Mollie Johanson of Wild Olive shows us an easy way to add a bit of stitched embellishment to a wood frame. See the tute.
Tutorial: Needleweaving
Rachel shares her space-y philosophy
I love Rachel Hobson‘s brain. Our space-loving friend, while watching an IMAX film about the Hubble telescope and astronaut John Grunsfeld, was inspired to commit this bit of zenlike philosophy to stitch. You have to read the whole story. … Read More...
A gift from Di
Di van Niekerk of Crafts Unlimited in South Africa included this tidbit in her latest newsflash:
… Read More...I thought it would be appropriate during this special time, as the host country of the World Cup, to give you a gorgeous African
A stitchy rapprochement
The conflict between Sublime Stitching and Urban Threads has been resolved. Please read the Urban Threads statement and the Sublime Stitching statement. Peace rocks! And so do the designs produced by these awesome companies.
A timely freebie from UT
The Urban Threads newsletter announces:
… Read More...Just in time for Father’s Day, here’s a new freebie: the Dad tattoo! It’s a fun design to embellish gifts for rockin’ dads, of course, but we’ll bet you know a little punk or
Embroider your own Fendi bag
Fendi — the totally upscale bag designer — is offering a DIY kit. Net-a-Porter.com says,
… Read More...Master the art of self-expression with Fendi’s wonderfully innovative take on their iconic Baguette. This DIY embroidery kit and sheer natural woven raffia shoulder bag
feeling stitchy announces the rainbow winners
The winners have been chosen in the feeling stitchy Rainbow of Stitches challenge. The names of the winning artists and photos of their works are being posted two per day until all ten are announced, so check the feeling stitchy … Read More...
More on shisha from Penny
We stitch our hopes and our pain
I’m so touched by this embroidered expression by Kay Susan of S’Mockery SmArt. It documents in stitch the emotions she has experienced as her brother has gone through repeated rounds of hope and disappointment on his way to a … Read More...
Lena amps up Lu’s design
I love, love, love the small-run, custom fabrics of Lu Summers (summersville). Her fanciful rows of motifs combine OCD and whimsy in a way that suits my personality perfectly. And if that weren’t enough, her blog reader Lena… Read More...
Tutorial: Embroidered felt birthday card
Felt, sequins, and embroidery. This is truly a birthday card after my own heart! Find out how to make one at Felt-o-rama.
TLB is bricking the tower
Work continues on The Lone Beader‘s Sinking St. Mark’s Square. The details of the eroding tower have got me petting my computer screen. So gorgeous. See lots of photos on TLB’s blog post.
Crazyqstitcher rises to the challenge
Look what crazyqstitcher made of last week’s TAST challenge, herringbone buttonhole stitch. Now, this is what the challenge is all about: gorgeous and fanciful experiments with the basic stitch. See more on crazyqstitcher’s blog post.
Combining embroidery and macrame
Lakshmi of Hand Embroidery from Sadalas has been experimenting with incorporating macrame into her hand-embroidery, and she’s getting some interesting results! Get all the details from Lakshmi’s blog post.
CSI for stitching
Needleprint blog is posting a series, A Forensic Approach to Samplers and Needlework, that promises to have us stitchy types on the edges of our seats as needlework mysteries are identified and, perhaps, unraveled. See the first post.
Join Helga’s two-week SAL
For just US$ 2.00 you can join Helga Mandl‘s Cherish Each Day stitch-along. The project begins June 18 and ends July 2, so it’s time to sign up and start collecting your supplies! Get all the details from Helga’s … Read More...
Free charts: Cross-stitch
(1) Bouquet de Roses from Le blog de Les broderies de vayou
(2) Bouquet from Le blog de Les broderies de vayou
(3) Salle de Bain from le blog petitsoleils
(4) GIUGNO-JUNE-JUIN from Blog di Gloria
(5) Bambou from Le … Read More...
A crewel round-up
Stitching with a Shimmy has posted a roundup of her articles about crewel embroidery. Go to her post to get all the links.
Tutorial: Spinning your CQ web
Shawkl reminds us, “Spiderwebs are an absolute necessity to embroidery on a crazy quilt. They are tied to generations of traditional belief that quilt maker and the quilt recipient will have good luck when a spiderweb is stitched into the … Read More...