This week’s TAST challenge is the buttonhole eyelet flower. So pretty! And I can’t wait to see the experiments that the TAST participants come up with. Go to the post on SharonB’s Pin Tangle blog to learn the stitch.… Read More ...
Free charts: Cross-stitch
Get this Tricia-Rennea freebie
Tricia-Rennea has sketched up some precious seasonal images for us. She’s calling them “coloring pages,” but as usual they would make excellent embroidery patterns (for personal use only, of course). Get the images.
… Read More ...See these stitching videos on the web
Hanna Andersson of iHanna’s Blog shares an outstanding collection of links to textile-art-related videos that we can view on the web. You’ll want to see all of these shows! Go to the list.
… Read More ...Photo and video tutes: Shaded buttonhole stitch
Lakshmi of Hand Embroidery from Sadalas shows us how to complete shaded buttonhole stitch. She explains, “In this variation, most of the thread comes to the surface of the fabric.” See the photo tutorial. Or see the stitch in … Read More ...
Tutorial: Knotted buttonhole stitch
Don’t miss TAST week 5 — knotted buttonhole stitch — over on SharonB‘s Pin Tangle blog. See the tute.
… Read More ...Free design from Di
Here’s a gift from Di van Niekerk of Crafting Unlimited: a sweet illustration that is timed perfectly for northern-hemisphere stitchers. Di’s e-newsletter says,
… Read More ...Titled Ever Watchful Sentries, this lovely painting by Serena Shaw is just perfect for embroidery, quilting,
Free chart: Plastic Canvas storage box
As part of her “continuing mission to bring plastic canvas to the people,” Diane Gilleland (CraftyPod) has posted a detailed tutorial on Craftzine.com for creating “a custom-sized, custom-crafted” storage box. Diane gives you the technical info; you supply the imagination … Read More ...
Free chart: Plastic Canvas topped gift box
Connie G. Barwick, cross-stitch editor for About.com, has a gift-wrap idea that is a gift in itself. She decorated the top of a paper mache box with a hardanger design stitched on plastic canvas and attached with decorative thumb … Read More ...
Free patterns and charts: Christmas
Free chart: Plastic Canvas Spooky PC
The pattern for this plastic-canvas Halloween door decor is free from FreePatterns.com. Get the pattern.
Looking for more Plastic Canvas patterns? Check these out on Etsy.
Need plastic canvas supplies, we highly recommend Annie’s Craft Store
… 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 ...
Free chart: Plastic Canvas Quilt Jar Covers
FreePatterns.com calls this project Quilt Jar Covers. I haven’t downloaded the pattern yet, but the foundation material appears to be……plastic canvas. Yeaaa!! Get the free pattern.
Looking for more Plastic Canvas patterns? Check these out on Etsy.… Read More ...
Useful (and disguised) Free chart: Plastic Canvas project from Sister Diane
Look what Diane Gilleland is doing with plastic canvas now! She says,
… Read More ...I turned the PC into a sturdy case for crafty tools. This Hook, Needle, Pencil Case also has the benefit of being covered with weaving rather than needlepoint.
Free chart: Plastic Canvas PC mini sewing box
Craft Leftovers is sharing the pattern and instructions for this sweet plastic-canvas project. The mini sewing box is based on a design used by the author’s great-grandmother. Enjoy the story of the rediscovery (Sounds like my garage!) and download the … Read More ...