Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread tests Sulky Iron-on Transfer Pens
and shares her findings. See the post.
Honoring women with stitching
Kay Susan of S’Mockery SmArt responded to stitchin fingers‘ International Women’s Day challenge with this sweet pin doll. She says entries had to use “the suffragette colours of purple (for dignity), white (for purity) and green (for hope).” Love … Read More...
Allie’s stitchy experiment
When Allie Aller (Allie’s in Stitches) wanted to express appreciation to her roommate at a recent conference, she whipped up a little sumpin sumpin from fabric scraps, a vintage hankie, some fabric glue, tulle, and a little machine … Read More...
Elegant soccer
Jane of World Embroideries stitched this unusual temari. She says,
… Read More...Ever since I started making temari I have thought that certain markings look like a soccer ball. So when I decided to make a temari for a co-worker who had
Inspiration: Cross-stitch “mural”
Brilliant! This faux cross-stich mural was created by Eline Pellinkhof. See more beautiful things on her blog.
Many thanks to Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching for pointing out this find.
Giveaway: Sew Lovely pattern
Katy of Sew Lovely Embroidery is having a rockin giveaway. Four stitchers will win her new Folk Art pattern. Go to Katy’s blog post to enter before March 14.
Tutorial: Basic cutwork
Maya of Little Treasures has posted a tutorial for basic cutwork embroidery. See her post on whip up blog.
Inspiration: DIY Ganesha DeriDolls
A teeny tiny Ganesha craft Kit so that you can make your own little Hindu soft toy kit. DeriDolls rock. Go to the blog post to see more views.
How to block embroidery
Janet M. Davies of JMD Designs had some great advice for freeing your needlework of wrinkles. She says,
… Read More...I do not mean wrinkles that may happen because your tension was too tight or you did not use a hoop while
Free chart: Whitework sampler
Carol Leather of Needlework Tips & Techniques has published a new e-book on whitework. She says, “It is the accumulated instructions, diagrams and complete chart for the whitework sampler” featured as a stitch-along in her newsletter. Get the free download… Read More...
New mini samplers from Janet Granger
Here’s some juicy news from Janet Granger:
… Read More...I have just launched a couple of new samplers on my website, which you might like to look at. The saying on the first sampler is ‘A Token Of Love’. It is
Win an Ultimate Embroidery Kit from Sublime Stitching
The CG Needlework blog has an awesome giveaway to honor Craft Month: Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching has donated an Ultimate Embroidery Kit! Jenny’s site describes it best:
… Read More...The Original Embroidery Kit! Everything you need to learn how to
Free cross-stitch charts
We’ve chosen the best hand-embroidery patterns for you to attempt this week! We offer something for everyone, whether you’re a novice or a seasoned veteran. Our free cross-stitch patterns range from simple cross-stitch patterns to more complex floral and animal … Read More...
Patterns and charts: Easter
We’ve chosen the best hand-embroidery patterns for you to attempt this week! We offer something for everyone, whether you’re a novice or a seasoned veteran. Our free cross-stitch patterns range from simple cross-stitch patterns to more complex floral and animal … Read More...
Learn to embroider from Mollie
Mollie of Wild Olive promised us an Embroidery Basics course, and now she’s delivering. Find out more about the free weekly series, coming up soon, from Mollie’s blog post.
Lace work, old and new
John Hopper has an excellent article on The Textile Blog about the lace work of Dagobert Peche in the early 20th century. A sample of Peche’s work is shown in the top image. When I saw it, I couldn’t help … Read More...
Tutorial: Dividing floche
If floche is an indivisible embroidery thread, why is Mary Corbet dividing it? Find out why and how from her Needle ‘n’ Thread blog post.
Losses
The needle art world lost two well-loved leaders recently.
Judy Harper, needlepoint matriarch, died February 28. Her obituary is posted on the home page of her web site.
Lisa Roswell, the designer behind The Primitive Needle, … Read More...
Online stitcher’s resources
Emma of DMCThread’s Blog has put together a list of links to useful online tools and resources for stitchers. Better bookmark this one! See the post.
DMC Thread Blog no longer exists please check out DMC’s website directly.
Tutorial: Dimensional embroidery
Lakshmi of Hand Embroidery from Sadalas has come up with a rockin dimensional embroidery technique that she calls “comb embroidery…without the comb.” An easy approach with beautiful results. See her tute.