Oh. My. Goodness. Look what Calamity Kim has appliqued now. This delightful work  is her contribution to Krommama’s Place mat Quilt Swap. Go to Kim’s blog to find out how she did it.

Dash over to Sprite Stitch and grab the free chart for LiquidKarma’s first rendering of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. There’s a child (or geeky man) in your life who needs you to do this project! Get the chart.

Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint follows up on Liz Morrow’s post about using a fractal image as the basis for needlepoint. Janet explains fractals, points out some sources, and shares an original pattern. See the post.

Barbara Bergsten of Create Needlepoint! demos arrowhead stitch for us with one of her excellent color diagrams. Go see.

Helen of Hugs from Helen blog is seeking sample and model stitchers. She says,

Don’t worry if you are not a master of all skills, you designate what your strengths and preferences are on your application form.

Find out more from Helen’s blog.

In keeping with the season in her part of the world, Kimara of Wee Folk Art is sharing an applique pattern for a tempting cluster of cherries. Get the pattern.

The July giveaway at Nuts About Needlepoint will have five winners! The grand-prize winner will get a selection of threads and a scrap bag project with some scrap threads to try. The five runners up will get the scrap bag project. Go…

Violarium blog is giving away a copy of Cross-stitch Letters Bible by Valerie Lejeune, a book of more than 800 alphabets. Go to the blog to enter before July 19.

Many thanks to Carol of iStitchaholic for the heads-up.

Lovely! Lisa of 5 Orange Potatoes — and her wee ones — are embroidering on leaves. Go see!

DJ of Prick and Stitch is My Craft has posted a lovely set of patterns for floral numbers. The set of ten is available for GBP 6.00 *(GBP 1.00 individually) from the Pinbroidery site.

Jill of Homemade by Jill is sharing her templates for an appliqued “quiet book.” Run over to her blog and get them.

Allison Ann Aller has embarked on another of her creative explorations — this time a modern interpretation of a vintage crazy quilt. The focus of the quilt is a grid of wheels centered with black stars. Each star is embellished with…

Don’t miss part 2 of Tenar’s lessons on freestyle weaving. This one demonstrates how to use a cardboard loom. See the post.

Renee of Sibling Craftery is sharing her original alphabet for hand embroidery. Yes! Get the pattern.

Have you been watching Thread Medley’s series on how to adapt needlepoint? If not, go catch up. You’ll love it.

MrXStitch introduces us to Liz Kueneke…

…an artist who works with communities to help them understand their neighborhood through participatory embroidery…The participants add value to the embroidered maps with their own experiences. It provides a social history to the area that you…

Betz White — princess of adorableness — offers irresistable projects for dressing up  your needlework accessories. She says,

The Ladybug is sewn with a retractable tape measure inside. To extend the tape, just give her antennae a little tug. Be gentle! The…