Have you tried your hand yet at Bargello Needlepoint‘s online stitch-related crossword puzzle? No? Well, hop to it!

Melissa of Honey Bee’s Bliss says the French-knot loop flower is the perfect filler for silk-ribbon sprays. (See the tiny blue flowers in the upper-right motif of the CQ block at left.) She shows us exactly how it’s done in … Read More...

I can’t wait for these lamps to become available in the United States! core77 blog showed us the Stitch Lamp from Swedish company LampGustaf. The blog notes,

It comes with a darning needle and yarn in eight colors, so

The checkerboard itself could be part of a larger checkerboard — which is sort of like life.  –Jude Hill

Have you been watching the new series of videos by stitchery innovator and experimenter Jude Hill? Jude invites us to … Read More...

Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor for About.com, shares this Wayward Winds pattern, which she says “can be stitched in any combination of colors in smaller quantities, making it a perfect scrap-basket project.” Go to Cheryl’s blog post to get … Read More...

DMCThread’s Blog winds up its four-part series on cross-stitch with two beautiful free patterns. And it starts a new series on needlepoint with an awesome giveaway. Go to the blog post to learn more, get the patterns, and see the … Read More...

YouCanQuiltThis.com has posted a tutorial for herringbone stitch by Needle in a Haystack. Go see.

(1) Bonne fête Grand-mère from Arachné en son jardin
(2) La journée de la femme from Le blog de defidetoile
(3) Le fermier from bdcouture
(4) Monogram F from Stofnest
(5) Licorne from Le blog de kali
(6) Matriochka de … Read More...

Have you seen a design on the web that you’d love to replicate in embroidery? Or maybe you’ve created and colored an image in your graphics software, and now you’d like to produce it in thread. Mollie of Wild Olive… Read More...

(1) Spring from Stofnest by Ria Lanser
(2) Bienvenue au mois de mars from Danybrod
(3) Bienvenue dans mon jardin (two versions) from Le blog de la marmotte brodeuse
(4) Carré Printemps/Spring Square from Les petites croix de Symiote
(5) … Read More...

(1) Spring from Stofnest by Ria Lanser
(2) Bienvenue au mois de mars from Danybrod
(3) Bienvenue dans mon jardin (two versions) from Le blog de la marmotte brodeuse
(4) Carré Printemps/Spring Square from Les petites croix de Symiote
(5) … Read More...

Janet M. Davies of JMD Designs has posted a pattern and instructions for stitching up Easter eggs in lustrous silk. Use them (as Janet did) to border a tablecloth, or create some special holiday napkins, or…you’ll think of something! … Read More...

MrXStitch, Connie G. Barwick of About.com, and Rachel Hobson of Craftzine.com have whooped about the tutorial by Maximum Rabbit Designs for mounting completed embroidery. I think that makes it a must-see post! See the tute.

Mollie Johanson of Wild Olive has been making a name for herself with adorable little hand-embroidery patterns (not to mention some fantastic blogging). Now she’s trying her hand at some cross-stitch charts. She’d love to have your feedback on her … Read More...

Oh, SharonB, you make me sigh with envy. What an endlessly creative brain this woman has. Check this CQ seam treatment, for example. Outlining the pattern in the black lace with metallic stem stitch was inspired. And the little … Read More...

A freebie from The Chart Shop at Cross-stitching.com:

This cute little dog is offering you a flower as a gift – maybe he’s trying to say thank you for something! He’ll make a really thoughtful card for someone special.