Lissa at The Cutting Table shares Moda is hosting a month-long blog hop starting September 6. Each day a participating Moda designer will post a project with a country fair theme in mind. Click HERE to see the schedule.
Newsy: Retro Pillow Challenge
Ricca from Ricochet and Away! and Keren from sew la vie! invite you to join their Retro Pillow Challenge. Sign up, create a quilted pillow cover with a retro theme, then share it. Click HERE for details.
Capturing the motion
Salley Mavor explains how the title animation was created for her Rabbitat film. See her blog post.
Quilt Along with Storytime Squares pattern
Kate at Swim, Bike, Quilt announced a quilt drive back in August where you make a quilt alongside the DC Modern Quilt Guild and give your finished quilt to a local charity. You can read about it here and … Read More...
WhiMusical Stitcheries
When I list my favorite Cross Stitch Designers (it’s not really supposed to be in caps, but that’s the way it is in my head because they are so important), Tracy Horner of Ink Circles is high on my list. … Read More...
Follow-up: MafiosaGrrl
Remember when I caused a bit of an uproar by suggesting that the county fair was not the appropriate venue for MafiosaGrrl’s spitting gargoyle embroidery? Well, I was wrong in so many ways. Jacquie, to her surprise, learned this week … Read More...
Order from Chaos exhibit over soon
Time is running out on Order from Chaos: Art Inspired by Math, Science and Unnatural Disasters; it’s an exhibit showing at the Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta, Georgia through September 30, 2011. It features the work of textile artist … Read More...
A Passion for Quilts: Joan Lintault Collects in Vermont
I’ve only seen Joan Lintault’s art quilts in books, and even then I’m awestruck. So, if you happen to be in Vermont or can visit this fall don’t miss Joan Lintault’s exhibit at the Shelburne Museum. Besides the artist’s … Read More...
September SAL at feeling stitchy
It’s time for a new stitchalong at feeling stitchy. This month’s sweet design, Hallowe’en Trio by Cathy Gaubert, is available now. Go to the blog post to download the pattern and get in on the fun.
Betz White introduces “Stitch”
Available in stores in November: A new fabric line by Betz White for Robert Kaufman. The line, aptly called Stitch, is based on stitches and textures from crochet, embroidery, crewelwork, and other handwork. Betz says,
… Read More...The fabric is dreamy
It’s my birthday
Today is the day: The month of giveaways ends with my biggo birthday ending in zero. 60. Here are six things I’ve learned in the past six decades, in no particular order.
… Read More...Friends are everything. If you’re lucky, you can
September calendar from JMD
September’s free desktop calendar is available now on Janet M. Davies‘ JMD Designs. This one features applique and embroidery on a hexie-quilt background. Yummy. Get the calendar.
So Cal Flame Surfers Next Meeting
For those of you bead makers in the Southern California area the next So Cal Flame Surfers meeting is September 17th and will be held at CBS, Coatings by Sandberg. Don McKinney will be demoing and CBS usually has … Read More...
Grab a cuppa: Pets on Quilts Show 2011
Cats and dogs are at ease on the quilts we make. And why not, they are with us throughout the creative process. Click HERE, to see SewCalGal’s Pets on Quilts Show 2011.
Piece O’ Cake having a sale on fabric, wool, and more
Becky at Piece O’ Cake Designs blog is giving her faithful blog readers a heads up on a warehouse moving sale. All fabric is 30% off in their shop but that’s not all. They have wool, jewelry and a few … Read More...
Book sale at Nuts About Needlepoint
Check out the Back to School sale for readers of Janet Perry‘s Nuts About Needlepoint blog. Included are a dozen e-books and projects at 20% off and printed books–including Needlepoint Trade Secrets and Bargello Revisited–for 40% off! Be … Read More...
New design from Janet Granger
Janet Granger has released a new design for her miniature needlepoint called Alice. The design is available in a variety of kits – two sizes of carpet, pillow, round footstool, rectangular stool, dining chair, firescreen, bellpull, and bolster. Lovely! … Read More...
Eye candy: Helen Gibbs’ studio
Lilo Bowman, producer of The Quilting Show (starring Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson), visited the studio of ribbonwork expert Helen Gibbs recently. She is sharing her beautiful photos of Helen’s work and environment through a slide show, released in … Read More...
Stitch to protest girls’ mutilation
Yes, those are needlework portraits of vulvas. If the image makes you uncomfortable, please keep reading anyway.
The Embroideries Campaign is not about shock value or sexuality, per se. It is about bringing an end to female genital mutilation. The … Read More...
New online class from Mary Corbet
An exciting announcement about a new online embroidery course from Mary Corbet:
… Read More...The Nesting Place is a six-week interactive online class, with step-by-step instructions, exclusive video instruction, and a full materials kit. The class will take you from the