Design:
Colour
A Study of Color and Design introduces design principles in a series of 5 articles by Gene Wright. The second part introduces colour with the third and fourth continuing the topic and the final article wraps it up for you.
All about Colour a hyperlinked article provided by Pantone.
Color for Needleworkers by Mary Shipp
Colour in Needlework by Lucy Lyons Willis of La Chatelaine Designs. A good article covering some of the basics of colour theory
Colour Matters: all aspects of colour are covered ie colour perception, as a science, colour and computers, colour and research and it continues. A site well worth poking around in to learn a little more about colour.
Colour Museum an interactive site provided by the Society of Dyers and Colourists in the UK.
Color Theory: an article that covers the basics provided by Color Matters.
Color Glossary an illustrated article on terms used when speaking about with color.
Optical Color Blending By Lois Caron, this article explains how to blend color using either solid or multicolored threads.
History of Color Wheels or Color Ordering by Mary Ellen Searcy is a brief article on the history of how we have thought about colour and tried to make sense of it. Provided by the American Needlepoint Guild.
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Colour schemers and tools online
Color Schemer - Online This is a great idea. This online program that displays up to 15 colors that compliment one another great for anyone who is learning about colour.
Design Principals
Sue Strause covers the basics of design elements such as tone, balance, rhythm, texture and colour in Quest: Taking the Fear Out of Designing
Charting Designs for evenweave fabrics
Charting Simple Text for Needlework Article provided by Beth Katz
How to Make Cross-Stitch Charts in Photoshop 4.0 a step by step article
Self-contained Fabric Computer when you know the stitch count height and width as well as the fabric count, this page will compute the size of the design area for your project. A very handy javascript driven calculator provided by Beth Katz.
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Fabric and stitch Calculators
Self-contained Fabric Computer will calculate the size of the design area for your project. This is a very handy javascript driven calculator is provided by Beth Katz.
Designing Stitches for hand embroidery
Pattern Making with Cross Stitch by Jean Draper who has focused on using cross stitch in contemporary free manner.
Stitching For Effect by Beth Robertson and Suzanne Howren who have provided advice on thread and canvas selection, and demonstrate their explorations via illustrations of a few simple stitches worked in different threads.
Optical Color Blending explains how to blend color in the needle using either solid or multicolored threads.
Variations of a Theme by Gayle Bicknell.
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Design research
Simply Embroidery by Maistreas Sîban nî Sheaghdha, an article which covers some of the historical aspects of embroidery, planing and researching a project, and transfering the pattern to fabric.
Creative Development
Developing your Creative "Side" Part I This Caron Collection article is the part of a series by Lois Caron. Part 2 is also housed on the site.
Are You Caught in Design Gridlock? By Lois Caron. From the Caron Collection of articles
Letters From Gene A Study of Color and Design by Gene Wright the start of an series of 5 articles all of which are online, on design provided by the American Needlepoint Guild
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General Design Resources useful to Textile Practitioners
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