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!

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.