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You will adore Love Kills Slowly Cross-Stitch, a collection of charts based on designs by legendary tattoo artist Ed Hardy. Promotional materials note,

Each design in Love Kills Slowly Cross-Stitch includes a full-color picture of the original, a pattern

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Laura Wasilowski of Artfabrik has a new book coming out in February: Fanciful Stitches, Colorful Quilts.  Laura says,

The book features 11 fused art quilts with lots of hand stitchery for embellishment. All the projects in the book are

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Aimee Ray’s Doodle-Stitching liberated its readers. Although it was subtitled Fresh & Fun Embroidery for Beginners, even craggy veterans appreciated her advice to “Just thread your needle and start stitching.” With her permission and gentle push, we found ourselves …

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Art cloth, as conceived by Jane Dunnewold, is fabric on which complex layers of color and image have been built up. Art cloth can become the background for collage, art quilting, embroidery or other textile arts. Or it …

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The July 2010 issue of CQ Mag Online is available now. This instalment of the free e-zine for crazy quilters features an article on embroidering silk prints by Kathy Shaw (Shawkl); a lesson on making composite flower motifs …

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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

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Hot off the presses: Up and Tat ‘Em by Marilee Rockley (Yarnplayer). This new pattern book sells for US$ 24.00, which includes shipping “to anywhere in the world that the USPS delivers to.” You can order directly from …

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Diane Gilleland of CraftyPod has posted an in-depth review of Quilting Arts In Stitches eMag. Diane says,

I think this is an awesome and meaningful step into Magazines 2.0, and I totally applaud Interweave for taking this bold step into

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After reading the MrXStitch review, I must get a copy of Sue Rangeley‘s Embroidered Originals. I am itching to see more photos of Sue’s work. And I can hardly believe it, but the book includes descriptions of 40 of …

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I’m excited to tell you that Carina Envoldsen-Harris has published a new e-book, Stitching Borders and Beyond. She says,

Stitching Borders is a collection of 12 stitches, some are border-type stitches and a few are isolated stitches. I want

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Go look at Mary Corbet‘s review of Embroidery Lessons with Colored Studies from the Brainerd & Armstrong Company, published in 1899. This antique promotional brochure is fascinating, and so is Mary’s commentary. See the post.

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Charlie of Happy Threads regularly posts adorable free patterns for cross-stitch and needlepoint. You know that, already — I point to each one I can find! So I’m excited to tell you that Charlie has put together a 30-page e-zine …

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This video about Girl on the Wall by Jean Baggott has been shared quite a bit already, but I must post the link here. If you’re a stitcher and you haven’t yet seen it, give yourself a treat. See the video

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Look at this delicious new e-book from cheeky magpie! She says it “features step by step instruction with concise photos and descriptions for making 5 ribbon and fabric flowers. This eBook also features instructions for making unique leaf styles …

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The January 2010 issue of CQMagOnline is now live. Many great projects are included, such as a Spring Pansies Covered Tin by Victoria Adams Brown, an Easy Postcard Needlecase by Dakotah Davis, and Hanging Valentines by Maureen Greeson. There’s a …

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