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I didn’t think anything on this earth could be cuter than Hugh Jackman. But this Spooky Pooky rendering of Wolverine may have him beat. So tiny. So brutal. There’s a tiny doll version of Beast, too. Go to Alexz‘s

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In the new series over on MrXStitch, Sequintial Art, Claire Barrett gives us an intro to tambour beading, which entails stitching with a hook. Many couture houses use this traditional Indian technique to cover large areas quickly with beads or …

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Joy McC of New Zealand created this blooming landscape block for the CQ Journal Project 2012. Just looking at it gives me enough happy to last all day! Go to the blog post for an image you can click to

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Check out this entry in the CQ Journal Project 2012 by Carole A of the UK. The background colors are neutrals and greens. The color, coherence, and movement comes from the stitches. Yet the work is so well integrated that …

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Rachel Hobson of Craftzine.com found and shared a video by weaver Whitney Matalone that knocks my socks off. The time-lapse record of the process of Ikat has convinced me that any work in this form should be worth at least …

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Jennifer of CraftSanity spent a week at her kiddo’s elementary school, teaching 500 kindergarten through fifth-graders to weave and leading them in creating a patchwork rug for the school library. Her blog post shares the concrete and intangible benefits of

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I’ve been seeing this incredible monogram pop up on Pinterest and blogs and ogled it with awe. Orna Willis saw it, too, and track it to its source: Jacob Magraw-Mickelson, who developed the New York Times’ signature initial in connection …

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I want to be…under the sea…with Diana J of Florida, USA. Go to her post at CQ Journal Project 2012, where you can click and enlarge the photo of her block. You’ll want to see every fabulous, brilliant detail.

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Lorraine of Creative Daily accepted the TAST French-knot Challenge by stitching row after row of French-knots using various weights of threads and yarns. I think you’ll agree: The result is framable! Well done. Go to her blog post for an

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Eep! Pink poodle alert! The Lone Beader manages to evoke Paris with a few (OK, a lot of) well-placed beads. Brava! See more at the blog post.

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I love Nichol Brinkman‘s brain! Check out the latest item from Pink Cheeks Studios: a mobile of sumo wrestlers! Brilliant! See more at Nichol’s blog post.

Ed. note: Nichol didn’t ask or compensate me to post about her

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This bead embroidery, Mushroom Corals by Eleanor Pigman, is perfection in my eyes. A deceptively simple image that combines excellent composition, masterful use of color, and of course exquisite beading. At 8.5″ x 11.25″, how many thousands of seed …

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Squeee! Ganesha interpreted as a DeriDoll. Go to Deriana‘s post to see more and bigger views.

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Oh, my. Don’t you wish you were on K. Sperino‘s mailing list! See more views of her gorgeous painted and stitched postcards at her Finishing Lines post.

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I’m totally stealing this idea, and so can you. Tara (Sew Tara) shared photos of what she made for and received from a recent stitch swap. All the goodies are awesome–click over and you’ll see what I mean. In her …

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