Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint explains how to sign your needlepoint. See her post.
Tutorial: Tuna can pincushion
Kimara of Wee Folk Art shares instructions for her version of the tuna-can pincushion. A little felt, a little embroidery, and this cast-off container becomes a treasure! See the tute.
Tutorial: Cupcake gift box
Heidi of sewcraftcreate.com has a guest post on Little Birdie Secrets demonstrating how to stitch up several versions of a cupcake gift box. Adorable! See the tute.
How to wind a shuttle
Sharon of Sharon’s Tatted Lace takes the mystery out of filling a tatting shuttle with thread. To see instructions for setting up several different types of shuttles, go to Sharon’s blog post.
Tatting tute: Catherine Wheel join
yarnplayer has put together a still-photo tutorial for the Catherine Wheel join. Go to her blog post for the link to the PDF file.
Tutorial: Stem and split stitches
Don’t miss Mollie Johanson‘s latest Embroidery Basics tutorial on stem and split stitches. Go to her Wild Olive post.
Tutorial: Create a needlepoint mountainscape
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint saw a Craftzine.com video about reproducing this mountainscape photo as a painting. And of course she saw immediately that the technique could be adapted for needlepoint. Let Janet show you how.
How to monogram a tea towel
This gorgeous tea towel is almost too pretty to use! Find out how Mary Corbet created the monogram from her Needle ‘n’ Thread post.
Use T-stitch for an airy fill
Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor at About.com, recommends T-stitch as “an open, airy needlepoint stitch…as a filling in areas where you would like the canvas to show through.” Find out more from her blog post.
Recent embroidery-stitch tutorials
Tutorial: Closed feather stitch
In her quest to conquer 100 stitches, Kim of bigB takes on closed feather stitch, and she shares the technique. See the tute.
Learn to wrap pearl purl
Kathy of The Unbroken Thread demos a goldwork technique — wrapping pearl purl with silk thread. Check out her tute.
Stitch around the corner
Laura Wasilowski of Artfabrik shows how to turn a sharp corner with outline stitch. See her tute.
Learn embroidery basics
Enjoy the latest instalment of Embroidery Basics by Mollie Johanson (Wild Olive). Mollie’s photos are awesome, and she really knows how to explain this stuff. Go to her post.
Tutorial: Hot-Wire dragonfly
Pat Winter (Pat Winter Gatherings) created this gorgeous crazy-quilt embellishment using Kreinik’s new Hot-Wire thread. The resulting dragonfly may look as complicated as it is beautiful, but Pat’s technique is totally doable. See the tute.
Dichroic Glass Tutorial – The Donut
This is a tutorial for those that have glass fusing experience and access to a drill press and diamond bit hole saws. But for those of you not quite there yet you have something cool to work towards. First you … Read More...
Tutorial: French knots
Zoe of The Making Spot has posted a rockin tute for French knots. If you haven’t yet tried this stitch — or if it frustrates you — be sure to see the tips that follow the instructions. See the tute… Read More...
Glass Bead Tutorial – Talisman Bead by Jeff Barber
A good friend of mine is taking a class this weekend by bead maker Jeff Barber. It made me check out his web site and he sure does make lovely beads. He even has a tutorial for a bead … Read More...
Make a spring bouquet that will last
Kimara of Wee Folk Art has treats for us! Her blog post says,
… Read More...Here is a peek at our Spring Bouquet. Tomorrow, we will post the directions on how to make your own, AND Wednesday, we will be hosting a
Tutorial: Needle flowers
Annekata walks us through a basic tatting technique to create these sweet needle flowers. She says they’re “fast and easy to make, perfect for gift decorations, jewelry components or hair pins.” See her tute.