When Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint offers advice, I listen carefully. She’s got some great tips for avoiding frustration when working with delicate threads. Check out Janet’s post.

Run over to doe-c-doe blog and pick up some excellent freebies. If you missed them last week, get three tea-themed vintage embroidery patterns. And this week’s offering: dancing fruit!

Run over to doe-c-doe blog and pick up some excellent freebies. If you missed them last week, get three tea-themed vintage embroidery patterns. And this week’s offering: dancing fruit!

Run over to doe-c-doe blog and pick up some excellent freebies. If you missed them last week, get three tea-themed vintage embroidery patterns. And this week’s offering: dancing fruit!

Run over to doe-c-doe blog and pick up some excellent freebies. If you missed them last week, get three tea-themed vintage embroidery patterns. And this week’s offering: dancing fruit!

Reader Patricia Jay loves Di van Niekerk‘s Flower Fairies book and kit so much that she wrote in to ask us to highlight it for you.

Di’s new book takes five beloved, 85-year-old fairy illustrations by Cicely Mary Barker … Read More...

Benita Skinner of Victoriana Quilt Designs has a new, free Block of the Month series for 2009. Benita says,

The 2009 Block of the Month series will be Stash-Buster patterns. They are good quilt patterns to use up your scrap

Michelle of Abigail Michelle Embroidery has published a tute on SWAKembroidery.com that demos an ideal way to use mini motifs for machine embroidery. She says, “Just about any outfit I make or purchase can be extra special by embroidering on … Read More...

This cracks me up!

Designer Niamh O’Connor of Urban Threads is sharing this raven design, Nevermore, in honor of Edgar Allan Poe’s 200th birthday! You can download the design for hand embroidery or machine embroidery or as digital stock art. … Read More...

This week’s free chart from The Chart Shop at Cross-stitching.com is an image I can totally relate to. The shop’s newsletter says, “Stitch this flexible female and mount it on a card for a friend on a New Year’s fitness … Read More...

The SWAK Embroidery Blog has some great ideas for creating beautiful custom valentine cards. How about machine-embroidery on paper, like these beauties. Find out more (includes a link to a tute).

If you still want more check out these Machine … Read More...

Elizabeth of Quieter Moments blog is showing off some nifty chicken-scratch experiments. She also graciously links to some excellent resources for more information and inspiration. See her post.

Looking for more articles on Chicken scratch embroidery? Check out these … Read More...

Elizabeth of oh, fransson! blog is sharing her advice about the best materials to use for sashing a quilt. See the run-down of her favorites and their sources.

Sue Bleiweiss and Terri Stegmiller have joined forces to publish their first book together: Creative Ways with Fibre & Stitch. I can’t wait to get my hands on this! Get a peek inside plus all the details for preordering from … Read More...

deRomilly of Stitching with a Shimmy blog is giving away a copy of The Art of William Morris in Cross Stitch by Barbara Hammet. To be in the running, post a comment in answer to her marketing question. The … Read More...

Bee Square Blog is giving away a charm pack of adorable Japanese fabrics. See the rules. A winner will be chosen at random on January 19.

Lisa of Ivory Blush Roses blog created a delicious bit of crazy quilting and then (talk about crazy!) cut it up! As she embellishes the 1″ x 1″ pieces and finishes their edges with blanket stitch, she’s winding up with … Read More...

The Great Summer Mystery Quilt has begun over at Hugs from Helen blog. Whether or not you’re stitching along, be sure to check the first installment for an excellent tutorial on cutting and sewing accurately so your quilt blocks go … Read More...

Those stitchin sisters at Sibling Craftery are spoiling us with free treats. Go grab this tasty set of valentine patterns to lend your valentine gifting some zip! Get the patterns.

CC of Lace ‘n’ Ribbon Roses is sharing another Sunbonnet Sue, and this one is suitable for tin punch or candlewicking! Get the pattern.

Sunbonnet Sue is a classic embroidery pattern that has been around since the late 19th … Read More...