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- Allie’s in Stitches - Blog of crazy-quilting expert Allison Ann Aller
- Art Gallery Fabrics - Blog of fabric designer Patricia Bravo
- Create Needlepoint! - Blog of needlepoint expert Barbara Bergsten
- Gatherings - Blog of crazy-quilting expert Pat Winter
- Needle ‘n’ Thread - Blog of embroidery expert Mary Corbet
- Needle Tatting and Other Nonsense - Blog of tatting expert Pamela Quevedo (TotusMel)
- Nuts About Needlepoint - Blog of needlepoint expert Janet M. Perry
- Ornaments - Blog of needlepoint expert Orna Willis
- Pin Tangle - Blog of embroidery expert Sharon Boggon (SharonB)
- Plays with Needles - Blog of needleartist Susan Elliott
- Shawkl - Home of the crazy-quilting series “Twelve Dozen Stitches in Twelve Months”
- Spirit Cloth - Blog of quilt artists and innovator Jude Hill
- The Lone Beader - Blog of an anonymous bead-embroidery expert
- Women on Quilts - Blog of quilt historian Kimberly Wulfert
Mar
20
These stitcheries make me happy, that’s all.
(1) Dreaming of Spring from Early Bird Special
(2) Apple Tree by HARE and DRUM (via emma lamb)
(3) AMC Gremlin by doe-c-doe
Mar
20
Have you tried your hand yet at Bargello Needlepoint’s online stitch-related crossword puzzle? No? Well, hop to it!
Mar
20
Melissa of Honey Bee’s Bliss says the French-knot loop flower is the perfect filler for silk-ribbon sprays. (See the tiny blue flowers in the upper-right motif of the CQ block at left.) She shows us exactly how it’s done in a short,…
Mar
20
I can’t wait for these lamps to become available in the United States! core77 blog showed us the Stitch Lamp from Swedish company LampGustaf. The blog notes,
It comes with a darning needle and yarn in eight colors, so you can add your own…
Mar
20
Look at Mimi Kirchner’s latest tiny worlds! I hear steel-drum music, don’t you? See more fabulous photos of these sweet fantasy islands at Doll, Mimi’s blog.
Mar
20
The checkerboard itself could be part of a larger checkerboard — which is sort of like life. –Jude Hill
Have you been watching the new series of videos by stitchery innovator and experimenter Jude Hill? Jude invites us to observe and…
Mar
20
Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor for About.com, shares this Wayward Winds pattern, which she says “can be stitched in any combination of colors in smaller quantities, making it a perfect scrap-basket project.” Go to Cheryl’s blog post to get the pattern and find out…
Mar
19
You want this gorgeous armchair sewing caddy, don’t you. You can have one! Maureen of Maureen’s Vintage Acquisitions Blog says,
Over the two years my website was closed, I received several requests asking for me to sell the pattern for my Arm Chair Sewing…
Mar
19
Look at this delicious new e-book from cheeky magpie! She says it “features step by step instruction with concise photos and descriptions for making 5 ribbon and fabric flowers. This eBook also features instructions for making unique leaf styles and…
Mar
19
DMCThread’s Blog winds up its four-part series on cross-stitch with two beautiful free patterns. And it starts a new series on needlepoint with an awesome giveaway. Go to the blog post to learn more, get the patterns, and see the rules for…
Mar
19
C&T Publishing is sharing instructions for embellishing paper with stitches, an excerpt from its publication Unforgettable Invitations by Melissa Collette Giles. According to C&T’s blog, it “includes instructions for machine sewing on paper, hand sewing on paper, hiding the back of your stitches, and…
Mar
19
Susan Elliott of Plays with Needles has posted a rockin profile of “an Indian needle artist named Surayia Rahman who has spent her life helping hundreds of women escape from poverty in Bengal through needle and thread.” An amazing must-read for needlework lovers.…
Mar
19
Janet Granger of Dollshouse Embroidery Kits has followed through with her idea to produce tiny finishing kits for dollhouse furniture (the bases for her miniature needlework). She says,
For years, it has bothered me that people who make miniature furniture have to buy…
Mar
19
YouCanQuiltThis.com has posted a tutorial for herringbone stitch by Needle in a Haystack. Go see.
Mar
18
(1) Bonne fête Grand-mère from Arachné en son jardin
(2) La journée de la femme from Le blog de defidetoile
(3) Le fermier from bdcouture
(4) Monogram F from Stofnest
(5) Licorne from Le blog de kali
(6) Matriochka de Mars from Le blog de Vick
(7) Fleurs de printemps from les loisirs…
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