Have you been following Sailaja’s Summers of India blog? She’s posting a series of informative articles about history and techniques of traditional Indian embroidery. Her October 12 post, for example, explains and illustrates Toda embroidery, “tribal embroidery from the Southern State of…

TATBit Tats notes that Febreze’s flameless luminaries are the perfect base for needlework such as tatting. Just add some tatted bits to the translucent shade. Or, if you’re sensitive to fragrances, replace the scented paper with some pretty scent-free handmade paper…

Among the Gum Trees has released the group’s second Christmas freebie: a placemat with a darling redwork Christmas-pudding design by Joy of Joypatch blog. Get the pattern.

The Art Needlepoint Co. wants to know why you love needlepoint. Just share your answers to three little questions, and you’ll be entered into a drawing for an assortment of 35 colors of Kreinik silk threads! Go to the blog post…

The Hand Embroidery Network is launching a new e-zine, NEEDLE, and you’re invited to participate. The HEN blog says,

We really are passionate about hand embroidery and want to help promote it and your work too. With this in mind we are launching…