I am showing my age, but as Flo used to say, “Kiss my grits!” This freebie from Kincavel Krosses tells it like it is in a slightly coded way. And, so as not to offend anyone, I didn’t show an … Read More...
Porte-aiguilles Black Work Project – Needle Book
Strolling with a Baby Carriage Chart
November Birdhouse
Stitch a mystery ornament
Laura of Two-Handed Stitcher is sharing another Mini Mystery for needlepoint lovers. She says,
… Read More...Because we all have a jillion things to do now, this next Mini Mystery is a small one, so it’s fast and easy to finish. You’ll
Tutorial: Felt babe
A new DIY ornament from vintage umbrella: the babe in the manger. See the tute.
C’est Noel Chart
The evolution of a design
Mary Corbet steps us through her process of developing an embroidery design. Her final output of this snowflake design is a reference version with all the detail and a simplified transfer version. But, truly, every step along the way is … Read More...
Fabulous Mr. Fox
Finish the tatted turkey
Heather of Tatted Treasures has a bit of a challenge for you. She began duplicating one of her favorite family crafts–a yoyo turkey–in tatting. But she can’t come up with a finish. Follow her free pattern and post your suggestions … Read More...
Free patterns for feltie ornaments
More cute stashbustin’ ornaments from The Trouble with Crafting:
Free Italian designs
Jeanine in Canada of Italian Needlework gives us the heads-up about a vintage Italian stitchery book that is now available free online. She quotes the book’s title page:
… Read More...82 plates, designs for alphabets, monograms, companies, insignias, initials, symbols, heraldic decorations,
Free pattern: Needlepoint ornament
Laura of Two-Handed Stitcher shared this beautiful ornament design over the past several weeks. It may be too late to work it as a mystery project, but it’s not too late to stitch the design. See her posts:
Cross Stitch Sonic Screwdriver
Dreaming of Gifts – Writing to Santa
Compass Noel
Noel Border
Free Printable: Holiday Baking Planner
Have you started yet? I can’t even think about it yet. That’s not true, I’ve thought about it. Then had some anxiety about my long to-do list. Eek! I wish the day had more hours. Find a free printable for … Read More...
Freebie | Tag Template
Tyra from Craft Swag shares a free PDF template to make the tag shown above. Can you guess where she found the original shape? Click here to go to the download.
Block 21 | Desperate Housewife’s Quilt
Sharon from Craizee Corners did a guest post at QuiltJane…Want it, Need it, Quilt! where she shared this star block pattern and tutorial. This is block 21 of the Desperate Housewife’s Quilt series where you pick which blocks to sew. … Read More...