“In the Andes, textiles are not a hobby, they are a way of life. To live is to create textiles, and in creating textiles, you live.” Nilda Callaňaupa Alvarez Nilda is the founder and director of Centro De Textiles Tradicionales Del Cusco (CTTC), a non-profit organisation founded in 1996 by…
Q & A about Glow-in-the-Dark Thread
We are in Countdown to Halloween mode, and it seems like everyone is buying or making decorations and costumes. I have been getting many questions about glow-in-the-dark thread lately, as stitchers look to add that fun element to designs and projects. So I thought I’d answer the five most common questions…
Plush Delights – Plushy New Year!
I have to come clean and admit that I very nearly forgot this month’s blog post so, forgive me if this post is a little short. As it’s the New Year I was thinking of popular films in 2014, of course “Guardians of the Galaxy” immediately springs to mind.…