Jennifer Stern of CraftStylish has the best ideas! I always get excited when I see a new tutorial from Jennifer, and her latest is a knock-out. She has come up with a simple way to use your home embroidery machine … Read More ...
Tutorial: Voodoo dude
I was poking around on flickr (a new addiction), and I stumbled across the photo stream of Niamh, goddess of Urban Threads. Actually, I stumbled across this little voodoo dude and fell in love with him; and when … Read More ...
flickr find: avo’ m
Meri of Porto, Portugal, designs and makes these wickedly awesome bags of Portuguese linen and embroiders them with a kind of baker’s twine. Her handcrafting efforts began only three years ago – gifts and then sales to friends and family. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Heart o’ Daisy by Jon Yusoff
Jon Yusoff‘s new tatting-pattern site, Jon’s Pattern Page, is just bursting with tatty goodness. Case in point: this precious Heart o’ Daisy pattern. The pattern is free for personal use. See Jon’s blog for the tute.… Read More ...
Nancy Zieman pattern giveaway
Sewforless.com‘s latest Free Embroidery Stuff giveaway is a copy of Nancy Zieman’s Two in One Embroideries. Sewforless notes of these machine-embroidery patterns, “Two in One Embroideries…offers foolproof positioning—design and placement outline are merged into one embroidery.” Cool! To … Read More ...
Casting some light on the subject
Nicole of Sister’s Choice Quilts has found a handy needlework accessory that I don’t think I can live without. The Bendable Bright Light is a tiny, high-intensity task light that you can attach to your sewing, embroidery, or serging machine. … Read More ...
Free quilt pattern: Sparkling Sampler
Gayle of Sentimental Stitches is sharing a free pattern for her Sparkling Sampler quilt. She developed the pattern for a foundation-piecing class, and the downloadable file includes a foundation pattern for each block. Get the pattern.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Pinwheel blocks
Mary Ray of Craftstylish has posted a tute for a quilting staple, the pinwheel block, that will satisfy even the most nervous newbie. See the tutorial. And while you’re there, take a look at the dupioni jacket Mary pieced, … Read More ...
Make your own fabric labels
Sewtakeahike blog has posted a top-notch tutorial for making fabric labels for your fabric projects with an inkjet printer and a prepackaged fabric sheet. This rocks! Go see!
And thanks to Michelle Kempner of Craftzine.com for pointing out this … Read More ...
Bernina moves on up
A great post by Serena of Embroidery Treasures explains the upgrades in Bernina’s new 8 series that will most interest machine embroiderers and quilters. Most exciting: a jumbo hoop with an embroidery field of 16 inches by 10 inches, increased … Read More ...
Tutorial: Shisha embroidery
Shisha (meaning little glass in Hindi) is an Indian technique for embroidering small mirrors onto fabric. Joyful Abode blog posted a tutorial last February for applying this techique to spangles, with wonderful results. The directions are so clear and the … Read More ...
Create for Less goes bloggy
Create for Less online craft discount store has started a blog, Think CRAFTS! Even more exciting for me, it has a section devoted to needle arts. One of the first posts on this start-up is a great piece about … Read More ...
Learn ribbonwork from Helen Gibb
The latest issue of Ribbon Snips, the newsletter of Helen Gibb Ribbonwork, includes this exciting announcement:
… Read More ...Ribbon Retreat with Helen Gibb
Louisville, Colorado
October 3rd and 4th 2008
Learn how to use all styles of ribbons to
Free birthday-bears chart
This week’s free chart from The Chart Shop at Cross-stitching.com is this birthday scene of huggable bears, just right for celebrating a wee one’s special day. Download the chart.… Read More ...
Free pie!
The free vintage embroidery pattern of the week at doe-c-doe blog is this yummy little pie. Download the pattern.… Read More ...
