Making money from craft
Making Money from Craft
I have always wanted to make money from craft. I have made some, but not much!
When I was at primary school, I made "pom-pom" animals for the kids at school. I charged sixpence a time. When my Mum wanted to know what I wanted all her spare balls of wool for, and I told her, she made me give all the sixpences back!
Then when I was a young mum myself, I bought myself a knitting machine. After I had mastered it and was making my family good stuff, I offered to make an acquaintance a hat and scarf set for her child, in their team footy colours. Unfortunately, I didn't follow footy at the time, and used the wrong shade of blue! She was very understanding and bought it anyway. I didn't offer anyone else this dubious opportunity.
Then when I was in the swing of patchwork and quilting, I started making quilted patchwork shopping bags for market stalls. Unfortunately - why does that word keep coming up? - people didn't want to pay a fair price for a handcrafted item, when they could buy a bag for $1 or $1 at the supermarket. I sold two, both to the same lady. She wanted to send one to her sister in America. Many months later, I realised that was all I was going to sell, as I had done the rounds of markets and people only wanted the cheapest of the cheap, and there is, after all, no point selling at a loss. At the same time I was sewing from home for people, but as nearly everyone just wanted hems taken up I decided I could die of boredom some other way, and discontinued sewing from home. It's just not viable.
Once again I am in the sewing business, but this time just offering my patterns on a website at www.christinelinton.com.au and you can see the rest of this article at Ezine articles.com. If you click on the Ezine articles button below, and type my name in the Search box, you will find the list of my articles and can click on any you want to read.
I have always wanted to make money from craft. I have made some, but not much!
When I was at primary school, I made "pom-pom" animals for the kids at school. I charged sixpence a time. When my Mum wanted to know what I wanted all her spare balls of wool for, and I told her, she made me give all the sixpences back!
Then when I was a young mum myself, I bought myself a knitting machine. After I had mastered it and was making my family good stuff, I offered to make an acquaintance a hat and scarf set for her child, in their team footy colours. Unfortunately, I didn't follow footy at the time, and used the wrong shade of blue! She was very understanding and bought it anyway. I didn't offer anyone else this dubious opportunity.
Then when I was in the swing of patchwork and quilting, I started making quilted patchwork shopping bags for market stalls. Unfortunately - why does that word keep coming up? - people didn't want to pay a fair price for a handcrafted item, when they could buy a bag for $1 or $1 at the supermarket. I sold two, both to the same lady. She wanted to send one to her sister in America. Many months later, I realised that was all I was going to sell, as I had done the rounds of markets and people only wanted the cheapest of the cheap, and there is, after all, no point selling at a loss. At the same time I was sewing from home for people, but as nearly everyone just wanted hems taken up I decided I could die of boredom some other way, and discontinued sewing from home. It's just not viable.
Once again I am in the sewing business, but this time just offering my patterns on a website at www.christinelinton.com.au and you can see the rest of this article at Ezine articles.com. If you click on the Ezine articles button below, and type my name in the Search box, you will find the list of my articles and can click on any you want to read.
Saturday, July 3, 2010
New Patterns
These two pictures show the two new patterns I have on my website. The bottlebrush flower is embroidered in silk with beads, and the knitted doll is 5" tall, for the dolls house, and has flexible limbs so that she can sit down in a chair. I sent my Mum this doll, I called her Mini Molly after Mum. Go to www.christinelinton.com.au
My computer woes are resolved - all my old files just reappeared after another update! Still, I now save all new typing of patterns or anything else onto a USB every time.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Computer glitch ...
Just a note to say I can't update this blog right now, as my computer "crashed" and although most programs are fine, all the data I have entered has disappeared. Fortunately I tend to back up fairly frequently on CDs or USB so I don't have too much to update, but must do it straight away! Keep sewing (or reading about it).
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