http://needlework.craftgossip.com Needlework news @ CraftGossip Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:20:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Renee of Sibling Craftery is sharing her original alphabet for hand embroidery. Yes! Get the pattern. http://needlework.craftgossip.com/free-alphabet-for-hand-embroidery/2009/07/04/ Have you been watching Thread Medley's series on how to adapt needlepoint? If not, go catch up. You'll love it. http://needlework.craftgossip.com/how-to-series-adapting-needlepoint/2009/07/04/ MrXStitch introduces us to Liz Kueneke... ...an artist who works with communities to help them understand their neighborhood through participatory embroidery...The participants add value to the embroidered maps with their own experiences. It provides a social history to the area that you wouldn’t get from municipal maps. See more photos and get ... http://needlework.craftgossip.com/inspiration-liz-kueneke/2009/07/04/ Betz White -- princess of adorableness -- offers irresistable projects for dressing up  your needlework accessories. She says, The Ladybug is sewn with a retractable tape measure inside. To extend the tape, just give her antennae a little tug. Be gentle! :) The Leaf Scissor Case is sized just right to ... http://needlework.craftgossip.com/new-from-betz-white/2009/07/04/         If you live in the USA, today is the day to download these free designs by Vicky of VK Digitizing for SWAKembroidery.com. Get the eagle. Get "defend her." http://needlework.craftgossip.com/patriotic-machine-embroidery/2009/07/04/ doe-c-doe is sharing these sweet floral motifs from her collection of vintage embroidery patterns. Get them from her blog. http://needlework.craftgossip.com/free-patterns-floral-motifs/2009/07/03/ LadyShuttleMaker of Tatting Tales points out that you get a completely different look if you add beads to the core thread as opposed to the working thread. See her tutorial with an abundance of excellent photos to learn both options -- and combinations! http://needlework.craftgossip.com/tutorial-tatting-beads/2009/07/03/ Here's a lovely gift from Tanya (aka The Sampler Girl). She's sharing her original chart for a small sampler commemorating the USA's Independence Day. Get the chart. http://needlework.craftgossip.com/free-chart-summer-day-1776/2009/07/03/ The first two needlework ebooks from Janet Perry are now available! Janet says, I’m so excited about them both because they represent an affordable way to buy needlepoint projects as well as great ways to use material you already have on hand. Go to Janet's site, Nuts About Needlepoint, to learn more ... http://needlework.craftgossip.com/premiere-ebooks-from-janet-perry/2009/07/03/ Barbara Bergsten of Create Needlepoint blog gives us instructions and excellent illustrations for doing Scotch checker stitch. See the post. http://needlework.craftgossip.com/how-to-scotch-checker-stitch/2009/07/03/ You'll love the guest tutorial on Mary Corbet's Needle 'n' Thread blog. Jayashree walks us through the Indian embroidery technique known as Kasuthi, a geometric style that results in lovely works such as this one. Get the tute. http://needlework.craftgossip.com/tutorial-kasuthi-embroidery/2009/07/01/ This is an Altoid tin. No, really! Lisa of Ivory Blush Roses beautifies everything she touches, including household debris such as old CDs and Altoid tins. Go see. http://needlework.craftgossip.com/more-inspiration-from-ivory-blush-roses/2009/07/01/ Holy mackeroly! Samantha Fields embroiders on walls! See Joetta Maue's review of her work (and more photos!) on Hello Craft. http://needlework.craftgossip.com/inspiration-samantha-fields/2009/07/01/ Needlework Tips & Techniques not only demonstrates simple embroidery stitches for small flowers but also invites you to show off your practice composition. The site says, Use my ideas, or come up with your own. Don't worry about finding a pattern, just start somewhere and scatter your flowers wherever you like. ... http://needlework.craftgossip.com/embroidery-challenge-tiny-flowers/2009/07/01/ July's free embroidery pattern from Andrea Zuill of Badbird's blog is this Terrible Lizard. He's so cute, I'm sure that roar is just a bluff. Get the pattern. http://needlework.craftgossip.com/free-pattern-terrible-lizard/2009/06/30/