JO in NZ is giving away another of her gorgeous minis. To be in the running, comment on her post, noting which of the four designs you prefer. Guess which one is my favorite!… Read More ...
Pamper your pooch with a needlepoint collar
I am lovin these made-for-needlepoint dog collars – leather with an 18 mesh canvas insert. They come in black, pink, red, green, cream, and silver and in sizes ranged from “teensy” to extra large. Your poochie needs one of these! … Read More ...
Free embroidery patterns
If you love the quiet rhythm of needle and thread, this is one of those pages you’ll want to bookmark and come back to often. This roundup of free embroidery patterns is packed with inspiration for hand stitchers of all … Read More ...
Inspiration: Postmark’d Art
Postmark’d Art emerged from a Summer 2004 Quilting Arts article about fabric postcards. Readers fell in love with the concept and volunteered to participate in fabric-postcard exchanges. One hub of such exchanges is Postmark’d Art, a group of 50 “fiber … Read More ...
Tutorial: CD and CQ pincushion
Lisa Boni of Ivory Blush Roses blog has posted a tutorial that succeeds on so many levels. Most importantly, the result is the gorgeous crazy-quilt pincushion shown here, which is almost too pretty to pierce with pins. But if … Read More ...
Tutorial: Scrappy belts
Jessica Levitt of Juicy Bits blog has posted an outstanding tutorial for making awesome belts from your fabric scraps.
Thanks to Jenny Ryan at Craftzine.com for the pointer.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Sequin butterfly
Kathy of Kathy’s Crazy Moments blog has contributed a tute for this precious butterfly to HGTV’s crazy-quilting wiki (Lesson 11). You can download the lesson file in Microsoft Word or PDF format and follow it at your own pace. And … Read More ...
Free clip art and patterns from Dover
Dover is the name in royalty-free clip art. And as most needleworkers know, many of their designs also make great patterns. Dover collections are widely available and reasonably priced. But, you know, free is even better! Just sign up to … Read More ...
Tutorial: Two-color embroidery
The Purl Bee blog has published a thorough and well illustrated tutorial for some handy two-color embroidery stitches. Follow along with the stitch instructions. Then visit this blog post to see a beautiful application of the stitches.
Many thanks … Read More ...
New winners of Sublime Stitching giveaway
I didn’t get a response from two of the original winners of my blog giveaway, so I redrew for those two Sublime Stitching pattern sets a minute ago. The second-chance winners:
- Comment #19 – Calee – wins Sexy Librarians
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Tutorial: “Pen Pal” Pillow
Bleach pens were the rage for a while in paper crafting. Then we saw a great application to clothing when Marisa of Elegant Bloggery accidentally splashed laundry bleach on one of her favorite t-shirts. Now Niamh of Urban Threads shows … Read More ...
Silk-fusion online class with Sue Bleiweiss
You’ve probably noticed Sue Bleiweiss‘ name popping up on this blog pretty regularly. Her blog and zine are awesome sources of needlework and textile information. One amazing technique at which Sue is adept is silk fusion – creating one-of-a-kind … Read More ...
Everything you always wanted to know about stump work
This beautiful example of stump work (dimensional embroidery) was created by Paula Hewitt of The Beauty of Life blog. Would you like to know more about how to produce 3D embroidery? Paula has done our community a service by posting … Read More ...
Bargain: Color-theory class
Judy Coates Perez, art quilter and author of Painted Threads blog is offering a 6-week online class in color theory, beginning September 1, for just US $60.
Judy’s blog says, “Did you know the color choices you make can … Read More ...
Needlepoint journal kits
The Purl Bee blog shows a charming application of Needlepoint Journal Kits from AMH designs. The monogrammed notebook shown here is the result. Find out more. And order a kit at purlsoho.com.
Many thanks to Grace at … Read More ...