The pattern for this beautiful foundation-pieced quilt block, designed by Linda Causee, is free from FreePatterns.com. Get the pattern.

DMC has released a new product – Secret Perfume floss – that gives me the shudders. The 12 colors come in three “aroma themes”: Flower Bouquet, Tutti-fruiti, and Delicacies. The DMC site claims that the fragrance is released by touch. … Read More...

doe-c-doe is spoiling us this week with three new vintage patterns for hand embroidery. These fruit are surprisingly cheerful, considering that they’re about to be eaten! Get these darling patterns.

Kaye Wood, Inc., has just come out with a new Noah’s Ark machine-embroidery collection. The 20 designs are professionally digitized and resizable. Find out more.

If you still want more check out these Machine Embroidery patterns on Etsy.

(1) LadyShuttlemaker is celebrating her blog’s 50,000th unique visit (really!!!) by giving away a skein of 100% high quality SILK hand dyed tatting thread. Go to the blog to enter before March 23.
(2) Sisters Gulassa are giving away fat … Read More...

Michele of With Heart and Hands blog has put together a rockin list of free St. Patrick’s Day or Irish themed quilt patterns! WooHOOO! Thank you, Michele! Go to her blog to see the list of links.

Corvus Mellori has started a blog to showcase and share her beautiful and unusual line art and embroidery patterns. Corvus says,

By and large, when I embroider, I use my own line art. Recently I decided it would be great

(1) Folk Rabbit by Andrea Zuill
(2) Learn to make a French knot with Kristin Nicholas’ video
(3) Tiny tea and coffee cross-stitch motifs from sarajessica of Cross Me Not
(4) Alexandria Pyn Pillow from At the Honeysuckle Tree
(5) … Read More...

TipNut is sharing a series of wonderful days-of-the-week vintage cross-stitch patterns. Get your bluebirds of happiness!

Chloe Findlay-Harder of Tangled Thread blog is sharing three awesome cross-stitch charts with St. Patrick’s Day themes. Good luck choosing among them! Maybe you’d better go ahead and stitch them all. Get the charts.

Is that a cute little ladybug in the center of that button? I don’t think so. I think it’s a representation of female reproductive anatomy that is sure to make any feminist smile. Buy a felt brooch to express yourself … Read More...

This week, doe-c-doe is treating us to a couple of vintage floral embroidery patterns in honor of the coming of spring. Sweet! Get the patterns.

Stitch up this sweetheart for the kitteh-lover in your life. The chart is free from The Chart Shop at Cross-stitching.com. Get the chart.

CC of Lace ‘n’ Ribbon Roses has two treats for us today: a vintage Sunbonnet Sue pattern and a chickenscratch butterfly pattern. Go to her blog and grab them up!

Sunbonnet Sue is a classic embroidery pattern that has … Read More...

The joint is jumping at All Things Needlepoint blog and The Art Needlepoint Co.! Check out their news:

There are a few major initiatives underway…One is creating needlepoint as practical and beautiful solutions to everyday needs in the home.

The joint is jumping at All Things Needlepoint blog and The Art Needlepoint Co.! Check out their news:

There are a few major initiatives underway…One is creating needlepoint as practical and beautiful solutions to everyday needs in the home.

The joint is jumping at All Things Needlepoint blog and The Art Needlepoint Co.! Check out their news:

There are a few major initiatives underway…One is creating needlepoint as practical and beautiful solutions to everyday needs in the home.

Claudia of Stitchado Handmade blog is sharing hand-embroidery patterns for four spring flowers, just in time for Northern-hemisphere seasonal stitchery. Beautiful! Get the patterns.