The pattern for this beautiful, masculine-flavor quilt is available free! The 57.5″ x 68.5″ quilt uses Cosmo Cricket‘s Halfway Cafe fabric line. See the post on FREE-a-BEE blog for links to the pattern and fabric and suggestions for using … Read More ...
Tutorial: Slashed-squares quilt
Lynne at The Patchery Menagerie blog shares her techniques for creating a great scrappy quilt, and walks us through the construction process simply, clearly, and with plenty of photos. Check the tutorial and try your hand at this one.… Read More ...
Stitch models for Janet Perry
Look at this announcement posted on Janet Perry‘s blog, Nuts About Needlepoint, on August 7:
… Read More ...I’m looking for some model stitchers for a number of small (18 stitches square maximum) quilt blocks for a new eBook. You get
CQ without the Q
Mary Corbet at Needle ‘n’ Thread blog is sharing a great discovery: Chickadee Hollow Designs. Mary says, “Carol of Chickadee Hollow Designs combines the fun of ‘crazy quilt’ embroidery, the variety and quirkiness of the Primitive embroidery look, and … Read More ...
Crafting for a Cause: Cross-stitch
Readers have told us they’d like to see more links to opportunities to stitch for charitable causes. Courtesy of reader Patty (a thousand thanks, Patty!), here’s a link to a whole list of altruistic stitching opportunities. Cyber-stitchers.com maintains a verified … Read More ...
Video tutorial: Beaded leaf
Amy Munson at In the Fold blog has posted another great video tute. This time, she shows us how to make beaded leaves to go with our beaded flowers. Won’t these flower/leaf combos make your crazy quilt sing! See … Read More ...
Make “two” and win
Indie Fixx blog is celebrating its second anniversary with a great contest – The Indie Fixx Craft Off. Craft something in any medium. Incorporate the number 2. Submit your entry between August 6 and September 6, 2008. And stand by … Read More ...
Free cross-stitch chart: Mini lighthouse
This week’s free cross-stitch chart from The Chart Shop at Cross-stitching.com is this mini lighthouse designed by Christine Ann Martin. Editor Anna Davenport says, “Stitch this miniature lighthouse and mount it into a bookmark – perfect for a long … Read More ...
You could be famous
Margie Bauer of Country Bumpkin is inviting crafters to write for a couple of high-visibility craft magazines. “Have you ever dreamt of seeing your name printed in an edition of Inspirations or Australian Smocking & Embroidery?” Margie says, “Well, … Read More ...
Tutorial: Embroidered coasters
Urban Threads isn’t just a purveyor of hip embroidery designs. The site also offers rockin tutorials. This one shows you how to turn a hand- or machine-embroidered piece into a cork-backed coaster. Designer Niamh (pronounced Nee-uv) notes, “Fabric coasters … Read More ...
Etsy find: lucykatecrafts
Amy of lucykatecrafts designs and produces little embroidered soft sculptures that make me smile and give me tears. Sweet yet quirky. Perfectly executed. Touchable, lovable art. Amy notes on her blog that songbirds, such as the one shown here, will … Read More ...
Giveaway: Flex this!
Have you been dying to get your hands on one of the new flexible rulers? Here are a couple of opportunities to do just that. Sewforless.com is having one of its rockin giveaways of embroidery stuff. This time, you can … Read More ...
Online cross-stitch calculator
Julie’s X Stitch site has a new, free online tool that cross-stitchers will love. Julie notes on her blog, “Thanks to Yarn Tree, we have just added a great new tool to our cross stitch website called a fabric … Read More ...
You won! You won!
My first blog giveaway has come to a close. Thanks to every one of you for your comments. I’ve learned a lot from you, and I’ll be putting those ideas to work on my blog starting right now.
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Free cross-stitch bookmark pattern and FreePatterns.com
This sweet pattern is just one of hundreds available free from FreePatterns.com. You can also find patterns for plastic canvas, quilting, and a variety of other crafts. What do you have to do to take advantage of the free … Read More ...
