Jon Yusoff‘s new tatting book is available now! Elegant Tatting Gems includes the 18 designs shown here. Jon says,
… Read More ...The approach that I have taken for this book is to come up with designs that uses the basic techniques
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Paige Hill of Where Women Create and Sterling Publishing has posted a review of Natalie Lymer‘s new book, Cotton Floss. And she’s running a great giveaway: a copy of the book plus copies of Where Women Create and Where … Read More ...
A new guide to starting a needlework business
Here’s a rockin announcement from Carol Leather of Needlework Tips & Techniques:
… Read More ...For all you budding cross stitch designers out there, my ebook is now available. If you have ever thought about designing your own patterns for sale as
Book review: Love Kills Slowly
You will adore Love Kills Slowly Cross-Stitch
, a collection of charts based on designs by legendary tattoo artist Ed Hardy. Promotional materials note,
… Read More ...Each design in Love Kills Slowly Cross-Stitch includes a full-color picture of the original, a
A new stitchy book from Laura Wasilowski
Laura Wasilowski of Artfabrik has a new book coming out in February: Fanciful Stitches, Colorful Quilts
. Laura says,
… Read More ...The book features 11 fused art quilts with lots of hand stitchery for embellishment. All the projects in the book are
Book review: Doodle Stitching: The Motif Collection
Aimee Ray’s Doodle-Stitching
liberated its readers. Although it was subtitled Fresh & Fun Embroidery for Beginners, even craggy veterans appreciated her advice to “Just thread your needle and start stitching.” With her permission and gentle push, we found ourselves … Read More ...
Book review and giveaway: Art Cloth
Art cloth, as conceived by Jane Dunnewold, is fabric on which complex layers of color and image have been built up. Art cloth can become the background for collage, art quilting, embroidery or other textile arts. Or it … Read More ...
See the July CQ Mag Online
The July 2010 issue of CQ Mag Online is available now. This instalment of the free e-zine for crazy quilters features an article on embroidering silk prints by Kathy Shaw (Shawkl); a lesson on making composite flower motifs … Read More ...
A new book from Aimee Ray
Aimee Ray of Doodle Stitching fame has a new book coming out in October — Doodle Stitching: The Motif Collection
. It includes 400 embroidery patterns in print and on CD and 17 easy-to-sew projects using Aimee’s designs. See … Read More ...
New: Up and Tat ‘Em
Hot off the presses: Up and Tat ‘Em by Marilee Rockley (Yarnplayer). This new pattern book sells for US$ 24.00, which includes shipping “to anywhere in the world that the USPS delivers to.” You can order directly from … Read More ...
Book review: Quilting Arts In Stitches
Diane Gilleland of CraftyPod has posted an in-depth review of Quilting Arts In Stitches eMag. Diane says,
… Read More ...I think this is an awesome and meaningful step into Magazines 2.0, and I totally applaud Interweave for taking this bold step into
Book review: Embroidered Originals
After reading the MrXStitch review, I must get a copy of Sue Rangeley‘s Embroidered Originals
. I am itching to see more photos of Sue’s work. And I can hardly believe it, but the book includes descriptions of 40 … Read More ...
A new stitchy e-book from Carina
I’m excited to tell you that Carina Envoldsen-Harris has published a new e-book, Stitching Borders and Beyond. She says,
… Read More ...Stitching Borders is a collection of 12 stitches, some are border-type stitches and a few are isolated stitches. I want
Old but not outdated
Go look at Mary Corbet‘s review of Embroidery Lessons with Colored Studies
from the Brainerd & Armstrong Company, published in 1899. This antique promotional brochure is fascinating, and so is Mary’s commentary. See the post.… Read More ...
Get the Best of Happy Threads
Charlie of Happy Threads regularly posts adorable free patterns for cross-stitch and needlepoint. You know that, already — I point to each one I can find! So I’m excited to tell you that Charlie has put together a 30-page e-zine … Read More ...
