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
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...
Where the princess keeps her lipstick
I regulary drool over Karen Ruane‘s embroidery — usually on white silk — piled and folded and photographed to perfection. Today, she shows us what happens when those sumptuous fabrics are turned into little clutch purses. Fit for a … Read More...
Inspiration: Resurrection Fern
Oh, my! Look what Margaret Oomen did! See many more amazing things on her Resurrection Fern blog.
Cross-stitch charts for half price
Radical Cross Stitch — being in the southern hemisphere — is having a Brrrr It’s Chilly Winter Sale. Kakariki says,
… Read More...Heads up pattern nerds, for a strictly limited time, all Radical Cross Stitch E-Patterns are HALF PRICE! Yip I’m
How to make perfect knots
The trick to making perfect French knots and bullions is using the right needle. Get the facts from Mary Corbet at Needle ‘n’ Thread.
Brilliant: Upcycled embroidered bunting
Steph of lovestitches upcycled vintage embroidery into the most charming bunting ever. Get the details from her blog post.
A Mountmellick SAL with Vetty
Yvette Stanton is leading a Mountmellick stitchalong. She says,
… Read More...The plan at this stage is: to start the Mountmellick embroidery stitch along at or near the beginning of July. You’ll need to get a copy of the design from me
Learn about Lefkara lace
Mary Corbet is posting a series on Lefkara lace, traditional drawn-thread work from Cyprus. You’re going to enjoy this! Go to Mary’s Needle ‘n’ Thread blog.
Free desktop calendar from JMD Designs
June’s free desktop calendar from Janet Davies of JMD Designs is available now. Go grab it!
Celebrate Urban Threads’ birthday!
Here’s juicy news from the Urban Threads newsletter:
… Read More...Urban Threads is two years old! …We’re having a par-tahy, and you’re invited! In addition to this week’s new designs, we’ve got a birthday sale for ya, a new round of
A look at modern goldwork
Rachel of VirtuoSew Adventures shares her experiences and samples from a course in modern goldwork that she took from Tracy Franklin. Rachel says,
… Read More...The difference between this course and a Traditional Goldwork course was that Tracy was less concerned
Tutorial: Buttonhole herringbone stitch
This week’s TAST challenge on SharonB‘s Pin Tangle blog is buttonhole herringbone stitch. Learn how to do it.