Kim of A Dork with a Needle shares a roundup of sites that offer free copies of vintage embroidery patterns, including some of our faves such as doe-c-doe and Faster, Kittykill! Blog! Blog! Check it out.
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A hand for Susan
There’s lots of news and new art on Susan Lenz‘s Art in Stitches blog, including the announcement that her Handed Down art quilt (shown here) won Best of Show at Palmetto Hands, a juried fine craft exhibition in South … Read More ...
I need a clamp
My little gadget-loving heart sang when I saw this tool posted by Karen of Sew Many Ways. It’s like a hemostat, but it’s 12 inches long! Evidently, it has some purpose in auto mechanics or something, but Karen immediately saw … Read More ...
For the mom who rocks
Here’s a great semi-handmade Mother’s Day gift idea from Helen Gibb‘s Ribbon Snips e-newsletter:
… Read More ...These mini speakers are a great gift idea for any Mom who loves her tunes! Simply plug the speaker into your iPod, phone, laptop or
See “This Sharp World…” in Miami
Kate Kretz‘s needle art is amazing. And I mean that literally. When I look at her work, my mouth falls open and I go into a kind of trance, enthralled by her concepts and captivated by her exquisite technique. … Read More ...
See the co-op exhibit by UK stitch artists
Michelle Barnard gave us the heads-up about a group exhibit, TenPlus Textiles, at Stoke on Trent, UK, that runs through August. The group’s site says,
… Read More ...Ten Plus Textiles was formed in 1991 by ten textile artists from the North West
You can stitch this beetle
The whole stitchy world fell in love with the goldwork beetle Arlene White created for the Fool’s Gold Crazy-Quilt Round Robin. So Arlene is going to teach how to make him! She has five online classes coming up–all fabulous–and this … Read More ...
Copyright answers from Interweave
Yea, Interweave Press! If all the recent online hoorah has given you copyright anxiety, Interweave has information you need. And it’s free! Check this message I received from Jaime Guthals of Interweave:
… Read More ...Here at Interweave we weren’t planning on releasing
Bead a bounty of blooms
If your life won’t let you take live classes or you don’t have the bucks to travel, online classes are the ideal solution. And one is coming up with Nancy Eha (The Beading Queen) that looks divine! It’s one of … Read More ...
Learn from Helen and Mary Jo!
Check out this rockin announcement from Helen Gibb‘s newsletter, Ribbon Snips:
… Read More ...Reknowned fabric artist Mary Jo Hiney is coming to Colorado to team up with Helen to teach at our annual Summer Workshop this June, and we can’t wait
Take an RSN class
The Royal School of Needlework has just released a new catalog of classes available through December 2012. The site says it “includes new classes and, in response to the huge demand for our Introduction classes, additional dates.” Included are classes … Read More ...
Product review: Sticky Fabri-Solvy
Corinne of So September tries out Sticky Fabri-Solvy, a self-adhesive stabilizer you can run through your desktop printer. A super-easy way to transfer an embroidery design. Check her post to see how her experiment turned out.… Read More ...
I want all the felt!
American Felt & Craft is celebrating the addition of 100 fans with its biggest felt sale ever. This makes me want to take out a bank loan–I want all the felt! Check it out now. The sale won’t last … Read More ...
Stitching in Bali
Emma of DMC Threads blog is spending nearly a month in Bali, sharing embroidery and crafting skills with the children of Jodie O’Shea Orphanage. Follow her adventures through her blog posts. And thank you Emma, DMC, and all of … Read More ...
Stitch a keepsake doll
Gay of Sentimental Stitches has put together Embroider Me Collection 2–a set of 23 reproduction antique patterns for embroidered cloth dolls. She says, “They are presented in their antique form just as they were stamped on fabric and sold … Read More ...