Sep
18
(1) Quando sono in giardino from Blog di Gloria
(2) La patisserie, an image by Cathe Holden charted with permission by bdcouture
(3) Bouquet de Roses from Le blog de Les broderies de vayou
(4) Biscornu from les loisirs abbygaelle…
Sep
17
After taking Alma Stoller‘s fabric-bead class, Carmi of Carmi’s Art/Life World was inspired to create these beads from bits of vintage French jacquard ribbon. Luscious! See more — including the necklace Carmi made from the beads — on her …
Sep
17
Catherine McEver of Stuff You Can’t Have has a brilliant idea for converting worn or stained clothing into funkwear: embroider it with mend writing. She says,
This embroidery strategy lets you get a word in edgewise by using the English
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Sep
17
Kate of The Glass Mountain and lilipopo is giving away three copies of an original pattern, which she used to create these lovely embroideries. Go to her blog post to enter before September 26.
Sep
17
If you’re anywhere near Brooklyn, New York, USA, you are so lucky! Samantha Cotterill of mummysam is leading a free workshop at the Etsy labs (in conjunction with the Dumbo Arts Festival). The promotional post says,
We’ll play around with
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Sep
16
Penny Nickels (Donkeywolf) has started a three-part series on the history of goldwork. You know this is going to be good. See the first post over on MrXStitch.
Sep
16
Jacquelynne of The Noble Wife is sharing her pattern for this apron with jack-o-lantern embroidery on the pocket. Even if you don’t need a holiday apron, you may want to grab the embroidery design for other seasonal stitching. (For personal …
Sep
16
Arlee Barr gives us a “semi-comprehensive” rundown of kantha stitching. See the post on her albedo blog.
Sep
15
This week’s TAST challenge is a variation of raised chain stitch. See the tutorial on SharonB’s Pin Tangle blog.
Sep
15
Sarah Whittle demonstrates a couple more stitches:
Eyelet wheels
Ermine stitch
Sep
15
In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Bernina USA is sponsoring a Bling Your Bra contest. Make or buy a bra, apply over-the-top embellishment, submit a photo of your work, and enter to win a box of goodies from BERNINA …
Sep
15
Our beloved Allie Aller (Allie’s in Stitches) is guest blogging over on Pamela Kellogg’s Kitty and Me Designs blog. Enjoy her concise rundown of creating place portraits — images “created by embroidering over photo-transfered imagery, in crazy quilting.” As …
Sep
15
When you finish tatting a motif, you’re left with ugly, dangling working threads. Jon Yusoff of Jon’s Thread Escapades shows us how to reduce the number of thread ends to be dealt with and how to hide the ends that …
Sep
15
Natalie Zee Drieu of Craftzine.com reprises her Geek Craft — a plastic canvas Nintendo DS case. She says,
The project was originally a Craftster project by Rosemary Travale that I modified. I made it in in about a week while
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Sep
15
More vintage Sajou charts have been added to the collection at Ramzi‘s blog. Go see.







