Diane Gilleland at CraftyPod has come up with a simple way to turn a pin cushion into a pin sharpener: stuff it with steel wool! See her step-by-step guide.
Thanks to whipup blog for the link!… Read More ...
Teaching embroidery to wee ones
Snippety Gibbet, an elementary art teacher in Virginia, teaches embroidery techniques to kids starting in kindergarten. This charming example was produced by a five year old. You can read about her teaching approach and see more examples of kids’ … Read More ...
Soft circuits are hot
Want to make your needlework light up, make noise, or control machinery? Soft circuits are the answer.
Jenny Chowdhury of BurdaStyle has reviewed a Soft Circuits Workshop taught at NYU by Kate Hartman. The student work is remarkable and … Read More ...
Tutorial: Cast-on stitch
Allison Ann Aller used cast-on stitch to create this beautiful interpretation of laburnum for her floral crazy-quilt masterpiece. This stitch is new to me, and I’m so happy to discover it! Thank you, Allie!
As Allie points out, you can … Read More ...
Top your jam with this
Amy at LucyKate Crafts blog has posted an excellent tutorial for making this precious jam topper. Best of all, Amy says it’s really easy to make. Check it out.
Thanks to Natalie Zee Drieu of Craftzine.com for the link.… Read More ...
Crafting for a cause: Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative
Make or bid on these mini quilts joyfully, not only because they are lovely little works of art but also because the proceeds benefit Alzheimer’s research. I can’t do a better job of describing this worthy project than Michaela Murphy… Read More ...
PieceWork winners announced
The winners of PieceWork Magazine‘s 2008 Pincushion Contest, Excellence in Needle Arts Awards, were announced in the July/August issue, which was released July 8. You can view the winners, honorable mentions, and other lovely entries on line, too.
A … Read More ...
Free teapot chart from Shakespeare’s Peddler
This month’s free cross-stitch chart from Shakespeare’s Peddler is this sweet lighthouse teapot. The graph comes free with any order placed in July. Get all the details.… Read More ...
Free kitty chart
The chart for this cute little kitty is available free from Cross-stitching.com. Download it here.… Read More ...
Try this color widget
Janet Perry at Nuts About Needlepoint found another cool widget and, of course, has come up with a needlework application for it. Input an image or URL into pic2color, and the tool generates a palette of swatches of the … Read More ...
Make your own iron-on transfers
Alicia in Hawaii has posted an excellent tutorial for creating iron-on embroidery transfers using a hot-iron transfer pen or pencil.… Read More ...
Free vintage patterns at Pattern Bee
Download traceable vintage embroidery patterns from Pattern Bee‘s freebies page.… Read More ...
Free projects at Fibre&Stitch
Sue Bleiweiss‘s quarterly digital magazine, Fibre&Stitch, is easy to love and easy to buy. And the site offers a terrific bonus: tutorials for more than 30 free projects. The instructions for circle stitching, alone, may have saved … Read More ...
Inspiration: Margie Deeb
I get a little thrill every time I see Margie Deeb‘s colorful, exciting, innovative bead embroidery. You can see an artist profile of Margie and examples of her work in a June 5 post by Cyndi on Jewelry and … Read More ...
Free embroidery designs at Needlecrafter.com
If you already know about Needlecrafter.com, then you’re already used to the abundance of embroidery resources available from the site. If not, you are going to love it – especially the library of free embroidery patterns.… Read More ...
