Art, patterns and techniques
The Urban Threads e-newsletter encourages us all to try something new. It says,
… Read More ...Applique designs can be a wee bit intimidating if you’ve never done them. Stop worrying! They’re easy, fun, light, and usually pretty quick-stitching. Check out our raw
For many embroiderers, the go-to filler is satin stitch, particularly for monograms. Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread shows how effective stem stitch can be for filling a design, such as the letters in this ecclesiastical embroidery. And she explains … Read More ...
LadyShuttlemaker has a great freebie for tatters: a template to help you block doilies evenly. Get more info and the download from her post.… Read More ...
Robin Kingsley of Bird Brain Designs says a product called Transfer-Eze eliminates the tedium of transferring embroidery designs. You can go from computer graphic to ready-to-stitch design in a couple of quick steps. Get the details from her blog post… Read More ...
Enjoy a beginners’ needlepoint stitch-along project on DMCThread’s Blog. Emma says,
… Read More ...I thought it would be a blast if you stitched along with me, so I have turned this project into a series!
As you work this project
After you take a few stitches, does your floss get rough and tangly? Mm-hmm. Mine, too. A tried-and-true solution to this problem is a sparing application of Thread Heaven, a thread conditioner. Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching shows us just … Read More ...
This piece — Sketchy by Iviva Olenick of Were I So Besotted — tickles the writer part of me and pleases the stitcher part. I love Iviva’s brain. That’s all. See more on her blog.… Read More ...
This week’s TAST challenge is waved chain stitch. See the tute on SharonB‘s Pin Tangle blog.… Read More ...
The fall Counted Wishes Cross Stitch Festival is now open and will be online through August 7. The site says,
… Read More ...The Counted Wishes Festival is a unique Needle Arts online show featuring a wide variety of artwork from many independent
Janet Davies has posted a free desktop calendar for August that features her lovely needlework. Get the download from JMD Designs.… Read More ...
(1) Three madonnas from Le blog de 7 à la maison
(2) Petite Sorciére from un jour, une grille
(3) La Dame au chapeau from Elkalin
(4) Sampler Lili-Rose from les petites croix de Christine
(5) Lapin Blanc from un … Read More ...
Terri of Weaving a Life says,
It has been a year since my Earth Loom was set-up. Over that time, many things have been woven into it by many different people.
This idea is so wonderful, it actually made me … Read More ...
I love this series of embroidery designs from Kell of Kincavel Krosses. She’s rendering common greetings in Braille for cross-stitch. Or you can substitute French knots. Or you can add the related text with a backstitch alphabet. Or you … Read More ...
Get the lowdown on creating tatting diagrams from expert Jon Yusoff. She says her notes “are more like tips and hints on how to make the drawing process easier and faster” rather than a tutorial for using certain software. … Read More ...
This beautiful desktop calendar for August, featuring the embroidery of SharonB, is a free download from Pin Tangle blog. Go get it.… Read More ...
