While Google Images and Bing Imageseach have a search function to help you find images with a specific colour, and there are several sites that enable you to create a palette from an image, I’ve come across another site that enables you to search the Flickr Creative Commons archives for images using a customised palette. […]
Gadgets & Notions
All lined up & ready to go
I need to find a thread stand or container to hold all the threads that I am currently using in a quilting project (the inserts to my Artbin Super Satchels would be ideal but they are fully utilised). In the meantime, the window sill works pretty well:
Time to Play
My upgrade to Electric Quilt 7 arrived today:
Old dog, new tricks?
OK. I’ve unpacked and assembled the new digital SLR camera and have read the manual. Well most of it. For the past few years, I admit to being a lazy photographer – relying mostly on the auto settings even though my cameras have had greater functionality. Now it’s time to be more pro-active, or as […]
Photo Transfers with Orange Power
1 July Update: Orange Power Sticky Spot + Goo Dissolver is the only Australian product that I have found works reliably with this technique. Check the Orange Power website for where to buy, including at Coles, BILO and larger IGAs. Australian Purchasers – You can purchase Orange Power online. Further to the Twelve by Twelve […]
Please wait…adjusting
As modern day quiltmakers, teachers and communicators, we rely a great deal on having the right tools and having them work. Lose electricity, we’re stranded. Internet goes down, we’re bereft. Bloglines on the blink as it has been for the past 24 hours and we don’t know what’s happening. For me, the sudden demise of […]