(1) Coucher de soleil from Les grilles de Thiarlou
(2) Belle la Coccinelle from Le blog de 7 à la maison
(3) Flowered bull from My Little Stitches
(4) Fée from Le blog de kali
(5) Bébé Chat saute from … Read More...
Free summer charts from France
French cross-stitch blog et patati et petites croix has been posting a free chart series: Les grilles de l’été (Summer Charts). Go to the blog to enjoy (and download) all of them.
Free charts from Kincavel Krosses
Here are a few unusual and delicious freebies from Kell of Kincavel Krosses:
(1) Zodiac sampler
(2) 15-sided beaded biscornu
(3) Quaker bookmark
(4) Geometric bookmark
(5) Geometric bookmark 2
Tutorial: Couching
Kim of big B continues her quest to learn 100 stitches. This week, she’s tackling couching, and we’re invited to learn along with her. See the tute.
Tutorial: Chevron stitch
Sarah Whittle teaches us chevron stitch. As she demonstrates here, a couple of rows in harmonizing colors plus rows of French knot accents make for a charming border. See the tute.
Enter Challenge #8
It’s time for Creative Cross Stitch Challenge #8 at The Gift of Stitching. Stitch and finish this border motif and you could win Mill Hill kits from Traditional Stitches! Get all the details from the GOS blog post. … Read More...
Learn online with SharonB
SharonB of Pin Tangle blog will be teaching two online needlework classes soon via Joggles. Personal Library of Stitches starts September 24, and Introduction to Silk Ribbon Embroidery starts October 7. Each class has six lessons and costs a total … Read More...
Tutorial: T-stitch
This week, Laura Wasilowski‘s Thread-u-cation Thursday tutorial is t-stitch. She says, “Simple to do and perfect for indicating veins on leaves, I’ve used it on this pineapple top. (Looks a little like a bad hair day on a Muppet.)” … Read More...
Tutorial: Personalized hair clippie
Amanda of Patricia Rae Designs has posted a tutorial for sweet hair clippies that you can customize with your child’s name. (Or, if you’re nervous about making her name available to passing strangers, you could substitute a favorite phrase or … Read More...
History as stitched by schoolgirls
A new exhibit at the Florence Griswold Museum will give us a glimpse of American history through the stitcheries of its children. With Needle and Brush: Schoolgirl Embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley will feature about 60 embroideries, watercolor sketches, … Read More...
Don’t forget the giveaway!
We’re giving away two copies of Jane Dunnewold‘s Art Cloth: A Guide to Surface Design for Fabric.. Go to the original blog post to enter before August 31.
Tutorial: Vandyke stitch
This week’s TAST challenge is Vandyke stitch. See the tute on SharonB‘s Pin Tangle blog.
Free hand-embroidery pattern: Snail
This snail has the cute in such a big way, he deserves to star in his own post. You probably Andrea Zuill‘s style — he’s her August freebie embroidery pattern. Download him from Andrea’s Badbird’s blog post.
Tutorial: Crazy-quilted beads
Pat Winter (Pat Winter Gatherings) shows us how to cover barrel beads with teeny crazy quilts. The beads then can be used as pendants, bases for tassels, or let your imagination guide you! See the tute.
In the late … Read More...
New: Simply Stitching by Carina
Carina Envoldsen-Harris (Carina’s Craftblog) has published a hold-in-your-hand embroidery book. She says,
… Read More...Simply Stitching – Your No-Fuss Guide to Colourful Embroidery…is a combination of my two ebooks, Small Stitches and Stitching Borders and Beyond. The Small
Eye candy: Contemporary blackwork
Penny Nickels is hanging out over at MrXStitch, buffing up our appreciation of contemporary blackwork. Go see.
Free hand-embroidery patterns: Gingham fruit and veggies
TipNut is sharing another series of vintage tea-towel embroidery patterns. This time: gingham fruit and vegetables from the 1940s. Go to the first post to download the green bean design. And keep an eye on TipNut for the rest … Read More...
Tutorial: Closed feather stitch
Sarah Whittle demos closed feather stitch. See the tute.
Free patterns: Embroidery and felt
This Embroidery roundup is all about free patterns. We have created this quick list with links to each Embroidery pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to suit something for everyone.
Please note that these patterns were free at … Read More...
Free patterns: Hand embroidery
This Embroidery roundup is all about free patterns. We have created this quick list with links to each Embroidery pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to suit something for everyone.
Please note that these patterns were free at … Read More...