Rick-rack flowers are popping up here and there across the web suddenly. Some look like little wads and blobs. Some are lovely daisy-looking little posies. And now Sheila of Cheeky Magpie blog has come up with a variation that looks like a…

Kelly Fletcher of materialistic blog has released the fifth in her series of eight Jacobean leaf designs for hand embroidery. The designs are free for your personal use. Get the pattern.

Be sure to see the interview of needle artist Odile Gova (aka Wooly Fabulous) over on Donkeywolf blog. The photos alone will take your breath away. See the post. I hope Wooly starts her own blog!

johloh is sharing an original sampler pattern that warms the hearts of scifi geeks like me. The post on Sprite Stitch says,

I cooked up this simple pattern after being inspired by the wonderful work that beefranck is doing. I wanted to make it…

Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint has been experimenting with stitching on silk gauze. See what she has to say.

Oh, my goodness! Look what Tattyhead Linda S Davies invented: Freesia! So beautiful. See more on Linda’s blog.

This is my favorite use of reverse applique to date. Credit for the design and stitching goes to Bridget Farmer. Credit for the find goes to floresita of feeling stitchy.

Rhonda Kivett – designer of beaded dolls to die for — is now offering cat forms. Can’t you imagine these sweethearts encrusted with silk ribbon embroidery, or beading, or both? Or how about using textile paint to create a portrait of your…

This exquisite crazy-quilt seam treatment may look torturous; but its designer, SharonB of Pin Tangle, tells us it’s quite doable. She says,

The seam is embellished with a line of feathered up and down stitch. This has been threaded with a textured…

I’ve heard from many blogs and readers that cross-stitch charts can be used equally well for needlepoint. I’m glad I didn’t try the conversion yet. We all need the essential information that Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint  is sharing about determining…

Wee Folk Art is sharing the pattern for this crazy little birdie applique. Get the pattern.

This week’s hand-embroidery freebie from doe-c-doe is two sets of sweet posies. Get the patterns.