Wendi Gratz of Shiny Happy World shares the inside scoop about stitching with a specialty thread. She says, “There are some quirks to using glow in the dark thread – and I talk about all of them here.” See her … Read More ...
Tutorial: Cloudy needlebook
Deborah Schlegel of Art Threads shares her pattern and tutorial for a pretty little needlebook that mimics the skies over her Arizona home. Go to the tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Make a spare floss holder
Mollie Johanson of Wild Olive has come up with a clever, inexpensive way to preserve those scraps of floss that are too large to throw away but divided or otherwise too small to wind back onto the bobbin. She explains … Read More ...
Tatting for beginners
If you’d like to try your hand at tatting but you don’t have a clue how to start, you’re in luck! Heather of Tatted Treasures has started a new series of tutorials for absolute beginners. Go to the first lesson… Read More ...
Free Sajou Embroidery Patterns
Antique Sajou pattern book #657 has been posted to the Free Pattern Maker site. Get the free download.
You can see more Sajou Embroidery designs here.
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Stitch a felt birdie
Abby of While She Naps shares the pattern and tutorial for this sweet felt-sculpture bird. Go to her blog post for the tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Transferring embroidery patterns
Cassandra continues Embroidery School over on Ooo! Shiny! with Lesson 3: Transferring patterns. Check out the tute.… Read More ...
Make Lobster Louie
Yet another adorable felt-applique sculpture from Creative Breathing: Lobster Louie. Get the free pattern and instructions from her blog post.
Ed. note: We got word through Twitter that this post had a bad link. It’s fixed now!… Read More ...
Stitch an Anna Maria design
Fabric designer Anna Maria Horner has put together a pattern and tutorial for creating a traditional linen–a table scarf–with an untraditional design. The Plaid Pods embroidery was inspired by her Buoyancy print, which she used on the reverse. She released … Read More ...
Make a huggable amphibian
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Trixi of Coloured Buttons shares the pattern and tips for creating her Froggy softie. Go to her blog post for the download. And while you’re there, check out the teensy froggy her son found in his yard in Hong
Wrap your hoops
Phillipa of Stitching Always recommends wrapping your embroidery hoops and explains a bit about how to do it. Go to her blog post.… Read More ...
Learn needlepoint damask
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint explains needlepoint damask and shares a bunch of charts for you to try out this effect. Check it out at her blog post.… Read More ...
Free applique patterns
April Rhodes of Sew to Speak shares a pageful of free designs for raw-edge applique and explains how to use them. Go to her blog post for the download.… Read More ...
Free pattern: Little quacker
Creative Breathing shares the pattern and tips for creating another of her precious felt-applique sculptures, Cape Cod Quacker. Go to her blog post to download the pattern.… Read More ...
Free needlepoint charts
Shawkl shares a couple of needlepoint designs for your stitching pleasure:
Christmas in July project
and
Business card holder
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy or check out these Pattern books on Amazon.
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