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Jul
28
Teresa of All Things Vintage has posted a tutorial for making a “keeper” for quilt blocks and needlework that lets you keep them clean and wrinkle free while you store or transport them. Go to Teresa’s post for the details, …
Jul
26
If you’re itching to try cross-stitch embroidery, Connie G. Barwick will get you started right. Connie is the cross-stitch editor at About.com, and she offers a series of tutorials designed especially for beginners: Stitch Your First Cross Stitch, How …
Jul
26
Sarah Whittle has several great new tutorials for us:
(1) Bullion Knots
(2) Bullion Knot Roses
(3) Buttonhole Stitch
(4) Buttonhole Flowers
(5) Algerian Eye Stitch
(6) Knotted Blanket Stitch
Jul
26
Orna Willis of Ornaments blog is giving away another of her exquisite handmade needlepoint and ultrasuede accessories. If you’d like to have this beautiful case for your glasses, go to Orna’s blog post to enter. She hasn’t named a …
Jul
26
These Lucky Little Pigs are the newest machine-embroidery collection from Anja Rieger Design. The patterns will be available on Anja’s website beginning Thursday, July 29. In the meantime, you could win these six samples, embroidered on washable felt and …
Jul
26
KerryKatieCakes has posted a rockin tutorial for making dimensional fabric butterflies to embellish your crazy quilting or other fiber projects. See the tute.
Jul
25
(1) Bouquet de Marguerites from Le blog de Les broderies de vayou
(2) Ballon de foot from Le blog de Mamou
(3) Sieste de Chien from un jour, une grille
(4) BISCORNU from les loisirs abbygaelle
(5) Trio coccinelles from …
Jul
25
(1) Pizzo from luli
(2) Be Kind to Others by Connie G. Barwick of About.com
(3) Cherry alphabet from lei.com
(4) Sweet Garden from Le blog de carmela
(5) Girafe Volante from un jour, une grille
(6) Kitchen Capers, scanned …
Jul
23
Ellie of Bustle and Sew is offering her blog readers a discount on this charming fish pattern. She says,
I’m very pleased with them - they were great fun to make and look really effective hanging in a bunch – rather like those
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Jul
23
If you happen to be a child of the 1970s, you may think macrame was invented in that decade to hang potted plants and decorate swag lamps. But, in fact, macrame is an ancient craft with an international background. Enjoy catching …
Jul
22
Art Spirit is featuring photos and a brief description of the work of Bangie, a weaver from Borneo who demonstrated her artform in Santa Barbara, California, USA, recently. Art Spirit says,
In [Bangie's] village everyone knows how to weave
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Jul
22
Ruth O’Leary has completed her modern goldwork series, Spirograph, and the embroideries are stunning. See Ruth’s latest post about this work. And be sure to scroll back through her blog to enjoy the entire series of posts.
Jul
22
I haven’t tried this myself, but I’m fascinated. Persona has posted a tutorial on Instructables.com for harvesting abandoned webs and making spider-silk thread. Persona notes,
Having walked into so many webs, I know how unbelievably strong and stretchy their threads are.
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Jul
22
Aimee Ray of Doodle Stitching fame has a new book coming out in October — Doodle Stitching: The Motif Collection. It includes 400 embroidery patterns in print and on CD and 17 easy-to-sew projects using Aimee’s designs. See a preview …
Jul
22
Kathy of The Unbroken Thread continues her exploration of embroidery fibers. Her latest post compares four types of silk thread. Get the details.
