Marie Osmond has broken into the machine embroidery world by endorsing Janome’s Memory Craft 11000 for sewing, quilting, and embroidery. Janome’s web site will feature instructions and patterns for quilts using Marie’s fabric line and an embroidered pashmina designed by … Read More ...

This excellent floor loom is simple and inexpensive to make, and you can use it to upcyle scraps into wonderful rugs. Get all the details in a post on Crafty Daisies blog by guest writer Bree of Hot Tea Apparel… Read More ...

A wide variety of thread types are available for hand-embroidery, and each produces a different effect. Mary Corbet at Needle ‘n’ Thread blog clues us in on the differences among the three most common cotton threads (stranded, perle, and floche) … Read More ...

Here’s a sweet free pattern from Helen Stubbings of Hugs ‘n’ Kisses site and Hugs from Helen blog. The 6″ x 6″ design is sure to keep you smiling as you stitch!… Read More ...

Melissa Beach of Elemental Stitches blog is sharing an original embroidery design, free for personal use. If these smiling kiddos don’t give you a lift, nothing will!

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Quamut.com has posted an in-depth tutorial for making this beaded and embroidered mini quilt featuring yoyo flowers. This is the perfect project to get started with art quilting – simple enough to be unintimidating, but complex enough to be an … Read More ...

Here’s the latest video tute on Mary Corbet‘s Needle ‘n’ Thread site. Mary says, “The knotted diamond stitch makes a decorative band of diamond shapes between two parallel lines. It can be worked horizontally or vertically. It would make … Read More ...

Andrea Zuill‘s free embroidery pattern for August is this sweet mermaid, which she has dedicated to crafting goddess Calamity Kim. Download the pattern.… Read More ...

Cross Stitch Happy blog has posted a collection of charts for scissors fobs, all based on the same design with options for customizing the needlework. “If you like the chart,” the blogger says, “and want to send a photo of … Read More ...

Embroidery Mart – EAST 2008 is scheduled for August 15-16 at Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The event site says, “Who can attend Mart-EAST? Anyone involved in the commercial embroidery industry, anyone interested in the commercial embroidery industry and … Read More ...

Quilting is all about math and geometry. If the calculations have scared you away from designing your own quilts, these handy charts should help. From nimuae of Hidden Threads blog, we get a table of corner-setting triangles, a table … Read More ...

doe-c-doe blog is always sharing wonderful vintage patterns with readers. Be sure to add the site to your blog reader. In the meantime, here’s one of the latest finds: The Three Bears. Please remember, this pattern is for personal, … Read More ...