No matter how discouraged you may feel, these encouraging words from Lady Kell will keep you on track.
The Key to My Heart
Free pattern: Tatted heart
Tatting maven Jane Eborall shares her beautiful and timely pattern for a tatted heart. Go to her blog post for the link to the pattern.
Free pattern: Chinese lanterns
Here’s a brilliant little giftie from Mollie of Wild Olive. In honor of the upcoming Chinese New Year, she’s sharing her original pattern for four teeny Chinese lanterns. She says,
… Read More...After I did the lantern embroidery, I threaded a
Happy Couple
Free Charts from Kirsty’s Cross Stitch
Always on lookout for free charts, I found some over at Kirsty’s KrossStitch. Check out her archive of newsletters to find them. Then Sign up for her newsletter to receive a free chart each month. Not only will you get … Read More...
Pattern and tutorial: Modular snowman
Mollie of Wild Olive has created a pattern and tutorial for a little felt snowman softie that you can decorate and accessorize however you like: The pattern includes a variety of faces and embellishments. You also could use the image … Read More...
Free pattern: Love You Forever
Here’s a gift for all of us from Heidi of Speckless: Two pages of valentine flourishes and frames that you can fill with personal messages. Download the free PDF embroidery pattern from her blog post.
Valentine tutorial round-up
Laura of Bugs and Fishes has put together a round-up of former posts with tutorials for valentine-worthy projects. So many awesome possibilities! Enjoy her post.
Tutorial and Freebie | S.W.A.K Notecards
The Rebel Crafter shares a free note card printable for this SWAK card, and shows you exactly how to make them. Three different colors are available. Click here to go to the tutorial and freebie.
Stitch a Monday mini
Don’t miss this week’s Mini Mystery Monday needlepoint project by Laura of Two-Handed Stitcher. Go to her blog post for the chart and instructions.
Free Pepper Pot Pattern
New: Design of the Week
Benita Skinner of Victoriana Quilt Designs has started a new series that you’ll want to get in on: Her Design of the Week is a simple image that is suitable for embroidery (pretty in redwork!) or as a template for … Read More...
Sitting on the Fence
Free pattern: Spinning Stars quilt
I love the colors in this quilt – Spinning Stars – by Anna Maria Horner. All fabrics in this quilt are from her Loulouthi fabric collection in the Juliana palette. It’s a free pattern I found on her MAKE page. … Read More...
Free pattern: Hyacinth in Teacup
Helen at Bustle and Sew was imagining Spring when she resurrected this pattern Hyacinth in Teacup. It combines applique and simple stitches, making it a good choice for a beginner. You can download it for free on her … Read More...
Freebie: Arches quilt has curves
If you’ve put off tackling pieced curves in quilting, read on. Amanda Carestio – Needlearts editor at Lark Crafts blog – says she has the perfect project for you to pick up this skill. All you need to do is … Read More...
Hurry! Get the free pattern!
This lovable monster design is available free from Urban Threads, but you have to act fast. The offer is good only through Monday. It’s available in machine-embroidery, hand-embroidery, and digital stock art formats. Get the design.
Tiny Turtle
THis wee little turtle is cute and would be great on towels or on a magnet for the fridge.
