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Leigh Ann of The Object Project shares her original design for hand embroidery. This flower would make up beautifully in crewel. Get the pattern. And thanks so much for sharing, Leigh Ann!

(1) 3 Little brooches to cross stitch from Happy Threads
(2) Dragon from Le blog de kali
(3) Homage to the Orient from Embroiderbee’s Blog
(4) Sampler 10 from Stofnest
(5) Green grapes from Cross me not
(6) Knitting mouse from Chez Mounette
(7) Mouse in the wind from Val’ en croix
(8)…

Love and hearts never go out of style. So even though St. Valentine’s Day is over for this year, here are a few more free patterns to add to your stash:

(1) Three designs — two hearts and a cupid —…

A word to the wise and some fantastic sharing from Janet M. Davies of JMD Designs, New Zealand:

I have listed below all the freebees in my website. I am doing a major upheaval of my website so at the end of…

(1) Little Heart Plant from Happy Threads
(2) Heart 02 from Stofnest
(3) Mesdemoiselles Rosemonde et Roselune Lapin from Arachné en son jardin
(4) Blackwork hearts from les loisirs abbygaelle
(5) Heart biscornu from Le blog de la marmotte brodeuse
(6) Valentinka from marimay
(7) Be mine from Andrea Zuill’s…

(1) Saint Valentin 2010 from LES FILS D’HELENE
(2) May Your Heart Set Sail from Tricia-Rennea Art
(3) I love you from Happy Threads
(4) Coeur Bonheur from Le blog de Liselotte
(5) Sweetheart Think of Me Crazy Quilt Block from Nostalgic NeedleART
(6) Valentine biscornu from Le blog de…

(1) Le free en ligne from le blog petitsoleils
(2) Eden’s dream from Le blog de Liselotte
(3) Biscornu from Le blog de kali
(4) Blackwork biscornu from les loisirs abbygaelle
(5) January Week 2 ~ freebie from Embroiderbee’s Blog
(6) Petit cadeau de début d’année from Val’ en croix
(7)…

(1) Carrés de Delf fleuri from Bien le Bonjour aux Brodeuses
(2) Blackwork in Red = Rackwork? from Two-Handed Stitcher
(3) Bloomin’ Marvellous : 4 from materialistic
(4) A single red rose from Cross me not
(5) Valentine Peonies from Wee Folk Art
(6) Pink roses from Cross me not
(7) Cross…

(1) Carte perforée : Joyeux Noël from les Passe-Temps de Flo
(2) Quelques cadeaux pour vous… from Le blog de Mamou
(3) Etoile – Noel from les loisirs abbygaelle
(4) Quaker Motifs Christmas Stocking from Matrioshka Biscornu
(5) Little Angel from Happy Threads
(6) Redwork Annie from Among The Gum Trees
(7)…

(1) Deux petites grilles de noël from Fait Main
(2) Cadre de noel from les loisirs abbygaelle
(3) Mancava un free di Natale per il punto roce from Madame Chantilly Cross Stitch
(4) Couronne de Noël  from Le blog de Liselotte
(5) Joyeux Noël for stitchers from…

(1) Red and White Christmas from Happy Threads
(2) Père Noël Monochrome from Le blog de Mamou
(3) Blackwork de Noël from Le blog de Liselotte
(4) Snowglobe Series – Snowy Day from Acerca del bordado
(5) Maison de Noel from les loisirs abbygaelle
(6) Cloche de Noël from Le blog…

(1) Pinkeep Thé! from Le blog de Liselotte
(2) Embroidery tools from Les petits bonheurs de Miss T
(3) Fée fleur from Lyralyzleeloo
(4) Cueillette de champignons from Les chroniques de Frimousse
(5) Squirrel and acorns from Hand Embroidery Network
(6) COEUR LAVANDE from Au Fil de l’Aiguille
(7) Redwork children…

These beautiful blackwork brooches are the work of marjo of Erratic Needle. See her blog.

Among the Gum Trees has released the group’s second Christmas freebie: a placemat with a darling redwork Christmas-pudding design by Joy of Joypatch blog. Get the pattern.

Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread blog has been letting us peek over her shoulder as she bones up on Schwalm whitework. I dearly love the richness of white-on-white stitching. Thanks to a reader, Mary now has an extra copy of Basic…

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