Helen of Hugs from Helen blog is seeking sample and model stitchers. She says,

Don’t worry if you are not a master of all skills, you designate what your strengths and preferences are on your application form.

Find out more from Helen’s blog.

In keeping with the season in her part of the world, Kimara of Wee Folk Art is sharing an applique pattern for a tempting cluster of cherries. Get the pattern.

The July giveaway at Nuts About Needlepoint will have five winners! The grand-prize winner will get a selection of threads and a scrap bag project with some scrap threads to try. The five runners up will get the scrap bag project. Go…

Violarium blog is giving away a copy of Cross-stitch Letters Bible by Valerie Lejeune, a book of more than 800 alphabets. Go to the blog to enter before July 19.

Many thanks to Carol of iStitchaholic for the heads-up.

Lovely! Lisa of 5 Orange Potatoes — and her wee ones — are embroidering on leaves. Go see!

DJ of Prick and Stitch is My Craft has posted a lovely set of patterns for floral numbers. The set of ten is available for GBP 6.00 *(GBP 1.00 individually) from the Pinbroidery site.

Jill of Homemade by Jill is sharing her templates for an appliqued “quiet book.” Run over to her blog and get them.