Sep
29
Shirley of Shirley’s Twisted Threads is paying forward the kindness and sharing of the stitchin fingers community by posting a tutorial for her beautiful SRE rose. Shirley has named this stitch “Lucy”s Rose. Enjoy the tute.
Sep
26
Yiota’s Cross Stitch is giving away a cross-stitch kit based on Klimt’s Fulfillment. Go to Yiota’s site to enter before October 20.
Sep
26
Jennifer of pieKnits is sharing her original pattern for this funky and adorable cross-stitch slogan. Go get it.
Sep
26
Julia McMorrow of Cross Stitch Centre let us know about a monthly giveaway on the UK site. She says,
Cross Stitch Centre have just launched a new monthly competition. The prize is £20 to spend on cross stitch products of
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Sep
26
Here’s some rockin news from the makers of DIY Dish:
Kim and Kris are back with Season 2 of The DIY Dish. Episode One features Kris showing how to make a darling little owl pin cushion. The project concept
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Sep
26
Benita Skinner of Victoriana Quilt Designs has posted a new applique-block design in her Words of Inspiration & Celebration series. This beautiful autumn block is timed perfectly for northern-hemisphere stitchers! Get the pattern.
Sep
26
I’m in love with the work of Johanna Wood of Metal, Cloth & Wood. Her unique handcrafted jewelry is young, clever, and well-designed — and incorporates embroidery! In a personal note, Johanna says,
I use free motion embroidery to
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Sep
26
Some of you have noticed that my posts have been sparse over the past couple of weeks. I sincerely appreciate your sweet notes of concern. I’m juggling a full-time job, my CraftGossip gig, and a small art business. Once in …
Sep
21
The SWAKembroidery.com e-newsletter announces this great freebie:
Courtesy of Needle in a Haystack Embroidery and SWAKembroidery, we’re pleased to bring you a free tutorial on making a fall flange pillow. Here is what the designer shares..
“Autumn has to be
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Sep
21
Country Bumpkin‘s e-newsletter announces:
We have an absolutely amazing subscription offer for you where one lucky reader will be jetting off to Paris in February 2011 to attend Europe’s premier needlework event, L’Aiguille en Fete, with Susan O’Connor and
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Sep
20
Digital Misfit of My Hiding Place in Cyber Space is sharing two adorable Kreepy Kid hand-embroidery patterns. Her blog says,
Foxy Felix is usually a sweet, lovable boy who loves camping and roasting marshmallows…but be careful. Felix can have a
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Sep
20
Sibille Kreideweiss of Enchanting Threads Designs sent us a sweet note recommending The Stitchers’ Village web site. She says,
The Stitchers Village is a wonderful community about embroidery. There are plenty of shops to find, a forum for discussion, a
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Sep
20
Ruth O’Leary has resumed work on the St. Cuthbert’s banner. Go to her blog to catch up on this historical embroidery project on velvet. Awesome.
Sep
20
The Busy Needle invites you to join in the Diabetes Tree Fundraiser. The blog explains,
Here is how it works:
1. All year long we take donations of handmade ornaments from around the country and around the world and
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Sep
20
Things are hoppin over on Urban Threads.
Join in their first-ever scavenger hunt! Thirteen readers will win US$ 31.00 gift certificates. Get the details. Contest ends September 26.
And the UT e-newsletter clues us in on a sweet …







