Inspiration: Shannon Young
Inspiration: Karen Ruane
Inspiration: Art = Love = Life
Inspiration: 3 Sheets
Inspiration: The Lone Beader
Basilica di San Marco in progress by The Lone Beader
Inspiration: Susan Lenz
Today is all about inspiration. Sometimes I come across needlework that makes me just stop, stare at my screen, and radiate love. Today I’m spreading the love by sharing some of these works with you. Just because they’re awesome. First … Read More...
Learn filet embroidery
Filet embroidery involves weaving a pattern over a netlike base. The result is lacy — a kind of retro-technology pixel art. If you’d like to give it a try, there’s an excellent tutorial on Elinor’s Website. See the tute… Read More...
Aunt Martha gets a makeover
Kittykill shouted out on feeling stitchy that Aunt Martha‘s new line of hand-embroidery patterns is finally available. It seems Aunt Martha has felt the need to update her style a bit. The new line is called Stitcher’s Revolution. (Oh, … Read More...
Join the blessings SAL
This is the sweetest inchie I’ve ever seen. Ever. EV-uhr. You know this makes you itch to stitch!
The 39-Squares stitch-along started by Amy of inspireco is complete. (I believe this darling nest is from that project.) But … Read More...
Get free monogram patterns at Broderie d’Antan
Broderie d’Antan is one of my favorite sources for free hand-embroidery patterns. Today, I was looking for a pretty monogram, so I clicked over to that section of Mirose‘s site. Now I’m having a hard time deciding among the … Read More...
Play a stitchy game with Mollie
I love Mollie Johanson‘s brain. She has invented a stitching game to play while you watch your favorite TV show or movie. She says, “The idea is simple: start stitching, change stitches when something specific happens.” She created the … Read More...
Tutorial: Couching goldwork
Ruth O’Leary gives us lots of explanation and plenty of excellent photos to help us understand the goldwork couching technique she’s using for her “spirograph” wall-hanging project. You can get this, I promise! See Ruth’s tutorial.
Watch the evolution of a CQ block
Susan Elliott of Plays with Needles lets us watch over her shoulder as she crazy quilts a block. The first step: She has added simple seam treatments over the entire block. She says,
… Read More...I am not yet sure which seams
Tutorial: Fancy hem stitch
This week’s TAST challenge on SharonB‘s Pin Tangle blog is fancy hem stitch. When you see how it’s done, you’ll be itching to try it. See the tute.
Get to know an artist
Yvette Stanton of White Threads has posted an interview with needle artist Rachel of VirtuoSew Adventures. You’ll enjoy the chat, links, and photos. See the post.
Tutorial: Knotted broken chain stitch
Lakshmi of Hand Embroidery from Sadalas uses knotted broken chain stitch for a beautiful fill. Let her show you how.
Robin teaches how to blend bead colors
Robin Atkins of Beadlust acknowledges that, when it comes to beads, “there are only so many colors and those you have can’t be mixed like paint.” So she’s sharing a masterful technique for blending beads to achieve new color gradations. … Read More...
Tutorial: The proper way to cut pearl cotton
With a few quick photos and words, Bargello Needlepoint blog shows us how to turn a twisted skein of pearl cotton thread into an easy-to-use pull-skein. No more winding; no more tangles. Brilliant. See the tute.
Video tutorial: Sausage Dog CD Envelope
Dash over to feeling stitchy and grab Kirsty‘s design for this adorable Sausage Dog CD Envelope. Yes, the little pooch wraps all the way around the CD. Too cute. Go to the blog post to download the pattern and … Read More...