Barbara Bergsten of Create Needlepoint! has been rendering a series of useful phrases in needlepoint. So cute. (I definitely need the one shown here.) Scroll back through her blog posts to see all she has created so far. Go to … Read More...

Heads up! Counted Wishes is in the offing! The event’s web site tells us:

A new online Cross Stitch Festival is coming!

Please join us Feb. 1-5, 2010 at this website for our online Spring Showing by Cross Stitch Designers.

Jenny B. Harris of Allsorts has created a new pattern in her Pretty Maids series to honor and assist Haiti. The PDF pattern for Gaelle, her Haitian doll, is now available in the Craft Hope for Haiti shop on Etsy. … Read More...

Meri (of Agulhas da Meri) tipped us off to the amazing work of German embroiderer Vincent Valiente, displayed on his blog worksofhands. Vincent’s blog profile explains,

1. Why embroidery?

Because I feel I have to do it.

Some great news from the Alliance for American Quilts:

The nonprofit Alliance for American Quilts will host two fundraising events in Washington, DC on Thursday, March 4.

The “Connected by Threads” events will celebrate quilts, quiltmakers and quilt history

(1) Pimpom, le camion de pompier… from la-planete-loisirs-de-steph
(2) Biscornu from les loisirs abbygaelle
(3) Vogart 725 – Tea Time from Sweet Bee
(4) Soif de printemps from Val’ en croix
(5) Barbapapa ou pomme d’amour? from Les chroniques de … Read More...

Jon Yusoff of Jon’s Patterns Page is sharing the pattern for her tatted Chinese Coin Bookmark. So pretty. And so original! Get the pattern.

SRE maven Carol Daisy shows us two methods for creating ribbon rosebuds. You’ll love at least one of them! See the tutes.

Looking for a supplier of Silk Ribbon? We love Etsy for finding hand dyed ribbons as well … Read More...

Stofnest blog posts a new, free cross-stitch sampler pattern almost every day. What a treasure trove! See the blog. And be sure to add it to your blog reader.

You might already love the work of Marisa Hopkins, aka Elegant Snobbery and Elegant Bloggery. Her online adventures as a working artist/mom of preschoolers make good coffee-time reading for me every day. And her bright, sweet, clever illustrations … Read More...

Teri Dusenbury

(TATBit Tats) created this gorgeous brooch by stacking tatted motifs. Patterns for this and another lovely design are available from her blog. She warns that they were created long ago and need to be retested. Why not test … Read More...

The Alliance for American Quilts announces its New from Old quilt contest for 2010. The news release says,

Quiltmakers are encouraged to think broadly and creatively about this opportunity to celebrate the past in the frame of the present. They

(left) Abécédaire Coq from Accueil
(center) Une grille où se cache le Bonheur from Le blog de Liselotte
(right) Vivement le printemps! from Les petites croix de Symiote