Oct
30
You’ll enjoy these posts by Erika Kern of CraftStylish. First, she shows us how to turn portraits into needlework patterns. Then she follows up by explaining how to turn the pattern into a finished work. A great …
Oct
29
Pimp Stitcher Tamie Snow brought out two new embroidery pattern collections this week: Sleep Songs and Willow Farms. Get the details.
Oct
29
Annie Oakleaves is looking for as many as ten stitchers to test embroidery patterns and produce samples of her new designs. If you’re interested in helping out, see her post for more info.
Oct
29
lusummers is showing a simple but very effective idea for Christmas ornaments on her blog. You probably won’t need a tutorial to follow her inspiration. But you will need some fabulous fabric. Lusummers used her own hand-screenprinted design.
Oct
29
Pamela Quevedo of TotusMel blog is sharing the pattern for this majorly cool tatted scarf. Get the instructions.
Oct
29
Ruth Rae of Let the Beauty We Love… blog got to teach at and participate in this year’s ArtFiberFest, and she’s sharing some of her experiences on her blog. If this doesn’t make you jealous, nothing will. Let’s all plan …
Oct
29
I just found out about the Quilt Dash! If this is news to you, too, go get all the details. Here’s a tidbit from the site:
It’s an online hide-and-seek game, where various quilt shops join us to offer
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Oct
29
CC of Lace ‘n’ Ribbon Roses blog is sharing a sweet chart for cross-stitch or chicken scratch. Get the pattern.
Oct
28
(1) Deepa of This and That blog showed us some beautiful experiments with shadow work.
(2) Mishka of Quilting Gallery shared a video by Eleanor Burns demonstrating how to make crazy quilt and strip Christmas stockings.
(3) The Baby …
Oct
28
Bee Square Blog reports a discovery from fall quilt market – a new, environmentally friendly quilt batting. She says,
This year the new green is batting made from recycled plastic bottles. The Quilter’s Dream brand reports that each twin sized batting
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Oct
28
Quilt artist Donna Hussain has a guest article on Rayela’s Fiber Focus blog describing her adaptation of an image from the Book of Kells to a contemporary quilt. Fascinating. See the article.
Oct
28
Amy Cluck of Pimp Stitch has posted an awesome tutorial for beginner bead embroidery. See the tute.
Oct
28
Ruth Perry of Celtic Tatting blog is sharing her pattern for this lovely Star of David. Get the instructions.
Oct
28
Noreen of Hankering for Yarn blog is having eight giveaways! Count them – eight! You can enter each one as often as you like. All end October 31 and are open to readers in Canada and the USA. See the …
Oct
28
I can’t wait to make one of these! Jenny Shaw of Stitcher & Scribbler blog is offering a tutorial for this adorable embroidered spiderweb wall art, complete with a dangly spider. See the tute.
And many thanks to floresita…







