Danielle of My Sparkle shares the pattern and tutorial for an adorable matryoshka ornament. Use one as a door hanger. Or a gift tie-on. Or make up a lot of them in different colors and have an all-matryoshka Christmas tree. … Read More ...
Free pattern and tute: Autumn wall hanging
Pat Sloan interviews Aurifil Designer of the Month Marianne Byrne-Goarin at Aurifil Buzz. Enjoy Marianne’s warm personality, revel in bunches of great photos of her gorgeous felt applique and embroidery, and grab a free design and tutorial for creating … Read More ...
Tidy up your floss
Eniko of il giardino segreto shows us how to tidy our stashes by using clothespins as floss bobbins. The blog is not in English, but it doesn’t matter; you’ll find out everything you need to know from the photos. See … Read More ...
Tutorial: Stitch a paper bookmark
Rachel of Lines Across My Face shows us how to create a beautiful fall bookmark by stitching on paper. See the tute.… Read More ...
A sugar-skull pattern
Carina of Carina’s Craftblog has a rockin new calavera pattern for sale just in time for Dia de los Muertos and Halloween. Check it out at her blog post.
Ed. note: Carina Endvoldsen-Harris neither requested nor compensated this post.… Read More ...
Quick tip for labeling floss
Monica of Happy Zombie has a tip for labeling your embroidery floss with the color number quickly and easily. See her post.… Read More ...
Free pattern: Winter house
Shell of Bits and Bobs shares her pattern for this sweet felt-applique and embroidery Christmas ornament or door hanger. Go to her blog post to download the pattern.
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Free Pattern: Heirloom Doll dress
Carla Crim of Scientific Seamstress guest posts on We Love French Knots about her love of sewing and embellishing doll-sized garments. She says,
… Read More ...I started out with 18″ dolls, but worked my way down to small (10″) and super-small dolls
Free Embroidery pattern: Christmas sampler
Bronwyn of Red Brolly has the Christmas spirit early and big! She’s sharing three Christmas sampler designs between now and the holidays. The first, shown above, is available now. Go to her blog post to download the pattern and instructions. … Read More ...
Free chart: Needlepoint sampler
Kathy Shaw of Shawkl is sharing the chart for her original needlepoint sampler. She says it might make a good book cover or tin topper. Go to her post to download the chart.… Read More ...
Stitch a potato
Deborah Schlegel of Art Threads continues her series of tutorials for stitched fruits and vegetables with the humble potato. These felt and embroidery soft sculptures would be ideal for a toddler’s play kitchen or beautiful displayed in a bowl on … Read More ...
Tutorial: Fabric flowers
Kris and Kim of The DIY Dish show us a fresh take on making fabric flowers to add to home decor. Check out their video tute.… Read More ...
Free e-book of needlework tips
Helen of Bustle and Sew says,
… Read More ...You may remember that way back at the beginning of the summer I asked for contributions to put together a free hints and tips books for us all to share. It’s taken a little
Tutorial: Buttonhole seahorse
Ina of Let’s Learn Embroidery shows us how she created this shining seahorse. Follow along and make one yourself. See the tute.… Read More ...
Make an elephant softie
Creative Breathing shares her pattern for this sweet elephant felt soft-sculpture. Make one for the circus-lover–or Republican–in your life. Get the pattern.… Read More ...