Heather Johnston (The Tarnished Tatter) has just released a new book of tatting designs, Tatted Earrings and Things. The book includes more than 40 designs for tatted jewelry, including earrings that show off her fabulous hummingbird motif. … Read More ...
Unfluffy Plastis Canvas project
Last week I mentioned Diane Gilleland‘s new plastic-canvas-project e-booklet, Hook, Needle, Pencil Case. Since then, I’ve had a chance to step through the project instructions and experiment with most of the techniques.
Wow. Diane continually amazes me. This … Read More ...
New needlepoint e-book
Please excuse my absence the past couple of days. My back is acting up and won’t let me sit at the computer for long. But I just had to pop in to tell you this:
Janet Perry has just released … Read More ...
Book review: Freestyle Machine Embroidery
You’ve probably heard of Carol Shinn and seen her work around the Internet. You may even have been lucky enough to learn from Carol through one of her many workshops. If not, here’s your chance to be tutored by her.… Read More ...
Coming soon: Layered, Tattered & Stitched
Ruth Rae‘s new book will be available soon. I can’t wait! Layered, Tattered & Stitche
d promises to have all the eye-candy appeal of Ruth’s blog plus lots of tips, hints, and ideas. Go to Amazon.com to see a … Read More ...
New embroidery e-book and a freebie
Carina Envoldsen-Harris of Carina’s Craftblog has published a stitchery e-book! And she’s celebrating by sharing an autumn pattern freebie.
Small Stitches is available from Polka & Bloom, which says,
… Read More ...Small Stitches has 22 pages aimed at getting you started
New tatting book from Jon Yusoff
Jon Yusoff‘s latest book, Tatting with Rings, is available now. Jon says,
… Read More ...The designs in the book are worked around plastic rings that are wrapped with double stitches…There are basically three groups of designs;
1. Starter motifs that can
Stitch along with Jane Austen
I received a lovely note from Jennifer Forest, telling me a bit about her book, Jane Austen’s Sewing Box. Jennifer says,
… Read More ...A few years ago I was reading again Jane Austen’s novels when I noticed that her women were
Embroidered book bindings
Needleprint blog treats us to a bit of the history and some engaging photos of embroidered book bindings. It also points us to a free PDF of English Embroidered Bookbindings by Cyril Davenport, published in 1899, available from Project Gutenberg. … Read More ...
Hardanger – traditional and elegant
I’ve heard a lot of times that many don’t try Hardanger, because they find it too difficult to handle. They love it, but because it looks very complicated, they are afraid. I’ve to admit, Hardanger can be challenging and intricate … Read More ...