Here’s a great freebie from Di van Niekerk of Crafts Unlimited. Di says,
… Read More...The Country Meadow series is always popular with embroiderers, and this month, I have a lovely gift for you to download for your collection. Print the
Inspiration: Aubrey Longley-Cook
I was pretty happy and excited about Aubrey Longley-Cook‘s Fireworks series. And then I spotted his Fuel Fossil works. Now I don’t know whether to be happy or sad. But, either way, I love Aubrey’s brain. See more on … Read More...
Steal this idea: Stitched birthday card
Martha Stewart might have the most creative staff in the world. I love The Crafts Dept. blog, where Martha’s staffers post snippets about what’s going on in their world. For Martha’s birthday recently, the summer interns created handmade cards for … Read More...
In your own best interests: Stitch an owl cosy
I’m still laughing. Deadlyknitshade posted the following on Crafty Crafty:
… Read More...A lonely egg sitting in its egg cup slowly cooling while you’re waiting for your toast to cook. It’s a tragic part of many a morning and quite frankly
Ati goes naked
Ati of Ati’s Little World has discovered that some folks don’t enjoy the process of creating a crazy-quilt block. They just want to get on with the embroidery and embellishment. With those stitchers in mind, Ati is now offering handmade … Read More...
Tutorial: Perfect satin stitch
Carina of Carina’s Craftblog offers tips and tricks for perfect satin stitch. See the tute.
A LilyPad how-to
quasiben has posted “A Full Demonstration of All LilyPad Components” over on Instructables.com. The LilyPad soft-circuit platform has allowed for the boom in electronic embroidery because it uses conductive threads that don’t require soldering. Get lots of good info … Read More...
Tutorial: Siennese stitch
This week’s TAST challenge is Siennese stitch. See the tutorial on SharonB’s Pin Tangle blog.
Free design: Handmade Rules!
Here’s some nifty news from Urban Threads:
… Read More...You love free stuff, right? In keeping with the crafty spirit of the week, grab this Handmade Rules! design at the cost of zero dollars. Stitch it on tote bags and more
Series roundup: Spring in Italy
Kathy of The Unbroken Thread has created a roundup of her posts on the Spring in Italy sampler, where she tested various threads on the same motif (taken from Italian pottery designs). The sampler became not just a lovely work … Read More...
Stitch a sweet treat
Marisa of Elegant Bloggery has added some new cupcake designs to her collection of free coloring pages. I think her gorgeous line art would make outstanding patterns for hand embroidery (for personal use, of course). Go see Marisa’s handiwork.
Free charts: Cross-stitch
Free patterns: Hand embroidery
Everyone who enjoys stitching is invited! We have some new designs for you to test out!
We enjoy discovering new and imaginative embroidery patterns, and we’ve found several that are excellent for you to try!
Our staff combed the internet … Read More...
Free charts: Cross-stitch
(1) I GATTI AMANO I FIORI from Blog di Gloria
(2) Que la montagne est belle! from Les chroniques de Frimousse
(3) Faith comes by hearing the Word from Liberty Primitives & Needlework
(4) Bouquet de Lys from Le blog … Read More...
Tutorial: Crown stitch
Free pattern: Embroidered needlecase
Kaaren of The Painted Quilt shares the pattern and instructions for recreating her favorite sampler-style needlecase. She says,
… Read More...I’ve been using this one every day since I made it. It has two deep pockets and a scissor holder and needle/pin
Tutorial: Interlaced band stitch
Kim of big B continues sharing tutorials that demo her progress in mastering 100 stitches. This gorgeous example is interlaced band stitch. See the tute.
Inspiration: Calamity Kim
Calamity Kim combines her signature raw-edge applique and machine stitching with some hand embroidery to create a gnome-village table runner to die for. She says she’ll eventually complete the hand stitching and then quilt and bind it. In the meantime, … Read More...
How a pattern can help girls in crisis
Mollie Johanson is awesome. Her latest project: a set of hand-embroidery patterns called I love being a girl. Mollie says,
… Read More...This is from the first in (hopefully) a series of patterns that each focus on one of the reasons why
Tutorial: Buttonholed herringbone stitch
Sarah Whittle demos buttonholed herringbone stitch. See the tute.