A collection of what I term as ‘fibre arts’, with instances of patchwork, quilts, crochet, paper piercing and weaves. Arguably, given the premise of distinct topics of the page, some of these would be better placed as distinct entries, but for the sake of a related, themed ordering, I thus place them as an entity.
As such, I am hamstrung in my investigations as to fibre arts, as I am effectively an outsider to the field. I have only studied this in the context of patchwork about tessellations, primarily in 1987, at the beginning of my interest in tessellation. As such, I have not returned to the study since, having essentially taken what I wanted from the field, and moved on to other matters. Since my initial interest, books have appeared, especially with a tessellation premise, such as Tessellation Quilts by Christine Porter and others, albeit I have not pursued these. Even with a tessellation interest here, this situation is likely to continue for the foreseeable future, if not forevermore. I have more than enough to be getting on with my ‘normal’ studies without starting new fronts. Like most subjects, there is more to this than appears at first sight, with different materials, procedures with distinctions between quilting and patchwork, of which I was largely unaware before this research. And likely other aspects too that I have not yet encompassed. Therefore, all this should be borne in mind with my analysis.
There are many sites and pages on fibre art regarding the Cairo tiling, of varying degrees of interest and usefulness to me. However, the connection is not always made clear, from which one can assume that the Cairo tiling appears as a generic pentagon tiling.
Fibre Arts 1 - Quilting/Patchwork, by Josée Carrier
An instance of quilt work by Josée Carrier, of Canada, titled ‘Cosmic Voyage’,18″ x 36″, as shown on her website ‘The Charming Needle’. This work was created in response to a design challenge fabric contest on Spoonflower (an on-demand, digital printing company that prints custom fabric) in 2014, with the theme of ‘Cosmic Voyage’. However, upon submission, it didn’t reach any further than this initial stage. This is described as:
When sketching some ideas, I thought of joining some blocks to form a space ship. When playing with different shapes, I found that it worked out quite well using pentagons for the blocks… The idea was to use the other pentagons as windows on different things you can encounter in the immensity of the cosmos: nebula, galaxy, solar system, planet with craters. I put a lot of work and learned a lot from doing the 4 different designs for the pentagons…
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I contacted Carrier in 2014 to ask her about this, and found her to be most friendly and helpful. She told me that my site was the inspiration! She was previously unaware of the Cairo tiling and found it ideal for her project:
… When I started working on my fabric design. I was looking for a tile that could be assemble to form a spaceship. I thought it would be different using a different shape like a pentagon. This is when I started looking around on the internet and found your site. When I saw the Cairo tiling, I thought that was it. As soon I started making some sketch, I found out it was perfect for making a spaceship...
Background
Carrier has an engineering background, but also has a decided arts and craft interest, with sewing and quilting, and so she thus combines her interests for a common purpose. She has published several sewing and quilting projects in different magazines and is the co-founder of the Montreal Modern Quilt Guild. Her website is titled ‘The Charming Needle’.
Fibre Arts 2 - Quilting/Patchwork/Paper Piecing, by Hilde Klatt and Liesel Niesner
An instance of quiltwork/patchwork/paper piecing, in the German book Liesels Fünfecke: Inspiration & Anleitung für Fünfeckprojekte von Hand genäht nach Liesels Sechsecken-Technik, published by Ildico, 2006, by Hilde Klatt and Liesel Niesner. This translates as Liesels pentagons: Inspiration & Instructions for Pentagon Projects Sewn by Hand According to Liesel's Hexagonal Technique. This is described as:
228 pages of continuous color illustrations 32 new pentagonal line drawings as a design template
… Hand sewing the grandiose pattern of Liesel's pentagons opens up a veritable treasure chest. In this rich book you will find more than 50 projects, from quilts to little things to murals. There are detailed instructions for reworking, many suggestions for variation, as well as inspiration and encouragement for your own designs.
Liesel's pentagons are irregular pentagons that can be joined together to form a flat surface.
The patterns are divided into the three sections...
(a) Book Cover
(b) Pages 176–177
(c) Templates
Ildico is associated with Hilde Klatt’s blog, and so it appears to be a self-published book, although not of the typical vanity type, as it is widely quoted. There also appears to be templates available arising from the book.
As such, I am somewhat hindered in assessing this instance, in that I do not have the book to hand. Ideally, I would of course, but I have judged that the time and expense in obtaining is disproportionate to any real intrinsic worth. From picture searches, the Cairo tiling can be seen on the front cover, on pp. 176–177, and possibly more.
I have not been able to establish if there is a mention of the tiling in the book. Certainly, pp. 176–177 do not mention the association. Therefore, whether the use of the Cairo tiling is purposeful or accidental, the latter in the sense of a generic pentagon tiling is unknown. Having not seen the entire book, it would be unfair to speculate, but likely, given their background, they would not be familiar with the association.
Aside from a strict Cairo tiling, instances are also shown of a Cairo tile in association with other polygons, on the front and back covers, and inside. And indeed, some are most interesting!
Klatt and Niesner have also authored another earlier book, from 2001 (of which the above book title alludes to), on hexagons, in the same style (with an English translation). Liesels Fünfecke thus obviously builds upon the success of the earlier book.
I did not contact either of the authors.
Background Details
Surprisingly little is known of Klatt and Niesner themselves. Indeed, despite a website (Niesner) and blog (Klatt), there is next to biographical information on them at all! That said, Klatt’s blog is indeed expansive, and she describes herself as:
… designer and author, with a passion for color, form and textiles...
The website, which serves to market the book, is very poor indeed and is barely functional, although the book is indeed described relatively well.
http://www.liesels-ecke.de/ (A portal to Lieselei online store and HiIdes Ildicolor blog)
https://ildicolor.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/shells-muschelquilt/ (pp. 176–177 of the book)
https://ildicolor.wordpress.com/2012/09/22/shells-muschelquilt/ (pp. 176–177 of the book)
The following are all quilts derived from the book, with the maker’s name in brackets:
https://www.patchwork-quilt-forum.de/fuenfeck-decke-t4768.html (‘Maria’)
https://domesticat.net/2015/08/new-pentagon-in-town (Amy Qualls)
http://bastiansoma.blogspot.com/2010/06/5-eck-fieber-fische.html (‘bastiansoma’)
https://klaudiaspatchwork.blogspot.com/2017/10/mein-sommergarten-quilt-3-blume.html (Klaudia Schumacher)
Fibre Arts 3 - 'Quilt', by Christiane Bettens, aka Mélisande
An instance of ‘quilt’, titled ‘Cordovan pentagon quilt (opus XLV)’ by Christiane Bettens, aka Mélisande, an origamist, albeit included here with considerable reservation. Quite how best to assess, or interpret this instance is unclear: is it origami, a quilt or a combination? I have decided to discuss under both. Here I discuss a quilt. Indeed, a convincing case can be made for placing it solely as origami, which much better describes this instance. Indeed, it is not a quilt at all (despite the initial impression of a quilt-like interior decoration), at least in the conventional sense! However, I have thus included here for the sake of thoroughness (and indeed, place what I consider a more proper placing as origami in that section as well). Curiously and confusingly, at first glance to the non-origamist, Mélisande also has other works she titles as quilts, despite plainly (without the suggestive quilt-like interior decoration of the Cordovan instance) being origami! To the outsider of origami, as I was, this description at face value appears to be a quirk of Mélisande’s. However, I now see that this is an ‘official’ description of the origami world, and is freely used, and indeed, there are books with the title. The Origami Resource Center gives:
Given that origami has been around for over a thousand years, origami quilts is a relatively new branch of origami. Here, paper is folded into units and many units join to form beautiful, planar mosaics. These can then be displayed on a tabletop or hung up against a wall. Origami quilts may be considered a subset of modular origami. In modular origami, the models are usually polyhedra or stars. In contrast, origami quilts are flat and, in principle, can expand indefinitely. Because origami quilts are composed of many units joined side by side, they are reminiscent of tessellations.
So there you have the explanation!
© Mélisande, Creative Commons
Mélisande is aware of the Cairo tiling and directly refers to it as such, albeit briefly:
Cordovan pentagon quilt (opus XLV)
Inspired by Oschene's Cairo pentagonal knot.
Angles of these pentagons are 135° 90° 112,5° 112,5° 90°, same as figure 3 on this page. So the cordovan is considered a subspecies of the cairo tiling.
(Actually I found the reference after creating the unit myself)
71 pieces
‘Oschene’ is her friend, Philip Chapman-Bell. From her comments, the Cordovan attribution appears to have been applied retrospectively. This is the only instance in her origami/quilt work.
I did not contact Mélisande.
Background Details
Christiane Bettens/Mélisande is prominent on Flickr, and has an extensive blog, ‘The Chronicle of Mélisande’, both under Mélisande (the explanation of the nom de plume is not given), albeit, and curiously, without any mention of her real name (and which initially hindered research)! She first became interested in origami in 2003 and has an interest. She comes from a family with a paper tradition, editing, printing, and selling paper, but she made another choice for a profession, a primary care physician.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/melisande-origami/7328846506 (Cordovan pentagon quilt (opus XLV))
https://www.flickr.com/photos/melisande-origami/albums/72157631972891733 (Cordovan quilts)
https://origamiusa.org/thefold/article/origami-designers-secrets-christiane-bettens-m%C3%A9lisande (Interview)
http://origami-art.org/blog/index.php?post/2008/01/01/3-about (About)
Fibre Arts 4 - Quilt, by Lynn Kline, ‘Monkey Needle’
An instance of quilt work by fibre artist Lynn Kline, of the US, as shown on her website ‘Monkey Needle’. This work was created in response to a ‘challenge’ of sorts, of an ‘adventurous’ nature, of a quilt without the typical geometrical shapes normally encountered in quilting, such as squares, triangles and hexagons. Pentagons, as regards the practical aspects of sewing, are a somewhat ‘awkward’ shape to incorporate into a quilt (which explains the decided paucity of them in this field). The quilt is described:
But I don’t remember ever seeing a quilt made with pentagons… Then I found a picture of a pentagon bookcase and the idea for this quilt was born. On the top half of the quilt, the colored blocks and pieces are supposed to look as if they were sitting on a shelf of the bookcase. So the blocks are stacked, the books are laying at an angle, and the flower arrangement is lying on an angled shelf but not at the very edge.
The bookcase, from the link given, can be seen to refer to the Quodes/Alfredo Häberli instance (see the bookcase section), although this is not stated as such. A pleasing feature is the ‘interior within’, with books and flower decorations adorning the shelves. The quilt, apparently from 2014, mimics the different sizes of pentagons on one of the bookcases. Although this is thus strictly not a Cairo tiling, it is included here as it is sufficiently Cairo-like to be deemed an acceptable variation.
No mention is made of the Cairo tiling on the page, and so whether the use of the Cairo tiling is purposeful or accidental, the latter in the sense of a generic pentagon tiling is unknown. However, without any apparent mathematical interest, likely Kline would be not familiar with the association.
I did not contact Kline.
Background
Kline, of Western North Carolina, has many of the traditional interests in fibre art, including quilting, sewing, designing patterns, and crocheting. She has recently, in 2018, opened a shop, ‘A Stitch in Time’, dedicated to her craft, a culmination of a dream that came true.
Fibre Arts 5 - Quilt, by Sami Casanova
An instance of quilt work by Sami Casanova, of New York City, US, simply titled ‘red pentagons’, of 2008, as shown on his/her Flickr page (it is not clear if Casanova is male or female; Sami is seemingly used for both sexes. However, likely female, due to the ‘hatgirl’ reference in the Flickr URL. I will presume female in the text below). However, beyond this bare description, details on this work and Casanova are next to non-existent. The work was created for Casanova’s three-year-old son, upon his request! Casanova describes herself as a ‘Quilting geometer’, and in the works shown, some have a decided leaning towards mathematics, with tessellations and a Möbius band. And that’s about it, despite an apparently useful ‘about page’, which says nothing, but instead shows quilt images! Interestingly, this quilt is also discussed on the ‘A Nerd Quilts’ site, possibly by Casanova, but it’s hard to be sure! No name is given! However, the ‘about page’ lists her interests as quilting, knitting, math, puzzles, interactive fiction, and from whichsuch a social media presence (Twitter) appears to be of Casanova. It is all most frustrating! Why people delight in obfuscation, intentional or not, is a mystery to me.
No mention is made of the Cairo tiling on the page, and so whether the use of the Cairo tiling is purposeful or accidental, the latter in the sense of a generic pentagon tiling is unknown. From the Flickr page, it appears that Casanova would be unfamiliar with the association (as otherwise it would have been mentioned). However, the ‘A Nerd Quilts’ site shows a decided pentagon interest, of the pentagon types, with the Richard James III pentagon and in which the Cairo Pentagon is mentioned, so perhaps after all, Casanova is familiar with the association. Who knows?
I did not contact Casanova.
Background Details
As alluded to above, little is known. Indeed, all the background details have been incorporated into the above text, and so there is nothing more to say!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hatgirl/2351215997/in/photostream/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hatgirl/2352043788/in/photostream/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hatgirl/2352203517/in/photostream/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hatgirl/2352205009/in/photostream/
https://anerdquilts.typepad.com/blog/quilts/page/2/ (scroll to the end of the page)
Fibre Arts 6 - Quilt, by Pat Yamin, ‘Come Quilt With Me’, US
An instance of quilt work by Pat Yamin, of New York, US, simply titled ‘Pentagon’, of 30½” x 38½”. Yamin, with her website (not searchable) ‘Come Quilt With Me’, has a geometric section, but oddly, this instance is not there. Rather, this is in the book Simple Super One-Patch Quilts, Collector Books, 2013. That said, there is a variation on the website titled ‘Tipsy (sic) Turvy’, which is Cairo tiling in intent.
Page from Simple Super One-Patch Quilts
No mention is made of the Cairo tiling on the page, and so whether the use of the Cairo tiling is purposeful or accidental, the latter in the sense of a generic pentagon tiling is unknown. However, without any apparent ostensible mathematical interest, Yamin would likely not be familiar with the association.
I did not contact Yamin.
Background
Pat Yamin, with an interest in quilts for more than 40 years, is the president and founder of Come Quilt With Me, a family-owned business for 35 years, and is well known in the quilting industry. She has authored books and has appeared on many television and radio quilt shows, the most recent being ‘The Quilt Show’ with Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson. Her company manufactures templates and other tools that assure accuracy and shorten the time necessary to make a quilt, and since 2009, has organised quilt retreats throughout the US.
Fibre Arts 7 - Quilt, by Dorothea Lutgerink?
An instance of quilt work ostensibly by Dorothea Lutgerink, a fibre artist of Groningen, the Netherlands, albeit much here as to the quilt and designer remains uncertain. Indeed, so much so that it is decidedly trying and frustrating to figure out ‘all’ here. The quilt was found on her Pinterest page (no commentary is given), link below, with a link to her blog. However, when I clicked, I was unable to find the work! Her blog is most curious, with no posts, with links to other quilt and like blogs. Presumably, it is there, but I have no desire to wade through seemingly numerous blogs and pages to try and find it! Therefore, whether it is her work or not is unclear. She also shows another quilt work, partial, with a rabbit motif. Again, whether this is from here is uncertain. Apparently, Lutgerink once had a website, but it is now closed.
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As alluded to above, no mention is made of the Cairo tiling on the page, and so whether the use of the Cairo tiling is purposeful or accidental, the latter in the sense of a generic pentagon tiling is unknown. However, without any apparent mathematical interest, she would likely not be familiar with the association.
I did not contact Lutgerink.
Background
Little is known of Lutgerink. Basic detail is given on her Pinterest and Blogger pages. She was born in 1949 and enjoys the full range of fibre arts, namely quilts, sewing, crochet, mandalas, embroidery, and knitting. Among her favourite books is Liesels Fuenfecke, see above, and so possibly this is where the quote was derived from. Also mentioned is Designing Tessellations, presumably a Jinny Beyer quilt reference.
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/193514115226362278/ (Quilt)
https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/439734351097901929/ (Rabbit)
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/lutilieselt/ (Background)
https://www.blogger.com/profile/07833761633389321550 (Background)
Fibre Arts 8 - Crochet, by Sara Palacios
An instance of crocheting by fibre artist Sara Palacios, of Villa Reducción, Cordoba, Argentina, as shown on her Etsy page ‘ColorfulLullabies’. The crochet is described as a ‘Pentagonal flower Crochet Pattern’, and the pattern, rather than the product itself, is available as a PDF download. Palacios has an extensive craft and social media presence, particularly active on Ravelry, Flickr, Pinterest, and to a lesser degree on Instagram.
In contrast to most of the entries on this page, reference is made to the Cairo tiling, with ‘It is inspired by the Cairo pentagonal tiling’ and so the use of the Cairo tiling is purposeful. This is derived from the Wikipedia reference.
I did not contact Palacios.
Background
Sara Palacios has been making handcrafts since she was a child, but only started crocheting regularly in 2008. Previously, she knitted for almost 40 years. Maths, art, nature, and everyday experiences are the source of inspiration for her creations. She likens crochet to music. The single, double, triple and higher stitches are like notes of various lengths and their spaces are like rests. She teaches crochet in Río Cuarto and also in her house amid her main occupation in computing.
http://sarapalacios.com.ar/mantas/ (Website)
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/150935616/pentagonal-flower-crochet-pattern-cairo (Cairo Crochet)
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pentagonal-flowers (Cairo Crochet)
http://sarapalacios.com.ar/mantas/index.php/category/matematica-y-ganchillo/ (Interview, 2013)
Fibre Arts 9 - English Paper Piecing, by Paper Pieces
An instance of English paper piecing, as an acrylic template, from ‘Paper Pieces’, of Paducah, Kentucky, US, who supply various materials in the field, as a store and online. This is described as a ‘stretched pentagon’, and is available as a single pentagon in a variety of six sizes, with different side lengths, of ½”, ¾”, 1”, 1½”, 2”, 3” sides, with bases of ⅜”, 9/16”, ¾”, 1-7/16”, 2-3/16”, 1-⅛”. They have a largish website, which is searchable, and of which pentagons aside from the Cairo tiling feature heavily, perhaps more so than might be expected, albeit not all are single tilers. They have an extensive social media presence on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest; indeed, so much so that I did not reach the end of the pages!
Acrylic Template
No mention is made of the Cairo tiling on their site, and so whether the use of the Cairo tiling is purposeful or accidental, the latter in the sense of a generic pentagon tiling is unknown. However, despite the apparent mathematical interest as detailed above, they would likely not be familiar with the association.
I did not contact Paper Pieces.
Probably, for most people here, like myself, the intricacies and nuances of paper piecing are not generally known. The following, taken from Lina Patchwork, gives an excellent introduction:
English Paper Piecing is a pure hand-sewing method used in traditional patchwork and quilting. The method involves the stabilisation of a fabric patch by fixing it to a heavy paper template (the ‘paper piece’). These stabilised fabric patches are then sewn together by hand into larger patterns, or quilt blocks, usually using an over-sew method. The paper pieces are removed when the shapes are sewn in on all sides, and they can be reused for another project. The main advantage of English Paper Piecing is the fact that it is a very low-tech technique where few tools are needed, making EPP projects very ‘portable’. In addition, hand-sewing itself is seen by many as having a positive benefit on their overall well-being. The technique itself is easy to learn and only a little tuition is needed to achieve great results.
Foundation Paper Piecing, on the other hand, is generally done by a sewing machine. The pattern, usually a whole block, is drafted directly on a sheet of foundation paper (or a piece of muslin fabric). The block is then completed by sewing the fabric patches directly to the foundation paper using the stitch-and-flip method. On completion of the block, the paper is removed by carefully tearing it away.
Both techniques have their merits, as both enable the creation of stunning quilts, sewing very complicated patterns with high accuracy. Foundation Paper Piecing is quite complicated and can be very challenging, particularly for a beginner in sewing. This method is best learned in a workshop under expert tuition.
Background
Little is known of the company. The 2019 catalogue states they have been in business for over twenty years, but the names and the number of people involved are not stated. Likely, it is a relatively small company, of just a handful of people. And that’s about it!
The six instances:
https://www.paperpieces.com/3-4-Stretched-Pentagons
https://www.paperpieces.com/1-1-2-Stretched-Pentagons
https://www.paperpieces.com/1-2-Stretched-Pentagon
https://www.paperpieces.com/1-Stretched-Pentagons
https://www.paperpieces.com/2-Stretched-Pentagons
https://www.paperpieces.com/3-Stretched-Pentagons
For those in Germany it is also available online from Sue’s Quilt Shop:
Fibre Arts 10 - Weave, by Harry Nisbet
An instance of ‘linear zigzag weave’, of some undoubted historical importance, of 1906, by Harry Nisbet, a textile authority of Bolton, UK, albeit quite how best to assess or interpret this instance is unclear. This appears in the book Grammar of Textile Design, Chapter 10, pp. 77–102, ‘Diamond and Kindred Weaves’, p. 101, Fig. 276, albeit the diagram is not mentioned, never mind discussed as an entity in its own right, but rather in the context of other weaves, of Figs. 266–276. As such, there is essentially nothing as to detail its appearance, as a weave or of the pentagonal aspect. This is the only pentagonal instance. Nesbit states:
‘Figs. 266–276 are examples of linear zigzag weaves…’ and ‘Figs. 268–276 are examples of linear zigzag weaves based on this principle of weaving…’.
A further oddity is the, or what appears to be, the underlying structure accompanying Fig. 276, below. As such, I do not see the correlation! The other figures are of the same presentation, with the same, to me at least, lack of correlation.
Pages 100-101 from Grammar of Textile Design
Be all as it may, as alluded to above, historically this is significant, being one of the earliest appearances of the tiling. Of course, as this predates the first reference to the Cairo tiling, no mention is made in the context of the association with Cairo.
Background
Little is known of Nesbit himself, save for what institutional detail is given in the title pages of his books. No bibliographic detail is given. There is nothing on him at all on the web. The Grammar of Textile Design states on the title page: ‘Weaving and Designing Master, Municipal Technical School, Bolton’.
He has also authored another book, On Sizing, which, as well as mentioning his Bolton association, also states that he is a member of The Textile Institute. (The Textile Institute is a professional body for those engaged in clothing, footwear, and textiles whose headquarters are Manchester, UK. The Institute was founded in 1910 and incorporated in England by a Royal Charter granted in 1925 and is a registered charity.) In Cotton Weaving and Designing he is one of the editors, along with Frederick Wilkinson, with John T. Taylor as the author. This is also mentioned on the title page of his Bolton association.
Cotton Weaving and Designing is available on the Internet Archive (as is Grammar of Textile Design) and on the off chance of another pentagonal tiling appearing, I searched, but to no avail. On Sizing does not appear to be available.
Does anyone know more about Nesbit, or can they add to this entry? No detail is too small to mention.
30 June 2025. A new page, albeit assembled from existing text and pictures from Classic Sites, the material having previously been placed under 'Cairo Tiling As Miscellanous 1', a very long page, with, as the title suggests, miscellaneous entries that (iniatally, I believe, ) did not warrant a distinct section, hence assembeled en masse. However, the section on Fibre Arts grew to ten entries, and so I now judge that this more than justifies a section of its own. The material appears to have been moved around as the criteria have changed.
And as is usual, I now correct the text in Grammarly pending a more intense review, as I now find it had more errors than I care to admit (even basic spelling errors).
'Old' Page History
2014
Quilting/Patchwork, Josee added 2 October.
2019
Fibre Arts, Patchwork/Quilting. The book Liesels Fünfecke by Hilde Klatt and Liesel Niesner text, picture and links added 14 November (new entry)
Fibre Arts, Patchwork/Quilting, by Josée Carrier. Wholesale revision and expansion to an existing 2014 entry, of just two lines and a single picture! 19 November 2019 (Effectively a new entry).
Fibre Arts, Patchwork/Quilting and Origami (dual placing) by Christiane Bettens, aka Mélisande. Text, pictures and links added 20 November (new entry).
Fibre Arts, Quilting, by Lynn Kline, of 'Monkey Needle', US. Text and links added 21 November. (new entry).
Fibre Arts, Quilting, by Sami Casanova, US. Text and links added 22 November (new entry).
Fibre Arts, Quilting, by Pat Yamin, of 'Come Quilt With Me', US. Text, picture and link added 25 November. (new entry).
Fibre Arts, English Paper Piecing, by Paper Pieces, US. Text, picture and link added 26 November (new entry).
Fibre Arts, Quilting, by Dorothea Lutgerink, the Netherlands. Text, picture and link added 27 November (new entry).
Fibre Arts, Crochet, by Sara Palacios, Argentina. Text, picture and link added 28 November (new entry).
Fibre Arts, Weave, by Harry Nisbet, UK. Text and picture added 29 November (new entry)