November’s free embroidery pattern by Andrea Zuill is available now on her Badbird’s blog. What could be sweeter than this bird-and-flower sampler. It’s equally easy for me to imagine it in fall colors and in Christmas hues. Get the pattern… Read More ...
Tutorial: Needlepoint bookmark
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint blog is making a guest appearance on whip up! That is, one of her designs is starring over there. She shows us a simple and quick Amish Quilt design that is suitable even … Read More ...
Unpleasant news
I am sad to hear that the Orphan Works Bill was passed by the Senate. Really sad.
In a guest article on Crafts of Texture blog, Pamela Baker points out:
… Read More ...The Illustrator’s Partnership in answer to this atrocity, is what
Tutorial: Make needlework portraits from old photos
You’ll enjoy these posts by Erika Kern of CraftStylish. First, she shows us how to turn portraits into needlework patterns. Then she follows up by explaining how to turn the pattern into a finished work. A great … Read More ...
New Pimp Stitch patterns
Pimp Stitcher Tamie Snow brought out two new embroidery pattern collections this week: Sleep Songs and Willow Farms. Get the details.… Read More ...
Stitch for Annie Oakleaves
Annie Oakleaves is looking for as many as ten stitchers to test embroidery patterns and produce samples of her new designs. If you’re interested in helping out, see her post for more info.… Read More ...
Great idea: Fabric star ornaments
lusummers is showing a simple but very effective idea for Christmas ornaments on her blog. You probably won’t need a tutorial to follow her inspiration. But you will need some fabulous fabric. Lusummers used her own hand-screenprinted design.
Looking for … Read More ...
Free pattern: Tatted scarf
Pamela Quevedo of TotusMel blog is sharing the pattern for this majorly cool tatted scarf. Get the instructions.… Read More ...
Inside scoop on ArtFiberFest
Ruth Rae of Let the Beauty We Love… blog got to teach at and participate in this year’s ArtFiberFest, and she’s sharing some of her experiences on her blog. If this doesn’t make you jealous, nothing will. Let’s all plan … Read More ...
Join the Quilt Dash
I just found out about the Quilt Dash! If this is news to you, too, go get all the details. Here’s a tidbit from the site:
… Read More ...It’s an online hide-and-seek game, where various quilt shops join us to offer
Free pattern: Simple-but-sweet heart
CC of Lace ‘n’ Ribbon Roses blog is sharing a sweet chart for cross-stitch or chicken scratch. Get the pattern.… Read More ...
Still more October linky love
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy
(1) Deepa of This and That blog showed us some beautiful experiments with shadow work.
(2) Mishka of Quilting Gallery shared a video by Eleanor Burns demonstrating how … Read More ...
Batting from bottles
Bee Square Blog reports a discovery from fall quilt market – a new, environmentally friendly quilt batting. She says,
… Read More ...This year the new green is batting made from recycled plastic bottles. The Quilter’s Dream brand reports that each twin sized
Quilt artistry: Book of Kells
Quilt artist Donna Hussain has a guest article on Rayela’s Fiber Focus blog describing her adaptation of an image from the Book of Kells to a contemporary quilt. Fascinating. See the article.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Bead-embroidery basics
Amy Cluck of Pimp Stitch has posted an awesome tutorial for beginner bead embroidery. See the tute.… Read More ...
