This is what happens when SharonB gets ahold of humble ricrac. Get the details of this seam treatment from her Pin Tangle blog post.
Inspiration: Bascom Hogue
I love Bascom Hogue so hard. His blogging, his stitchy creations…his brain. He has changed the name of his blog to Corndogs for the Devil. Go there now.
Stitch some summery scenes
Jacquelynne of The Noble Wife is sharing five beautiful summer hand-embroidery patterns. Go download them all! (Personal use only, please.)
Undoing goldwork
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread explains how to remove couched metal thread from a goldwork piece without damaging the ground fabric. See her post.
Inspiration: Knots in Thread
Jeanine of Knots in Thread describes the challenges of reproducing endangered butterflies in freestanding machine embroidery. Check out her post.
A mad freebie from UT
The Urban Threads e-newsletter announced this great freebie:
… Read More...Own the label of Mad Scientist with this electric green-and-purple design! It’ll be just the thing for that lab coat or capacitor cozy. As a little Tesla-birthday-party-favor, we’re giving it away for
Force-ful collective bargaining
I’m laughing while loving this original embroidery of “an emblem for the unionized Jedi order” by Embroidernerd. She stitched the piece for the Stitch Wars Strikes Back group show at Bear and Bird gallery in Florida. Get all the … Read More...
Awesome stitchy details
Check out the amazing applique on this child’s quilt by Mardi of Mardi Meanderings. I mean it. Go look at all the photos. You’ll love the details–especially the boxcar with a door that opens to reveal…well, see for yourself. … Read More...
Stitch an easy raspberry
Zinaida of Hearty Craft shares her technique for stitching raised raspberries using a scrap of felt and bullion knots. The post is translated to English and includes a link (under the third photo) to a free raspberry-pot design. Go to … Read More...
Fiber arts in Cyprus
I am so excited to have discovered the web site of the Anazitisi Cultural Centre of Cyprus, “a not-for-profit organization with two main topics of interest: youth work and the revival of Cypriot tradition.” Athina Kyriakou sent us an announcement … Read More...
Padded needlelace patterns from Janet M. Davies
Janet M. Davies of JMD Designs has released a new set of four related needlelace patterns. She says,
… Read More...This is a modern Scottish Thistle design based on Padded Needlelace. (commonly used in Raised Elizabethan designs) Pockets of Needle Lace are
Free hand-embroidery patterns
We’ve chosen the best hand-embroidery patterns for you to attempt this week! We offer something for everyone, whether you’re a novice or a seasoned veteran. Our free cross-stitch patterns range from simple cross-stitch patterns to more complex floral and animal … Read More...
Free cross-stitch charts
Free cross-stitch charts
Free blackwork pattern book
Ensamplario Atlantio: Being a Collection of Filling Patterns Suitable for Blackwork Embroidery by Ianthe d’Averoigne is available as a free download from String or Nothing. She says,
… Read More...The entire thing is 40 pages long, with 35 plates of designs
Learn the prick-and-pounce transfer technique
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread offers a detailed tutorial for the prick-and-pounce method of transferring an embroidery design to fabric. See her post.
Stitch a bookish gnome
These precious gnome bookmarks by Kimara of Wee Folk Art are perfect as watercolor cutouts. But wouldn’t the designs also make great embroidery patterns! Go to Kimara’s post for the pattern link (and paper tute). Please remember that the free … Read More...
CQ doorknob dangles
Pam of Pamela Kellogg’s Kitty & Me Designs has transformed some of her crazy-quilted creations into door pillows–pretty little puffs to dangle from a doorknob. Make your own. Or go to Pam’s post for a link to purchase hers… Read More...
Blackwork’s cousin Kasuti
Hannah of enbrouderie introduces us to another ethnic stitching tradition. She says,
Kasuti is a type of embroidery from Karnataka, India. Like blackwork, it is geometric and worked in double running stitch. However, it is traditionally very brightly colored.
Stitch Milanese with Janet
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint shares a pattern for a mini-stocking and tips for completing it with variations of Milanese stitch. See her post.