Hugs and Kisses Crochet Blanket

Hugs and Kisses blanket

My latest crochet project is a wonderfully textured blanket from Jeanne Steinhilber https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hugs–kisses-baby-blanket-4. It’s a gorgeous pattern.

Baby Crocs 🙂

I’ve also made another couple of pairs of crocodile stitch cuff booties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvjhENDVJlk.

xoxo

Define circle segment angles in Illustrator

Sometimes you need to be able to define the angle of a circle segment. Trouble is, in Illustrator, circles are not true circles; they are ellipses shaped into circles with bezier curves.

I have written a tutorial detailing the two methods I use to define the angle of a circle segment. Download the tutorial here:

A long time ago I wrote up a tutorial to do the same using Inkscape:

It might be out of date, I haven’t checked, but it’s here just in case it’s still useful. 🙂

Create a stroke and fill embossed effect with Illustrator

Bodoni ‘g’

Illustrator, unlike Photoshop, doesn’t have dedicated contouring capabilities. This tutorial shows you how to achieve embossing effects without having to open up PSD and rasterizing your work.

You can apply the effects on shapes, including text, and you’ll be pleased to find that even after ’embossing’ your original graphics remain editable.

To finish off, it also shows you how you can save the effects as a graphic style to use in future projects.

🙂

The tutorial is here: