Textiles and Crafts Technical Resource and FAQ

[The Lisa Faerie]

http://www.denverfabrics.com has a bunch of high-quality stuff for reasonable prices, but if you see something that you like, snatch it up! Once they're out of something, they're out.

[Liquid Nitrogen]

*slaps forehead* sorry, I posted in the wrong place gonk

[Brand]

Counted Cross Stitch

Info
- Counted Cross Stitch, Needlework, and Stitchery Page - Info and free charts.
Lilootes et Compagnie - Info, floss conversion charts!
Cheryl's Creations - Info and free patterns

Computer aids
PCstitch
PM Stitch
Pattern Maker

Designers/Patterns
Teresa Wentzler - Great fantasy designs.
Mirabilia - More fantasy
Dracolair - Some very nice Dragon patterns for sale.
Savvy Stitches - Has some cute free patterns.
Hanging by a Thread - Free patterns. Has a hello cthulhu pattern!
The Last Stitch - Anime patterns
Free Patterns - Also knitting, crochet, ect.
Patterns Online - Store, but has frebies
Cross Stitch Keepsakes info, patterns, message board
The Golden Hoop - Nice patterns + some freebies.

[TheMiniBrain]

I'll update when I can edit it (currently it's archived):

Online Craft store:
http://www.crscraft.com/Lobby.asp

Online Doll Wig store:
http://www.monique.com/

[Pixie Thief]

Wild Things!- http://www.wildginger.com/products/wildthings.htm

Awesome free program- add in measurements, tell it what you want to make...and viola! Insta-pattern! rofl

[magicaltuffie]

Ah, post didn't go.

One of the best sites online for crochet:
http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/
and the ever fabulous free crochet magazine, crochet me!
http://www.crochetme.com/index.html

[spacekitten]

I think you should add The Costume Technician's Handbook by Rosemary Ingham and Liz Covey, to your list of books. It teaches just about everything you could think of for sewing garments, and is highly recamended for teaching body blocking and pattern drafting. It also has entire chapters on saftey in the costume lab, dyeing and painting fabrics, and costume accessories. It is also a popular textbook among begginer textiles classes.

[Akisora]

Knitting is what I plan to learn how to do during Christmas break. I am particularly interested in ponchos. Any tips on how to start or what type of yarn to begin with?

[Caliphora]

Company: Singer
Make: Hmm... Not known.
Lifespan: It's a Victorian foot pedal type, so it's lasten at least 100 years so far.
Review: Excellent sewing, for such an old machine. How ever, it doesn't do many stitches.
Recommendation: If you like your vintage clothes to be really, really vintage, then invest in one of these. It's worth it. They sew really well, once you've mastered the technique. They don't bugger up as such as new machines do either.

[K i m z y]

www.createandcraft.com
it has everything you could buy for crafts
they also do american delivery shipping just click on international at the top

[Tina ~56]

hey wanna be freinds

[[Grendel]]

Caliphora

That machine is ******** beautiful! whee


http://www.craftster.org is a great community, it covers everything from jewelry making to furnishings.

[ArmyWife2007]

www.artclayworld.com

This is the link for all you ever wnated to know about Metal Clay and how it goes from being regular clay you can shape anyway you want to pure silver stunning jewelry just by firing it in a kiln on a stove or by a butane torch.