Robin Kingsley of Bird Brain Designs says a product called Transfer-Eze eliminates the tedium of transferring embroidery designs. You can go from computer graphic to ready-to-stitch design in a couple of quick steps. Get the details from her blog post… Read More...
Learn needlepoint techniques from DMC
Enjoy a beginners’ needlepoint stitch-along project on DMCThread’s Blog. Emma says,
… Read More...I thought it would be a blast if you stitched along with me, so I have turned this project into a series!
As you work this project
How to apply Thread Heaven
After you take a few stitches, does your floss get rough and tangly? Mm-hmm. Mine, too. A tried-and-true solution to this problem is a sparing application of Thread Heaven, a thread conditioner. Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching shows us just … Read More...
Kind of a sketchy character
This piece — Sketchy by Iviva Olenick of Were I So Besotted — tickles the writer part of me and pleases the stitcher part. I love Iviva’s brain. That’s all. See more on her blog.
Tutorial: Waved chain stitch
This week’s TAST challenge is waved chain stitch. See the tute on SharonB‘s Pin Tangle blog.
The fall festival is open!
The fall Counted Wishes Cross Stitch Festival is now open and will be online through August 7. The site says,
The Counted Wishes Festival is a unique Needle Arts online show featuring a wide variety of artwork from many independent… Read More...
Free August calendar from JMD Designs
Janet Davies has posted a free desktop calendar for August that features her lovely needlework. Get the download from JMD Designs.
Free charts: Cross-stitch
Make an Earth Loom
Terri of Weaving a Life says,
It has been a year since my Earth Loom was set-up. Over that time, many things have been woven into it by many different people.
This idea is so wonderful, it actually made me … Read More...
Stitch Braille greetings
I love this series of embroidery designs from Kell of Kincavel Krosses. She’s rendering common greetings in Braille for cross-stitch. Or you can substitute French knots. Or you can add the related text with a backstitch alphabet. Or you … Read More...
How to diagram tatting
Get the lowdown on creating tatting diagrams from expert Jon Yusoff. She says her notes “are more like tips and hints on how to make the drawing process easier and faster” rather than a tutorial for using certain software. … Read More...
Get your free calendar from SharonB
This beautiful desktop calendar for August, featuring the embroidery of SharonB, is a free download from Pin Tangle blog. Go get it.
Tutorial: Buttonhole bars
Sarah Whittle shows us how to stitch detached buttonhole bars, the perfect stitch for creating lacy spiderwebs. See the tute.
You could win this quilt
Georgia Seitz is passing the word that the Palmetto Tat Days Scholarship Fundraiser Quilt is ready to be raffled. She says,
… Read More...Over 70 international tatters have been working on the scholarship fundraiser crazy quilt for Tat Days 2010. It
“Embroideread” with Checkout Girl
Oooooo! Look what Melissa Crowe (Checkout Girl) is up to: She’s sponsoring a contest that combines her two great creative loves — embroidery and poetry. She invites us to embroider a poem and submit a photo to a … Read More...
Publish your CS designs on CrafTown
CrafTown.com publishes readers’ original craft designs, and right now they’re especially interested in “beefing up” their cross-stitch offerings. Although it’s not a paying gig, I’ve heard through the grapevine that the site gets 600,000 to 800,000 hits a month, which … Read More...
Oops! Pardon my French
I received a sweet note from reader Sivani, gently pointing out an inaccuracy in credit for a design. I’ve been posting links to the French blog plaisirdecreer, which has been sharing a beautiful blackwork sampler in instalments. Sivani … Read More...
Get a free Halloween-in-July design
Yikes! I almost let a great freebie slip by! Urban Threads‘ e-newsletter points to a free lace spiderweb design and says,
… Read More...It’ll make a sweet coaster, doily, or spooky decoration for your haunted house. Freestanding lace is awesome, and
Variegation adds life
Laura Wasilowski of Artfabrik blog recommends using variegated thread to add life to hand stitching. She says,
… Read More...Changes in color value or hue make the surface more active and tantalize the eye. I’m making small quilts and I want to
Happy squares
This gorgeous, colorful stitchery by Parpi of CRESUS artisanat seems improvisational. It’s got that kind of energy. And it makes me so happy. That’s all.