If you can’t make it to the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, you can enjoy the Soft Sculpture exhibit on line. Fiber artists and fiber-arts lovers will be captivated by the collection. The site says,

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If you use felt as a base for your needlework, what happens when the piece needs washing? Will the work be ruined and your many hours of stitching wasted? Felt-o-rama has done a wash test of the four types of … Read More ...

Look what Crafty Crafty found: An accurate map of the London subway system cross-stitched by Meg Pickard. Meg must be a fellow stitchaholic if she looks at a subway map and thinks, “I could embroider that!” See the post… Read More ...

Judy Hartman of Fabric Art & Crafts has posted this luscious applique art that departs slightly from her usual techniques. She says, “Instead of my usual zig-zag stitch around each element, I used heavyweight brown top stitch thread in a … Read More ...

The Baby Gardner is sharing this sweet pram image from a vintage coloring book — perfect for embroidery. The blog says, “If you want to get really cute, stitch baby’s initial on the end of the carriage.” Great idea! Get … Read More ...

You may have noticed that the CraftGossip server was down yesterday. So I’ve got some catching up to do!

The best place to start: Andrea Zuill of badbird’s blog has posted her free embroidery pattern for this month, and it … Read More ...

Petit Debutante is joining LollyChops’ Cupcake Week by sharing her own pattern for some adorable cupcakes. The designs are free for personal use. Get the pattern.… Read More ...

Sarajessica of Cross Me Not is sharing her sweet, original sunflower pattern for cross-stitch or needlepoint. Get the chart.… Read More ...

I’m so amazed by Sarah Whittle‘s embroidery experiments. I am no fan of moths, their larvae, or their eggs. And yet Sarah’s elegant and whimsical pest portraits make them seem beautiful and almost…lovable. See more of Sarah’s latest work… Read More ...

Get a head start on a handmade Father’s Day gift. This fishing design for machine embroidery is free from Brother and Sewforless.com. There’s also a free pattern for a gadget bag – the perfect canvas for this manly embellishment. … Read More ...

Click over to Dog-Daisy Chains and get a closer look at these delicious tidbits. Their creator, Jackie, says, “I have long wanted to combine my usual technique of stitched velvet, with felt…These are only trial pieces…They may yet be brooches.” … Read More ...

An adorable idea from mairuru. She says,

It rains today. And it will rain tomorrow too. So, I made teru teru bozu pouch. Teru teru bozy is a little doll made of white paper or fabric that we hang