I have just had a phone call from the Vic. President – asking me to let all Gumnuts know that Joan Brown passed away in the early hours of Continue reading →
Solvi, light boxes and using metho with a photocopier to reverse an image.
Transferring designs I don’t know if this will help but the local material shop had this wonderful plastic stuff for transferring designs to difficult fabrics. Continue reading →
Threads A3.If you haven’t solved your problem of “Bouncy” metallic threads unraveling …put a single half hitch on the thread, get a plastic drinking straw, cut a piece the length of the neck of Continue reading →
Tatting
When my thread is running out I leave about 20cm and make sure I’m about to start a ring. I then fill the shuttle with new thread and this is the nice bit. Continue reading →
There are special Tambour hooks but an ordinary crochet hook works well through the net. Use a really fine one, the finer the better, but remember you do not Continue reading →
Palm down and palm up, different methods, leaves and squares.
TALLIES I have not tried tallies Palm up – I do the Palm down version!!
Yes, hold the 3 passives in your left hand, between thumb and 1st, 1st Continue reading →
All my spangles used to be on brass wire, and I have changed them all to fishing line over the past few years. I often found that threads got snagged on the wire, as well as getting sharp Continue reading →
The Romanian Point Lace – is a craft used by the Romanian women to enrich their home decor by creating doilies, tablecloths, runners, curtains, decorative pillows and/or framed as pictures. Cotton thread commonly Continue reading →