My favorite new toy is Tess , an origami tesselation program generously shared by Eric Gjerde . This little program does not install but ru...

Free decorative painting patterns for you to enjoy from Mounet-Lipp Mural Art.

Free vintage embroidery patterns generously shared by the Pattern Bee . Look for "Free Stuff"

From the Fiber Gypsy. I was interested in the children's sizing .

The Smithsonian exhibit of Sewing Machine Trade Literature . This guide illustrates the range of materials published by and about sewing mac...

Advanced designs from The Pumpkin Wizard Simple designs from Swan's Pumpkin Farm

From the Tempting Templates archive at Stampington & Company This paper doll chain template

" RavensBlight ... odd name for a town, but then... it's an odd town. Here you'll find over 200 paintings and photographs on di...

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I followed this tutorial for making beaded beads sometime last year. I formed some of the beads around a jelly bracelet. It's comfortab...

Update: the pictures seem to be gone but the written instructions are still there. Tutorial from wee wonderfuls. Love these! What a great...

Beeton's Book of Needlework Facsimile edition at Project Gutenberg Beeton's Book of Needlework was originally published in Great Bri...

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From the makers of The Stokesay Ware range of dolls house china.

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