If you’ve been enjoying Bargello Needlepoint’s series of Christmas-ornament patterns, then you’ll love this news: Now there’s an e-book! It includes the six patterns we’ve seen (in case you missed any of them during the free promotion) and six brand-new patterns…

For July, the Stitch Explorer Challenge (at SharonB’s Pin Tangle blog) is “to incorporate something you would not normally use in embroidery” — ala contemporary embroidery trends. Get the details from SharonB’s post.

Ninox of Creating ftw! got such a huge response to her Happy Un-birthday freebie that she’s celebrating by giving away this adorable hand-stitched brooch. Go to her blog to enter before July 25.

Nicole Konijnenburg of Polka Dot Bunny has just published a new hand-embroidery pattern set, Under the Sea. She says it is…

…packed with Sea creatures such as a Narwhal, an octopus and a lantern fish. Very suitable for projects for boys, husbands and sea life loving…

Deepa of This and that blog shows us Dori embroidery, an Indian take on couching. You’ll especially enjoy how she used Dori to disguise a bit of damage to her daughter’s favorite skirt. See the post.

This embroidery pattern set from Sibling Craftery made me laugh out loud. I dearly love the little worm on the hook shouting “Help!” The set is free for your personal use. Go get it!

Sammi of Mummysam blog is producing several designs for Robert Kaufman fabrics! The first one, she says, is based on “‘day in the life’ doodles I had done as a way to document my days with my boys when they were wee…

Here’s a great idea from Lisa of Ivory Blush Roses. She keeps a little sketchbook handy for recording crazy-quilt seam treatments. She says,

I sketch stitch patterns in it whenever I see things that I like. It makes such a handy reference…

Ninox of Creating ftw! blog has an un-birthday gift for you! She’s sharing her original patterns for these embroidery darlings. Make them up as brooches, bookmarks, or whatever you can imagine. Get the free patterns and instructions.

These sugar-skull pincushions made me squeal with happiness, and I squealed even more when I found out the pattern is free. Urban Threads says,

This design is FREE through July 26 and is available in two sizes as a stitch-and-turn stuffie for machine…

Diane Gilleland (aka Sister Diane aka CraftyPod) is always up to something. This time (between all her many other crafty activities), she has published an ebook – Weaving Un-Loomed: Simple Ways to Weave Cool Things. She says,

I love to weave, but looms seem much…

Tinaseamonster of Hello Craft points out the lovely needlework of Elinart. Tina says,

No one loves mold. No one, except Elinart, that is. Elinart adorns purses, pillows and wall art with some pretty convincing mold.

Get the links from the Hello Craft post.

Check out Susan Lenz’s fabulous “stained glass” series of appliqued, embroidered, and melted fiber art. Back up and read through the posts on this topic to peek over her shoulder and observe some of her techniques. See the most recent…

Don’t miss the latest free Christmas ornament pattern from Bargello Needlepoint. Don’t you love this snowman. Go get him!