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Aug

20

More thread intelligence from Mary Corbet

August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Remember the comparison of stranded floss vs. perle cotton vs. floche by Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread blog? Mary has followed up with another type of thread that will incite stitcher-lust: Danish Flower Thread. Let Mary tell you all about the differences in and benefits to using Danish Flower Thread. She’ll also clue you [...]

Aug

16

Free clip art and patterns from Dover

August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Dover is the name in royalty-free clip art. And as most needleworkers know, many of their designs also make great patterns. Dover collections are widely available and reasonably priced. But, you know, free is even better! Just sign up to receive the Dover Sampler via e-mail, and each week they’ll send you links to free [...]

Aug

16

Tutorial: Two-color embroidery

August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The Purl Bee blog has published a thorough and well illustrated tutorial for some handy two-color embroidery stitches. Follow along with the stitch instructions. Then visit this blog post to see a beautiful application of the stitches.
Many thanks to craftapalooza at whip up blog for the link.
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Aug

16

Tutorial: “Pen Pal” Pillow

August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Bleach pens were the rage for a while in paper crafting. Then we saw a great application to clothing when Marisa of Elegant Bloggery accidentally splashed laundry bleach on one of her favorite t-shirts. Now Niamh of Urban Threads shows us how to combine funky machine embroidery and the bleach pen to create an awesome [...]

Aug

15

Needlework aid: Color palettes

August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Terry Dryden of Terry Dryden Needlework Designs has posted about ColourLovers palettes, which she is using, she says, “as an aid to paring down all the threads I pull for new designs.” Get the wisdom directly from Terry.
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Aug

14

Lefties stitch, too!

August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Yvette Stanton of White Threads blog - a leftie, herself - has posted her six top tips for left-handed stitchers. She also notes, “I have wondered whether there is a market for left handed embroidery lessons - lessons for left handed people only. Perhaps there’s not a large enough market? Leftie embroiderers, what do you [...]

Aug

14

Tutorial: Easy felt rose

August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Anne of casserole blog tipped us off to an excellent tutorial by Mimi Kirchner for creating a beautifully simple felt rose. These roses would look as beautiful on Anne’s felt brooches (hint) as they do on Mimi’s famous dolls. See the tute. And thanks so much, Anne!
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Aug

13

Interchangeable patterns

August 13, 2008 | 1 Comment

Chloe Findlay-Harder of Tangled Thread blog has posted a tidbit that newbies will love and oldbies will be glad to be reminded of: Many cross-stitch patterns can be used for needlepoint! Chloe gives cautions and suggestions in her blog post.
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Aug

13

Tassel tute

August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A great tutorial for making small tassels is posted on MSN’s Needle Tatting Two group. Thanks, y’all! I needed that.
And thanks to Noreen at Hankering for Yarn blog for the heads-up. As Noreen points out, even though the tute is posted on a tatting site, the technique works for any yarn or thread craft.
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Aug

12

Make embroidered paper at home

August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Jennifer Stern of CraftStylish walks us through using an embroidery machine to create beautiful papers - similar to those gorgeous, exotic, imported ones, but even better because we get to choose the designs. Read all about it in Jennifer’s post.
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