Hannah of Enbrouderie and her mother, Laura, took the Sumptuous Surfaces class online with SharonB of Pin Tangle. Shown here: Laura’s first effort at creating a heavily embellished original design. I’m awestruck. Laura has posted about her experience–and shared … Read More...
Captured beauty
Keyka of Keyka Lou Patterns has put together a round-up of fiber moth and butterfly brooches available on Etsy. Go to her post to enjoy the beauty and get links to the listings.
Free hand-embroidery pattern
Valentine sale at Ordinary Mommy
Many fiber-art necklaces by Faith of Ordinary Mommy Design are on sale 25% off through January 22. Go to her blog post for the details and links.
Ed. note: Faith didn’t ask or compensate me to post about her … Read More...
A tasty tag
This week’s Tag Tuesday creation at S’Mockery Sm’Art also qualifies, I think, as an art doll. Kay Susan explains briefly how she pulled it off. See her post.
Nitpicking stabilizer
When you stitch through stabilizer and stretchy fabric, how far do you need to go in removing the stabilizer afterward? Wendi Gratz has recommendations. See her blog post.
Share your tatty ideas
Heather of Tatted Treasures would like to have your input. She says,
… Read More...I’m getting ready for Citizen Schools, and the next step is the apprenticeship fair. I’ve got 5 minutes to inspire a bunch of 13-year-olds to want to learn
Free pattern: Prim valentine
Deborah of Woolen Sails shares a sweet prim doodle for your valentine pleasure. Go to her post for the link to the free pattern.
TAFA goes live
The new site of the Textile and Fiber Art List is live!!! Dash over there now and take a tour!
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
Dip-dyed felt backgrounds
I deeply love these dip-dyed hoops blogged on The Crafts Dept. by Kristin St. Clair. She dipped white wool felt in a blue dye bath to create the illusion of winter landscapes. The polar animals are crisply cut of … Read More...
Inspiration: Junker Jane
Junker Jane‘s Voodoo Man art doll captures perfectly how I feel about Valentine’s Day. Bah, humbug! See more awesomeness at her blog.
Inspiration: Thom Atkins
Robin Atkins of Beadlust gives us a close-up look at some of the incredible beaded quilts created by her brother, Thom Atkins. The quilts are art in every sense of the word and, appropriately, are on exhibit now at … Read More...
How to applique small shapes
SharonB of Pin Tangle shares her technique for applique of small, complicated shapes. I love it when she takes something that seems hard and makes it so easy! See her tute.
One way to machine-couch
Monika of My Sweet Prairie shows her technique for machine-couching this beautiful crochet-weight thread. Her bobbin-case tip is brilliant! See her post.
Roses for Kitty
Deri has created a new tiny DeriDoll in the likeness of Kathryn Howard, as represented in the Showtime series, The Tudors. Of all the exquisite details of this doll, I can’t stop looking at the minuscule wreath of roses in … Read More...
Inspiration: Bascom Hogue
Bascom Hogue‘s needle art never fails to amaze me. We’ve seen lots of Bascom’s intense hand embroidery. Here is an example of his take on free-motion machine embroidery. Wow. See more at his Corndogs for the Devil blog.
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.