The stitch of the week at Rittenhouse Needlepoint is Kennan. See the tute.
Inspiration: Cate Anevski
Oh. My. Goodness. Look what beefranck discovered over on Craftster: the work of Cate Anevski (the bees knees). Brilliant, original, and totally accessible. Get the details from the MrXStitch site.
Free Sajou charts
Get exquisite old Sajou cross-stitch motifs newly recharted and free from Ramzi’s historical chart site. Wow.
Free pattern: Windie
Mollie of Wild Olive shares the pattern for her last “fair weather friend,” Windie. You know you want to stitch it. Get the pattern.
Free pattern: Quilt Jar Covers
FreePatterns.com calls this project Quilt Jar Covers. I haven’t downloaded the pattern yet, but the foundation material appears to be……plastic canvas. Yeaaa!! Get the free pattern.
Free chart: Plastic Canvas Quilt Jar Covers
FreePatterns.com calls this project Quilt Jar Covers. I haven’t downloaded the pattern yet, but the foundation material appears to be……plastic canvas. Yeaaa!! Get the free pattern.
Looking for more Plastic Canvas patterns? Check these out on Etsy.… Read More...
Free pattern: Chocolate cake
Mmmmmmmm. Gum Tree designer Dawn Hay is giving us all a slice of her yummy chocolate cake. Of course, if you don’t stitch the words, you can make the cake any flavor you want! Get the free pattern.
CQers: Don’t forget TDSiTM
The wealth of free seam-treatment diagrams continues at Shawkl’s Twelve Dozen Stitches in Twelve Months blog. If you haven’t checked in lately, you should catch up! You’ll enjoy lots and lots of designs like this charmer. Go to Shawkl’s blog.
New tiny kits from Janet Granger
If you’re into miniature stitchery, you love Janet Granger’s mini tea cosies! Now Janet is adding to her tiny sets with bitty tray cloth kits, including eensie wooden tea trays. See all of the adorable designs at Dollshouse Embroidery Kits.
Free machine-embroidery Welcome
Welcome Home is the final design in YouCanQuiltThis.com’s free block-of-the-month table runner. The design is available in two sizes and nine machine-embroidery formats. Or download the image for hand stitchery. I can imagine dozens of applications for this sweet sentiment. Get…
Free chart: Nibbling bunny
The chart for this sweet nibbling bunny is free from The Chart Shop at Cross-stitching.com. Get the chart.
10 Days of Deals at BagSmith.com
Check out this announcement from BagSmith.com:
The BagSmith will launch into this holiday season with its “10 Days of Deals” online shopping event from October 1, 2009 through October 10, 2009. The promotion will showcase ten top-selling (and deep-discounted) BagSmith items, a new…
Meet or re-meet Jude Hill
Arlee Barr’s first guest post on MrXStitch blog — a series she’s calling Arteries — includes an interview with trailblazing and inspirational needle artist Jude Hill. Enjoy Jude through her own words and Arlee’s eyes. And thank you, Arlee, for putting together…
Useful (and disguised) PC project from Sister Diane
Look what Diane Gilleland is doing with plastic canvas now! She says,
I turned the PC into a sturdy case for crafty tools. This Hook, Needle, Pencil Case also has the benefit of being covered with weaving rather than needlepoint. So, it doesn’t…
Useful (and disguised) Free chart: Plastic Canvas project from Sister Diane
Look what Diane Gilleland is doing with plastic canvas now! She says,
… Read More...I turned the PC into a sturdy case for crafty tools. This Hook, Needle, Pencil Case also has the benefit of being covered with weaving rather than needlepoint.
New Christmas patterns from Badbird
Oooooooo. New Christmas embroidery patterns from Andrea Zuill! The sweet dove makes me want to hug myself. Get all five pattern sheets for a total of US $20.00 from Badbird’s Etsy shop.
Giveaway: Long-and-short stitch book
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread blog has been running a tutorial series for long-and-short stitch shading. Embroidery fans all over the web are trying their hands and posting their results. And to celebrate the end of the series, Mary is having…
New prick-and-stitch flowers
DJ of Prick and Stitch Is My Craft announces that six new mini flower patterns are available from the Pinbroidery web site. For just GBP 5.00, receive all six patterns by PDF download. And don’t miss the site’s free card-stitching patterns.
New prick-and-stitch flowers
DJ of Prick and Stitch Is My Craft announces that six new mini flower patterns are available from the Pinbroidery website. For just GBP 5.00, receive all six patterns by PDF download. And don’t miss the site’s free card-stitching … Read More...
August BJP from Susan Elliott
Susan Elliott has completed her August item for the Bead Journal Project, A Daughter’s Valentine. Exquisite. You’ll enjoy the story of how and why she developed the concept from sailors’ valentines. Go to the first post in the series.