Creative Breathing shares her pattern for a charming mushroom house. You know your gnomes need a home. Go to her blog post to get the design.
Inspiration: A Can of Crafty Curiosities
Michelle of A Can of Crafty Curiosities created this fan stitchery for a hoopla swap on Craftster. Starting from an origami-paper design, Michelle added images and improvised stitch combinations, ending with a composition that is a rich visual treat. See … Read More...
Inspiration: Susan Lenz
Susan Lenz of Art in Stitches has completed Anonymous, the art quilt she created as part of her artist residency at Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. The photo shown here, which details the kantha-like stitching of the quilt’s background, is … Read More...
Crewel beginnings
Kim of a dork with a needle has fallen in love with crewel embroidery. She explains how she achieved the subtle coloring in this Venus fly trap stitchery. Get the details from her post.
Inspiration: Mimi Kirchner
Winter has arrived in Mimi Kirchner‘s Tiny Worlds. I know these are functional pin cushions, but I don’t think I’d be able to use them that way. I’d have to make a little hilly village in my studio where … Read More...
Inspiration: Lucky Jackson
Lucky Jackson shares the story behind this little stitchery. She says,
… Read More...My husband made me a mixed tape and played it for me just after we started dating. I knew then and now that he is the man for me.
New items from tinytoadstool
ShanShan of tinytoadstool has branched out from her awesome felted and embroidered berets. The mittens and collar shown here are made with the same incredible workmanship, originality, and whimsy as her berets. Soon we’ll be able to dress head to … Read More...
Free hand-embroidery designs
FREE patterns from Sublime Stitching! That’s right. Jenny Hart is sharing a whole sheet of designs that are perfect for the blank cocktail napkins she offers through her shop–and lots of other applications. Awesome. Go to her blog post to … Read More...
Inspiration: Roxy Creations
These aren’t just adorable mini softies. They’re rattles! Ohhhhhh, the cuteness and perfection. See more at the Roxy Creations blog post.
Win Wendi Gratz goodies
Help Wendi Gratz choose designs and finishes for her new line of embroidered pendants. You get to sound off and influence this rockin designer, and you stand a chance of winning something nice from Wendi. Go to her blog post … Read More...
Inspiration: The Lone Beader
Tiny. Beaded. King Charles Spaniel. Brooch. Phenomenal. See more from The Lone Beader at her blog.
Giveaway: Woad-dyed wool
You could win a range of woad-dyed wool from Renaissance Dyeing! Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread is giving away two sets. Go to her blog post to enter before October 3.
Artist interview: Kate Elisabeth Rolison
Olisa of CocoaeyesTheStitcher interviews needle artist Kate Elisabeth Rolison of poesie grenadine, who embroiders modern poetry onto vintage linens. Olisa says,
… Read More...Part One of a mini-interview with Rolison. I was very curious about her life and her East London
Inspiration: Dog-Daisy Chains
Jackie of Dog-Daisy Chains departs from the usual abstract designs of her wool/velvet/embroidery brooches to create some wonderful seasonal works. See more at her blog post.
Inspiration: Shirlee Fassell
Shirlee Fassell of Needle and Hook has started another circle quilt using a range of gorgeous embroidery techniques. She says,
… Read More...I am using a gold spotted organza layered over various colors (10 different shades) of lame. The organza mutes the
Video starring Karen Ruane
Karen Ruane of contemporary embroidery shares the technique behind this gorgeous piece in her first video! Check it out.
Tutorial: Tracing a design
Kathy of The Unbroken Thread lets us look over her shoulder as she develops an embroidery pattern from a majolica pattern. It’s not as hard as it sounds. Hint: tracing paper. See her tute.
Tutorial: Jellyfish danglies
Melissa Crowe of Checkout Girl shows us how to make these sweet jellyfish…er…dangly things. She says,
… Read More...If you enlarge or shrink the pattern pieces, you can make these in many sizes–attach them to a wooden hoop and you’d have a
Giveaway: Stitchin’ Bugs
Cheryl of Willowberry Designs is giving away three copies of her Stitchin’ Bugs pattern. She says,
… Read More...It’s the cutest set… a gorgeous tote with a generous pocket featuring a whimsical garden scene… complete with ladybugs going about their business. The
Simple stitches, complex designs
Hannah of enbrouderie shares an example of Indian embroidery from Kashmir. She says, “The designs are amazingly intricate but use very simple stitches.” See lots of photos at her blog post.