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.…

Birthine’s embroidered button/brooches are such eye candy that I may have gained a few pounds just from ogling her flickr stream. Her huge stitching vocabulary (including petit point) and delicious color sense invite close inspection of each piece.

Many thanks to…

Nikki of Nikki, In Stitches blog is giving away a grab bag from her favorite needlepoint store in Cape May, New Jersey, Stitch by Stitch. Nikki says,

I have no idea what’s inside there.  I can only vouch for the fact that all the…

Thanks to a reader’s tip, I’ve discovered the blog Self-Guided Art Therapy. It is beautiful, tragic, amazing, empowering. In the words of host Kniterdone,

I believe in the the power of self-imposed art therapy. Take your problem, stab it with a needle a…

I want to stitch this adorable tiny bee right this minute! Get the free chart from sarajessica’s blog, Cross Me Not.

Wee Folk Art is sharing the pattern for this funky and functional eyeglasses case. Get the pattern.

Rachel Hunnicutt’s l’ennui makes me chuckle. A most effective use of boredom! See her blog, Cornflower Blue Studio.

Patty of Pip Stitch is back on line at last after her foot surgery. Yea!!! Today, she lets us peek over her shoulder at her work on Nicole’s Bunny Stitch A Long. I’m loving the texture on the squirrel’s tail, created by…

Connie G. Barwick, editor of About.com’s cross-stitch blog, is sharing her original pattern for this sweet birdhouse, complete with a bluebird. Connie says,

The free Birdhouse and Flower Cross Stitch pattern reflects my love of birdwatching. Stitch it up for a bookmark for…

Don’t miss the review and lovely photos of the work of UK needle artist Judith Lovatt over on the MrXStitch blog. See the post.

doe-c-doe is sharing two vintage embroidery patterns with us this week — “strangely cute” puppies. Get the patterns.