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Jan
31
Sonie of Embroidery World is sharing her original square-mirror designs for shisha embroidery. So beautiful. Grab the designs and try this technique!
Jan
31
Cheryl Fall, editor of About.com’s needlepoint blog, has a new year-long project you’re going to love and want to get in on. Cheryl proposes that you start a needlepoint stitch journal, and she’s supplying the journal pages and …
Jan
31
Two vintage pattern books now available on the Free Pattern Maker & PCStitch Charts site are bound to make your mouth water. Sajou booklets 301 (left) and 303 contain intricate cross-stitch designs that have unlimited applications. Each booklet includes many more …
Jan
31
Sandra of Crazy Mom Tats is celebrating her 100th post by giving away five vintage copies of Workbasket magazine. She says,
All of these magazines have tatting, crochet, and knitting patterns in them, plus embroidery, recipes and other craft ideas.
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Jan
31
Cheryl Goss of Willowberry Designs has introduce a new year-long stitch-along, Under the Sea. Over the year, she will publish ten original hand-embroidery designs. Each can be worked as a block, and Cheryl will share options for putting the blocks …
Jan
31
Tam of Tam’s Creations definitely has a soft spot for crafting for a cause. She gave us the heads-up about another opportunity to stitch for charity:
Jen Funk Weber is publicizing the 2010 Bookmark Challenge, which will take place from March …
Jan
29
Dot Lewallen (SpeedieBeadie) and her friend Cynthia have started a new Yahoo group dedicated to bead embroidery. She says,
Cyn & I were talking about names & I just blurted out “A Bead Story”. Then she added “come
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Jan
29
I love this little peek into the creative process of crazy-quilter Gerry Krueger (olderrose). She says,
When is a seam not a seam? When it is a little garden. I had this tiny yellow hanky lace that I
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Jan
29
While tutoring us on how to make needlepunch flowers with silk ribbon, Allison Aller mentioned a cool tool that I hadn’t seen before. She says,
I got out my handy dandy and indispensable Thread Zapper to seal the cut ends
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Jan
29
The Chinese Knotting site offers instructions for a variety of traditional embellishments such as the Chinese Button Knot shown here. You know this photo makes you want to grab some cord and try it yourself! Go to the site.…
Jan
29
This news came in from Needleprint while I was on Christmas break; but I think you’ll agree it’s still worth sharing!
In 1882, Dr Julius Lessing, Director of the Royal Industrial Museum in Berlin, published the first of a series
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Jan
29
KERRYKATIECAKES has a great tip for using tiger tape to make perfectly spaced crazy-quilt embroidery stitches — horizontally and vertically! Check it out.
Jan
29
Oh, my goodness! This exquisite dimensional embroidery is Voyage au fond des mers by needle artist Catherine Rosselle. See more of Catherine’s incredible stitchery in her flickr photostream.
Many thanks to Carina of feeling stitchy for pointing out …
Jan
29
Get advice from tatting expert Jane Eborall on how best to work without lock stitches (knots). Her large-scale illustrations using rattail cord make her explanation easy to follow, even for a nonexpert like me! See the tute.
Jan
29
These tatted floral insertions thrill me: vintage and nostalgic, yet somehow modern. Imagine using them in your sewing, scrapbooking, cardmaking, or collages. If you can tat, they’re all yours! TATBit Tats is sharing a printable copy of the vintage Coats …
