Check this from the Urban Threads e-newsletter:
… Read More...Watch the seconds tick by in style! This week, a shiny new tutorial will show you how to make an embroidered clock. Nope, this isn’t a crazy feat of hooping … just get
Tutorial: French-knot pillow
Megan of The Crafty CPA creates a rockin home accent with a bit of fabric, some two-color yarn, and a few French knots. And she’s sharing her technique with us! See the tute.
Tutorial: Framing needlework
Debra of All About Me shows us how to frame needlework using self-adhesive mounting board. See her tute.
Tutorial: Tatted barefoot sandals
TotusMel has posted a tutorial for her signature tatted barefoot sandals on Instructables. See the tute.
Tatting tute: Estimating thread
Jon Yusoff of Tat-a-Renda explains how to estimate the amount of thread needed for a project. See her post.
Tutorial: Dot and Daisy stitch
Tutorial: Satin-stitched dots
I avoid embroidering dots. I’ve always thought they were just too hard. But afte reading Mary Corbet‘s tutorial, I’m willing to give them a try. I want a bit of this gorgeousness in my hoop! If you’d like to … Read More...
Learn some new needlepoint stitches
Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor at About.com, has posted new free stitch journal pages for diamond ray stitch (top) and horizontal brick stitch. Go to her blog post for the links to these rockin stitch aides.
Tutorials: Tatted shamrocks
Gina of Threads of a Tatting Goddess is sharing tutorials for two lovely shamrock designs. Go to her blog post to get the PDFs.
Cover your tea!
Anne Marie of Untangling Threads shows how to make a simply elegant Victorian-inspired teacup cover to protect your drink from landing insects. If you think this isn’t a problem, you haven’t tried to sip a cuppa on my deck! See … Read More...
Is this a bullion knot?
Deepa of This and That blog shares a mystery technique video from YouTube. She says, “The outcome looks like bullion,but look at the technique…Can anyone solve the mystery of the technique? I tried to copy his method, but messed up … Read More...
Laura’s elongated daisies
Make a pinkeep
Debra S of All About ME shares instructions for making a pinkeep from a small cross-stitchery. See the tute.
Tutorial: Multiple bars in cutwork
Maya of Little Treasurers continues her tutorial series on cutwork embroidery, showing us how to handle multiple bars across open areas (as shown at the bottom of the photo). See the tute.
How to cross-stitch on ceramic
Gina of doe-c-doe cross-stitches on porcelain — with a paint pen. And she’s sharing her technique. See the post.
Make all kinds of ribbon flowers
TipNut has put together a roundup of links to 14 tutorials for making ribbon flowers. You’ll want to try all of them! See the post.
Tutorial: Basic cutwork
Maya of Little Treasures has posted a tutorial for basic cutwork embroidery. See her post on whip up blog.
How to block embroidery
Janet M. Davies of JMD Designs had some great advice for freeing your needlework of wrinkles. She says,
… Read More...I do not mean wrinkles that may happen because your tension was too tight or you did not use a hoop while
Learn to embroider from Mollie
Mollie of Wild Olive promised us an Embroidery Basics course, and now she’s delivering. Find out more about the free weekly series, coming up soon, from Mollie’s blog post.
Tutorial: Dividing floche
If floche is an indivisible embroidery thread, why is Mary Corbet dividing it? Find out why and how from her Needle ‘n’ Thread blog post.