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Your Christmas decorations should include a sweet-as-sugar choir boy. Creative Breathing is sharing her pattern and instructions for making this one. Go to her tute.
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Royce’s Hub gives us a look at Zalakdosi, chain stitch created with a hook. (This looks a lot like tambour embroidery and lesage.) Get the details from Royce’s post.
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These little softies are Coffin Critters by Alexz of Spooky Pooky Creations. Oh, the cuteness! See more photos at Alexz blog post.
Ed. note: This post was not solicited or compensated in any way.
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Your Thanksgiving table needs pompom turkeys. Learn how to make them from Creative Breathing.
Looking for more Thanksgiving-themed Embroidery patterns? Check these out on Etsy.
Kirsty of LovePaperFish guest posts a tutorial on Bugs and Fishes blog for a cheery and unusual Christmas ornament. Scraps of fabric and felt become holly in your hands! See the tute.
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Sue Spargo shares photos of a recent workshop in Annapolis, Maryland, where she taught layering and embroidery techniques on wool felt and–it appears–experimented with various ways of creating dimensional fabric blooms. The photos reveal a smorgasbord of techniques. Check them … Read More...
Shell of Bits and Bobs shares her pattern for this sweet Christmas applique, perfect for your holiday decor or as a gift. Go to her post.
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy
Here’s an awesome tidbit of news from Urban Threads e-newsletter:
… Read More...We collaborated with fantastic local design duo KMKostumes to create the embroidered steampunk gown you see here, showcasing lots of the Clockwork Natura embroidery designs. It’s been written up in
SharonB of Pin Tangle shares a couple of videos about tambour work–embroidery done with a hook instead of a needle. Check them out.
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Gerry Krueger of Older Rose has a brilliant and generous idea for a crazy-quilting round robin. Real gold threads are quite pricey. In the past, Gerry had to drop out of a goldwork round robin because of the cost. So … Read More...
Danielle of My Sparkle shares the pattern and tutorial for an adorable matryoshka ornament. Use one as a door hanger. Or a gift tie-on. Or make up a lot of them in different colors and have an all-matryoshka Christmas tree. … Read More...
Junker Jane‘s monster dolls are lovable any time, and they’re especially appealing as Halloween approaches. See more of her scary cuties at her blog.
Looking for more Halloween Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy.
Carina of Carina’s Craftblog has a rockin new calavera pattern for sale just in time for Dia de los Muertos and Halloween. Check it out at her blog post.
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Yvette of White Threads is considering hosting an exchange of hand-stitched Christmas ornaments again this year. She needs a few more takers to make the exchange a go. If you’re interested in participating, find out more from Yvette’s blog post… Read More...
Shell of Bits and Bobs shares her pattern for this sweet felt-applique and embroidery Christmas ornament or door hanger. Go to her blog post to download the pattern.
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Over at Kincavel Krosses, Kelley has several free charts listed to stitch for breast cancer awareness – if you didn’t realize, October is Think Pink for Breast Cancer month. She is also offering a blackwork sampler you can see in … Read More...
Next up in Troublet‘s series of stash-busting Christmas ornaments is this adorable penguin. Go to her post at The Trouble with Crafting for the pattern and tute. And don’t forget the associated giveaway!
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An awesome announcement from Urban Threads’ e-newsletter:
… Read More...With Halloween just a month away (yay!), you might be needing some creepy-cool embroidery designs. Spooky Sale to the rescue! Pick up some haunted and fallish favorites on sale this weekend — just
Simple but, oh, so effective. Make some inchies with scraps of canvas and tapestry wool. Attach them to craft sticks. Voila! Bookmarks, perfect for tucking into a Christmas stocking. Check out more beautiful little needlepoint creations at the Pin Pals… Read More...
