http://wiki.crafthead.info/ 2007-03-11T14:12:09+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/ http://wiki.crafthead.info/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2007-02-26T20:25:32+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=aromatherapy&rev=1172546732 Wikipedia defines aromatherapy as he use of volatile liquid plant materials, known as essential oils (EOs), and other aromatic compounds from plants for the purpose of affecting a person’s mood or health. Aromatherapy is a generic term that re... text/html 2006-09-14T22:17:30+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=blackwork&rev=1158297450 Blackwork, (sometimes known as Spanish work) is a counted thread monochrome embroidery, usually using a black thread on white or natural evenweave material. In earlier times dark blue, green brown and red threads were used. Work was often highlighte... text/html 2006-09-03T17:14:18+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=candlemaking.and.soapmaking&rev=1157328858 Book List Soap Naturally Ingredients, methods and recipes for natural handmade soaps. By Patrizia Garzena and Marina Tadiello. Format: Trade paperback, spacer 336pp + 8pp color photos. ISBN: 0975676407. Publisher: Programmer Publishing (Australia),... text/html 2006-09-03T17:14:24+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=candlemaking&rev=1157328864 ... text/html 2007-03-02T04:29:21+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=crossstitch&rev=1172834961 CROSS STITCH External Links mausimom's freebies. Cross stitch blog. Provides free charts including samplers,valentine, winter. In German. Kéna Blog. Features her works, including various free charts. In French. Echevette. A French cross stitch ... text/html 2006-09-14T21:48:02+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=embroidery&rev=1158295682 msn Encarta defines Embroidery as: act of making decorative needlework the craft of using needlework to make decorative designs something with decorative needlework something produced by or ornamented with decorative needlework Embroidery is def... text/html 2006-09-28T22:37:26+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=flowercraft&rev=1159508246 Flower craft Terminology - Flowercraft Terminology - Ikebana What does each flower mean when you receive a flower arrangement? ... text/html 2006-09-03T16:26:20+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=glass.crafts&rev=1157325980 by Margot Osborne, Wakefield Press, Hardcover, 154 pages, Glass Art & Instruction, 1 Apr 2006, ISBN: 1862546681. ... text/html 2006-08-10T09:31:29+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=glossary.-.quilting&rev=1155227489 Terminology - PATCHWORK and QUILTING A Acid-free tissue paper A tissue paper made without chemicals that would destroy the fabric fibers. Air-erasable pen A type of temporary marking pen which usually disappears within forty-eight hours. Albu... text/html 2006-07-23T08:07:36+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=hardanger&rev=1153667256 The origins of Hardanger are vague. There is evidence that both style and technique are associated with early Persian and Asian textiles. Links with Renaissance white work and lace can also be found. From time to time, particularly in the Middle Ag... text/html 2006-09-28T17:22:27+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=ikat&rev=1159489347 The centuries-old method of textile patterning known as ikat is another form of decoration that contributes to human being’s need for individual expression. Textiles, and the use of them, can be as diverse as language and the technique of ikat... text/html 2006-09-14T21:47:20+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=lacemaking&rev=1158295640 It descended from Bucks Point. The lace was made not only in Bedfordshire but also in the other counties of the East Midlands lacemaking area, Buckingham-shire and Northamptonshire. It was developed around the middle of the nineteenth century and wa... text/html 2006-08-12T03:56:02+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=millinery&rev=1155380162 Terminology - Millinery | Types of Hat ... text/html 2006-07-23T08:05:22+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=needle.painting&rev=1153667122 When the first embroidered silks from China reached Rome in the 3rd century, the Romans, amazed at their beauty and magnificence, aptly described the art as “painting with a needle”. The threads and fabrics, all made of silk, were somet... text/html 2006-07-23T08:14:17+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=needlepoint.tapestry&rev=1153667657 A tapestry is a picture or design which is woven. Today, many people buy tapestries to stitch in wool or cotton thread. In this instance, the term ‘tapestry’ is misleading. The accurate word for this type of embroidery is needlepoint tap... text/html 2006-07-25T09:54:49+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=papercrafts&rev=1153846489 Terminology - Papercrafts ... text/html 2006-07-23T08:06:01+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=pulled.thread&rev=1153667161 Pulled thread work is a counted thread technique in which the threads of the fabric are pulled or drawn together to make lacy patterns. It must not be confused with drawn thread work where the threads are actually withdrawn from the fabric. During ... text/html 2006-08-10T10:22:09+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=quilt.history&rev=1155230529 The earliest quilts found in Australia are in the 1850s period. The exact dates and the history of many of them are yet unknown. There are two places where you can view some of these quilts online, i.e., at the National Quilt Register and Powerhouse... text/html 2007-02-28T16:33:57+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=quilting&rev=1172705637 History - Australian Quilts | Terminology - Quilting | Types of Quilt Definition Quilting is a sewing method done either by hand, sewing machine or Longarm quilting system. The process uses a needle and thread to join two or more layers of mater... text/html 2006-08-10T11:15:24+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=quilttypes&rev=1155233724 Fabricland - Quilt Types ... text/html 2006-07-23T08:10:33+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=ribbon.embroidery&rev=1153667433 During the latter part of the 17th century, reaction set in against the elaborate dress of the Elizabethan and Tudor eras. Charles I set the fashion for simple elegance. Decoration was to consist mainly of ribbons, lace and pearls. By the mid 18th ... text/html 2006-09-28T17:13:51+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=start&rev=1159488831 This wiki is created to provide an online documentation and reference for everything related to crafts in general and to Australian crafts in particular. If you are Australian craftspeople, (craft) historians, or people who have strong interests in... text/html 2006-09-28T22:47:50+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=symbol-.flowers&rev=1159508870 Flowers as Symbols Birch leaves are given to a man by a woman as a show of encouragement. Calla Lily signifies beauty. Carnation white indicates pure and ardent love, as well as good luck. Chrysanthemum shows cheerfulness and optimism. Daisy is... text/html 2006-09-28T22:25:09+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=terminology.-.flowercraft&rev=1159507509 Flowercraft, flowercraft, floristry terminology and glossary BRIDAL BOUQUETS Biedermeier A tightly arranged nosegay consisting of concentric circles of various differently colored flowers. The blooms are wired into a holder, with one flower variet... text/html 2006-09-28T18:03:40+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=terminology.-.ikebana&rev=1159491820 Below is the list of terminology or glossary of Ikebana. Chabana an ikebana arrangement designed to be displayed in a tea ceremony room, or in connection with a tea ceremony. Like the tea ceremony itself, chabana arrangements should be simple, und... text/html 2006-07-23T12:16:59+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=terminology.-.lacemaking&rev=1153682219 Terminology - LACEMAKING B Bobbin lace Made with bobbins and a pillow. The bobbins, turned from wood, bone or plastic, hold threads which are woven together and held in place with pins stuck in the pattern on the pillow. The pillow contains straw... text/html 2006-08-12T08:06:24+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=terminology.-.millinery&rev=1155395184 Terminology - Millinery A Abacca (Musa textilis) A plant grown in the Philippines that produces the fiber used in the production of sisal and sinamay. Aigrette Tuft of feathers, usually stiff, used as hat ornament, originally from egrets. B B... text/html 2006-07-25T10:14:46+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=terminology.-.papercrafts&rev=1153847686 terminology - PAPERCRAFTS A Acid A chemical substance that has a pH of less than 7.0. Acids can react with photographs, paper memorabilia, metals, and scrapbook products shortening their life span, causing corrosion, discoloration, brittleness or... text/html 2006-07-20T23:37:23+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=terminology&rev=1153463843 ... text/html 2006-07-21T00:24:07+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=type.of.stitches&rev=1153466647 Back stitch Blanket stitch Bullion stitch Buttonhole stitch Chain stitch Colonial knot stitch Cross stitch Fly stitch French knot Lazy daisy stitch Reef knot Ribbon stitch Running stitch Satin stitch Stem stitch Straight stitch ... text/html 2006-09-03T17:13:20+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=types.of.crafts&rev=1157328800 Category: Types of craft Textile Crafts Applique Batik Braid Crochet Cross Stitch Doll Making Embroidery Fabric Painting Knitting Lacemaking Millinery Patchwork and Quilting Sewing Spinning Tapestry Weaving Studio Crafts Beadwo... text/html 2006-08-12T08:04:37+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=types.of.hat&rev=1155395077 Or the other explanation: Almost proverbial is the ten-gallon hat worn by Americans in the ‘Old West’, particularly so in Texas. Its description is taken to refer to its enormous size, which would conform with all the other Texan superl... text/html 2006-09-28T14:52:59+01:00 http://wiki.crafthead.info/doku.php?id=weaving&rev=1159480379 Read more about Ikat ...