Craft Gossip

As if this tufted titmouse weren’t fabulous enough already, The Lone Beader has gone and added bead berries to his supporting branch. I would have used lots of the same kind of bead. Maybe you would have, too. Now we know better. See…

This gorgeously simple CQ seam treatment made me gasp. Look at the beaded flowers! Annie Whitsed combined a couple of pearl drops, a bugle bead, and a seed bead with elegant results. The project currently in my hoop will be heavily…

Let Melissa (Checkout Girl) show you how to create this charming wool-felt applique. See the excellent tutorial on Sew, Mama, Sew!

You can find charts for some sweet, tiny, dainty cross-stitch designs at mausimom’s freebies blog. Go see.

Many thanks to le blog friendstitch for pointing out this great site.

Blake Ramsey posted an article at the crafts dept about woolies, nautical needleworks created by sailors. Fabulous!  Check out the post.

The sublime Jenny Hart is blogging about floss blending over on the Chronicle Books blog. Go see.