Everything about this block by Connie E of Iowa is exquisite. The silk roses are perfection. And her use of pearls to represent baby’s breath is brilliant. I’ll definitely be stealing this idea. Go to the Crazy-Quilt Journal Project post … Read More...
Gwyneth gets lucky
I love every one of Lucky Jackson‘s portraits of Gwyneth Paltrow as Margot Tenenbaum. But this one is definitely my favorite because…you know…fur coat! Go to Lucky’s blog.
Best needlepoint background stitches
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint runs down her top five needlepoint stitches with tips for how to use them. See her post.
Inspiration: Facile Cecile
A pretty little purse by Facile Cecile — gorgeous embroidery plus all-over seed-stitch quilting. See more views at the blog post.
NOT miserable
Squee! Victor Hugo by Norma of Cara Carmina Atelier. Get the details about this rockin applique-and-embroidery portrait from Norma’s blog post.
Candy for stitchers
Orna Willis has come out with a new series of kits that look like a stitchy candy shop! No two kits are alike. Each contains colored canvas and nine skeins of threads, but each combo is a little different. Beautiful! … Read More...
Win a tatty prize
Jon of Tat-a-Renda celebrates six years of blogging with a surprise giveaway!! Run over to her blog right now to enter. The contest ends August 23.
Tips for teaching embroidery
Liz Aneloski of C&T Publishing tells a bit about C&T’s “summer camp” for beginning embroiderers. If you teach embroidery classes — or just want to teach one or two special students — you’re going to want to steal some of … Read More...
For the birds
Salley Mavor‘s Birds of Beebe Woods is finished after 4-1/2 months of continuous stitching. So gorgeous. Watch her blog for more detailed images.
Free pattern: Kogin sampler
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint offers readers an introduction to Kogin embroidery on canvas with a bit of background and a free pattern and instructions for a lovely sampler project. See her post.
Inspiration: Takiyaje
Takiyaje just posted a whole new series of fabulous dolls. The expressions. The hair. The outfits. The pets. Go see.
Put a poodle on it
In a guest post on Feeling Stitchy, Cassie Stephens shows us how she took a too-short, too-ordinary thrift-store dress to a pretty, trendy, and well-fitted outfit with the addition of some applique and embroidery. See how she did it. … Read More...
Wind it up
I think we’d all like to have our embroidery floss this organized. But who wants to sit and wind all those bobbins! Allison of Little Lovelies has a completely brilliant solution. See her tute.
Squooshy face
Soooooo many awesome new pillow faces at Pollaz. This portrait is just one rockin example. See more at the blog post.
Win a vintage ‘Workbasket’
Sandra of Crazy Mom Tats is celebrating her 400th blog post by giving away three vintage issues of Workbasket magazine. Go to her blog post for entry details. Contest ends August 31.
Where the sea kisses the shore
Remember Susan Elliott’s wrack-zone embroidery? Great minds (and needlewomen) think alike. Heather of In Love with Threads also has been stitching a wrack zone–in a totally different style. Her encrusted embroidery evokes the beach with “buttons and beads, including … Read More...
Softies a boy will love
Helen of Bustle & Sew gave us the heads-up about her precious new pattern for Brave Aviator Mice. Adorable! Hers are made from vintage wool scraps. I think they’d be awesome made from felt, too. You can purchase the pattern … Read More...
Tutorial: Embroidered paper-bag book covers
It’s back-to-school time! Let Urban Threads show you how to protect the kids’ textbooks with upcycled style. Turn a paper bag into a rockin book cover with a bit of embroidery. See the tute.
Display your work
Imagine your work on exhibit at the Textile Arts Center. It could happen! Check this TAC announcement:
… Read More...Textile Arts Center is always looking to find innovative fiber artists and designers. If you are one of these people and would
Century-old stitches
Carolyn Foley of Caro-Rose-Creations has access through her guild to samplers stitched in schools between 1910 and 1920. Fascinating. And so sweet to think of those young fingers of 100 years ago. Go to her blog post to see images … Read More...