This gorgeously simple CQ seam treatment made me gasp. Look at the beaded flowers! Annie Whitsed combined a couple of pearl drops, a bugle bead, and a seed bead with elegant results. The project currently in my hoop will be heavily…

Let Melissa (Checkout Girl) show you how to create this charming wool-felt applique. See the excellent tutorial on Sew, Mama, Sew!

You can find charts for some sweet, tiny, dainty cross-stitch designs at mausimom’s freebies blog. Go see.

Many thanks to le blog friendstitch for pointing out this great site.

Blake Ramsey posted an article at the crafts dept about woolies, nautical needleworks created by sailors. Fabulous!  Check out the post.

The sublime Jenny Hart is blogging about floss blending over on the Chronicle Books blog. Go see.

I am awed by the variety of themes, styles, and techniques showcased in the Crazy for Quilts Contest Gallery at The Alliance for American Quilts. You have got to see these crazy quilts! Set aside a little time, because you’re going to…

I was already in love with the elegant and original embroidered softies created by Eva of Apple & Eve. Her bunnies and hedgehogs are so dear, I sigh each time I see a new photo. How much cuteness can one woman produce?…

Check out this free chart from CoatsCrafts.co.uk. The site says,

Stitch this colourful cross stitch owl on black aida for a modern picture – great for a child’s bedroom, an owl lover or perhaps a brainy bird you know.

Get the chart.…

kootoyoo tells us to stop folding and scrunching our embroidery WIPs. Be gentle to your projects: Roll them. And store them in stylish, functional boxes recycled from kitchen debris. The how-to is available in slideshow and PDF formats. See the tute.

Embroidery maven Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching demonstrates how to fill an area with plain or padded satin stitch. If you’ve been limiting your embroidery to outline stitches, here’s your chance to stretch a bit and add some elegance to your projects.…

Stitch along with Janet Perry to recreate a Roman mosaic in needlepoint. The chart and excellent instructions are available on Janet’s blog, Nuts About Needlepoint. See the post.

I am loving this new embroidery pattern from Andrea Zuill. Everybody needs a flower-festooned moose! Get the link to purchase the pattern from Andrea’s Badbird’s blog.

Sew, Mama, Sew! blog invites you to download Lauren’s Sew-Along Embroidery Sampler and join in the hand-stitching fun! Get the pattern.

Judy Coates Perez of Painted Threads blog is offering her Color Theory class online from September 8 through November 8. The 9-week course is just US $60. Judy says,

In this hands-on experiential class you’ll learn key color concepts with visual examples, mix new paint…

Oooooooooo. Wait till you see this month’s giveaway on Mary Corbet’s Needle ‘n’ Thread blog. Prizes include Plimoth Plantation Jacket notecards, the Ackworth school memory book, a pre-printed vintage linen, and two skeins of  M. Heminway & Sons silk floss. To…

SharonB knows everything! Well, it seems that way to me. In yesterday’s post, her Pin Tangle blog pointed us to the site of the Dimensional Embroidery International Guild, Inc., and a wealth of free Brazilian-embroidery patterns. Get the links and the lowdown…

Oh, my goodness! Look what Sister Diane has done now! She’s embroidering on perforated metal discs. I have a drawerful of these jewelry findings, which I purchased for a song from eBay, imagining that somehow I was going to bead them.…