Jun
25
If you love sarajessica‘s charts for tiny cross-stitch tidbits, you are going to love her latest venture. She’s sharing this much larger scale floral pattern — original of course — on her Cross Me Not blog. Get the chart…
Jun
25
Don’t miss the tutorial for freestyle weaving on a pin loom. It’s over on Tenar’s Cave blog, and it rocks. See the tute.
Jun
24
This gorgeous pastel biscornu is the original creation of Tintock Tap. She says the design was “inspired by the way I saw the backstitched squares being distorted as I stitched together my 15 sided Snowflakes biscornu in January. I …
Jun
24
Does everybody else know about this? It’s new to me.
Look how Maria del Valle created butterflies with a few straight stitches on evenweave fabric. Simple, elegant, lovely…brilliant! This photo is from a sampler of stitches she’s learning, she says, through …
Jun
24
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint shows us two great stitches for creating diamond shapes in a hand-painted needlepoint canvas. See her post.
Jun
24
If you’re new to needlework — or if you’re switching from a familiar type of stitching to a new technique — you may have a bit of trouble figuring out which needle to use for what. Needlework Tips & Techniques…
Jun
22
Baumcat‘s thread sketches make me feel like crowing! See more.
Jun
22
The stitch of the week at Rittenhouse Needlepoint is Darmstadt Pattern. The blog says, “This all sounds terribly complicated but the stitch is rather easy to do and it works up quickly.” Get the details.
Jun
22
Run over to Jane Eborall’s blog, Tatting and Not a Lot Else!, where Juliet Herring is generously sharing her original pattern for these delicate split-ring bracelets. See the post.
Jun
22
Hooray!!! Tatting queen Jon Yusoff of Jon’s Thread Escapade and Jon’s Patterns Page has opened an Etsy shop! She says,
The latest listing is a set of tatting pattern made up of a medallion, a bookmark, a snowflake and an
…
Jun
22
The weekly treat from Bargello Needlepoint is the chart for this cheerful Christmas-gift ornament. Sweet! Get the chart.
Jun
22
Mollie of Wild Olive is sharing this sweet original embroidery pattern for your personal use. Get the pattern.
Jun
20
Have you noticed, flower looms are having a raging comeback. I remember coveting those beautiful flowery afgans back in my college days but not having the umpf to loop up hundreds of yarn blooms. These days, I can sit still …
Jun
20
Vicki of RibbonSmyth explains how she created this exquisite collage:
This small collage features RibbonSmyth hand-dyed 13mm Vintage Rayon Tape twisted over and under other rayon tape. Rat tail cord is twisted among the tape and tacked down with RibbonSmyth…
Jun
20
Beading Butterfly‘s Bead Journal Projects are wearable and buyable! This gorgeous cuff, Chimera’s Tear — her November BJP — is available from her Etsy shop.







