Get a jump on the Christmas season by stitching up this adorable pieced and embroidered tree now. The pattern is just US$ 3.99 from SWAKembroidery.com. I think it would be even cuter if you dotted it with some sequins … Read More...

Victoriana Quilt Designs has a section of past patterns that are available (for personal use) to anyone who visits the site. See the pattern page. And more free patterns are available to site members!

Victoriana Quilt Designs has a section of past patterns that are available (for personal use) to anyone who visits the site. See the pattern page. And more free patterns are available to site members!

Victoriana Quilt Designs has a section of past patterns that are available (for personal use) to anyone who visits the site. See the pattern page. And more free patterns are available to site members!

Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint blog has some great advice for  dealing with a canvas that you want to leave partially unstitched: Sponge paint it! Get all the details from Janet.

Wow! Look what Nettie did! I love her birds on a limb baby quilt so hard! Look carefully: The centers of the blocks are the same. But the borders around the centers are all different sizes and shapes. So clever … Read More...

Sue of Sue Daley Designs is giving away copies of six patterns she designed for the Lloyd Curzons fabric company. To enter, comment on Sue’s post. The winner will be announced in about two weeks.

Judy of FREEBIES, etc.! blog is sharing the pattern for this beautiful mitered Florentine Christmas ornament. Get the chart.

Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy or check out these Pattern books on Amazon.

Sister Diane of CraftyPod continues her love affair with plastic canvas. This time, she’s sharing with us some eye-popping options from a Japanese craft book. “Light-years from what I’ve seen in U.S. books in terms of sophistication,” Diane says, “Albeit … Read More...

Barbara Bergsten of Create Needlepoint blog is sharing the Veranda font for needlepoint, along with some tips for adding text to your designs. Get the font.

Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint is sharing the news that the American Needlepoint Guild now has an Internet chapter! If there’s no guild chapter in your neighborhood or it’s hard for you to get out to a live meeting, … Read More...

Get the pattern for these sweet snowmen now and stitch them up to dangle on your Christmas tree this season. Designed by Ursula Michael for Zweigart Design Bank and available now on FreePatterns.com.

Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? … Read More...

Diane Gilleland of CraftStylish deserves an award for bringing plastic canvas back with elegance, utility, and an up-to-date aesthetic. Check out the gift box she’s sharing with us. This ain’t tissue-box-cover needlepoint. Thank you, Diane! Get the tutorial.

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Oh, my goodness! Check out the felt sugar skulls by Beth Wachla. In fact, check out everything on her blog. Her stuff is all fiercely cute.

Many thanks to Jenny Ryan of Craftzine.com for pointing out this find.

Kandra of Sublime Sisters blog has posted a couple of free embroidery patterns that will rock your socks. If you think this little gnome is cute, go check out the penguin love! Get the patterns.

Kandra of Sublime Sisters blog has posted a couple of free embroidery patterns that will rock your socks. If you think this little gnome is cute, go check out the penguin love! Get the patterns.

Kandra of Sublime Sisters blog has posted a couple of free embroidery patterns that will rock your socks. If you think this little gnome is cute, go check out the penguin love! Get the patterns.

Kandra of Sublime Sisters blog has posted a couple of free embroidery patterns that will rock your socks. If you think this little gnome is cute, go check out the penguin love! Get the patterns.

Niamh of Urban Threads has posted a tutorial for this awesome portable craft kit. “You have to have this little kit with you,” she says. “Apparently the other option is fatal.” Get the tutorial.

(1) Mary Ray of CraftStylish shows us her machine-stitched trapunto technique.

(2) Helen Stubbings of Hugs from Helen blog is showing off lots of her new patterns.

(3) Tracy’s Needlepoing Blog offers us a review of William Morris … Read More...