Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint is sharing the news that the American Needlepoint Guild now has an Internet chapter! If there’s no guild chapter in your neighborhood or it’s hard for you to get out to a live meeting, … Read More...
Free patterns: Snowmen cross-stitch ornaments
Get the pattern for these sweet snowmen now and stitch them up to dangle on your Christmas tree this season. Designed by Ursula Michael for Zweigart Design Bank and available now on FreePatterns.com.
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? … Read More...
It’s All in the Supplies
Finding the right supplies for cake and cookie decorating.
Embroidered Felt Muertos Pins
So sweet you want to eat them!!! 
Australian artist Beth Wachla crafts her own version of a Mexican Sugar Skull in colorful felt. Each of their own little personality and each are adorable! Available on her etsy store,
Dia de los Muertos Bracelet Tutorial
Crafty Chica Kathy Cano Murillo has a pretty Dia de Los Muertos Charm Bracelet tutorial in her blog
Transforming Antique Stained Glass Windows
Do you have an eye for finding old, weathered, cruddy looking things that can be turned back into useable and beautiful pieces? I don’t. But, after seeing this blog entry on restoring and installing old stained glass windows, I’m starting … Read More...
FRACTAL CROCHET?? What’s Cauliflower Got To Do With It?
What does cauliflower have to do with crochet? Not much. This is just an example of an everyday fractal. Fractals are amazing mathematical shapes first described by Gaston Julia and Benoit Mandelbrot. You can google those guys and read til … Read More...
Tutorial: Plastic canvas gift box
Diane Gilleland of CraftStylish deserves an award for bringing plastic canvas back with elegance, utility, and an up-to-date aesthetic. Check out the gift box she’s sharing with us. This ain’t tissue-box-cover needlepoint. Thank you, Diane! Get the tutorial.
Looking … Read More...
Sugar-skull felties
Oh, my goodness! Check out the felt sugar skulls by Beth Wachla. In fact, check out everything on her blog. Her stuff is all fiercely cute.
Many thanks to Jenny Ryan of Craftzine.com for pointing out this find.
Metallic & Embossing just like PBJ
Hi Evryone:
I’ve always shy away from metallic, the last time I tried to use it with a punch, I endup throwing the punch away…
Later on I found out I could have put the punch in the freezer for … Read More...
Free patterns: Penguins and gnomes
Kandra of Sublime Sisters blog has posted a couple of free embroidery patterns that will rock your socks. If you think this little gnome is cute, go check out the penguin love! Get the patterns.
Free patterns: Penguins and gnomes
Kandra of Sublime Sisters blog has posted a couple of free embroidery patterns that will rock your socks. If you think this little gnome is cute, go check out the penguin love! Get the patterns.
Free patterns: Penguins and gnomes
Kandra of Sublime Sisters blog has posted a couple of free embroidery patterns that will rock your socks. If you think this little gnome is cute, go check out the penguin love! Get the patterns.
Free patterns: Penguins and gnomes
Kandra of Sublime Sisters blog has posted a couple of free embroidery patterns that will rock your socks. If you think this little gnome is cute, go check out the penguin love! Get the patterns.
Dire warning from Urban Threads
Niamh of Urban Threads has posted a tutorial for this awesome portable craft kit. “You have to have this little kit with you,” she says. “Apparently the other option is fatal.” Get the tutorial.
1000 Jewelry Inspirations Book Review
1,000 Jewelry Inspirations: Beads, Baubles, Dangles, and Chains (1000 Series) by Sandra Salamony
- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Quarry Books (June 1, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1592534139
- ISBN-13: 978-1592534135
This book is nothing but a visual feast of jewelry eye candy … Read More...
Don’t miss these links
(1) Mary Ray of CraftStylish shows us her machine-stitched trapunto technique.
(2) Helen Stubbings of Hugs from Helen blog is showing off lots of her new patterns.
(3) Tracy’s Needlepoing Blog offers us a review of William Morris … Read More...
The ins and outs of fusible interfacing
Pink Chalk Studio has posted an awesomely thorough tutorial about fusible interfacing – its uses and pitfalls. She takes the scary right out of the process. Go see what I mean.
And thanks to NyteRayn of elemental blog for … Read More...
Another Free Pattern For the Season!
Knitpicks.com has done it again!
A Free Felted Snowman Pattern!
How cool is that? Actually they look kinda warm.
Go to www.knitpicks.com to download your pattern and find the perfect yarn!
Drawing a needlepoint circle
Judy of FREEBIES, etc.! coaches us on how to draw a perfect circle on needlepoint canvas. It’s not as obvious as you might think. See the tutorial.