Lyn Brown has a great idea for an elegant but thrifty Christmas gift. She suggests making this crazy-patch purse from your stash scraps or thrifted fabrics and finishing the seams with your sewing machine’s built-in fancy stitches. With her approach, … Read More ...
Free Christmas embroidery patterns
doe-c-doe is sharing three wonderful sets of Christmas embroidery patterns for your personal use, including this joyful Santa. Get the patterns.
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy… Read More ...
Perfect satin stitch
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread blog shares some tips on perfecting your satin stitch. She makes it all seem so easy. Maybe I’ll give satin stitch another try! See Mary’s post.… Read More ...
Video tutorial: Cutting curves with a rotary cutter
Craft Apple has rockin advice for cutting curves with a rotary cutter. See her video demo.… Read More ...
Personalize Dad’s Christmas tie
Do you get a tie for the man in your life each Christmas? If so, make this year’s gift stand out by personalizing it with a simple embroidered monogram. Martha Stewart tells us how.
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Tool tips for quilters
Carrie Nelson of La Vie En Rosie blog gives us a good rundown of essential quilting tools. See her post.… Read More ...
Learn fusible applique
Janet Wickell, editor of About.com’s quilting blog, steps us through this beautiful project, teaching us a technique for applique with fusible web along the way. She notes that the 24″ square would make a good wall hanging, pillow top, … Read More ...
Quilting with kids: Crayons and muslin
Check out this fun and easy quilt project you can do with your kids or grandkids. Let the kids draw on muslin with wax crayons. Then heat-set the fabric and make it the centerpiece of a quilt wall hanging! Get … Read More ...
Tutorial: Star quilt block
Anyone Can Quilt is sharing a tutorial for her favorite star quilt block, and it’s a beauty. See the lesson.… Read More ...
Inspiration: Deidre Scherer
This stunning fabric-and-embroidery collage, Upright Head, is the work of Deidre Scherer. Her web site describes her art much better than I can. She says,
… Read More ...My fiber work focuses on the universal issues of age and mortality. By honoring
Use your stash!
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint blog is sharing some fab ideas for cleaning up your thread stash while making great gifts and stocking stuffers. See her list. And thanks so much, Janet!… Read More ...
Temari resources
Reader Lynn Coleman posted a request for information about temari – Japanese thread balls. There are some great sites that focus on temari, such as TEMARI.com and Japanese Temari. While you’re poking around on the Internet looking at temari, … Read More ...
Free pattern: Double Star Quilt
Janet Wickell, editor of About.com’s quilting blog, is sharing this pattern for a beautiful, traditional Double Star Quilt. She’s also sharing advice for the partial-seam assembly technique. “Partial seams,” she says, “are very easy, even if you’re … Read More ...
Tutorial: Easy reverse applique
That Darn Kat has posted an easy-to-follow tutorial for applying reverse applique to a ready-made knit top. See the tute.
Thanks to craftapalooza at whip up blog for pointing out this excellent lesson.… Read More ...
Great idea: Christmas Recipe bag
Julia Ribbonwiz of Julia’s Place blog put together this lovely gift bag for a swap. But I think her idea would work for anyone on your holiday list who enjoys cooking. Into her embroidered bag she’s putting the ingredients for … Read More ...
