Cathe of Just Something I Made is sharing some vintage clip art with Mother’s Day in mind. You may want to print some of the images for a special project. And you’ll probably notice that many of them are eminently … Read More ...
Tutorial: Iris folding with bias strips
This idea knocks me out! I love iris-folding paper to decorate greeting cards. Now Yoonie of yoonie-at-home has adapted the concept to fabric, creating this crafting tote with an iris of bias strips. Brilliant! And gorgeous. And what’s more, Yoonie … Read More ...
Tutorial: Rope stitch
This week’s TAST challenge on SharonB‘s Pin Tangle blog is rope stitch. The example shown here is just one of the exquisite stitch-outs featured on her blog. See the tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Ironing embroidery
Kirsty of kootoyoo continues the demo of her rockin vintage-reverse-applique-embroidery-invention-thingie by showing us how to iron embroidery properly. See her tute.… Read More ...
Stitch power
Rugosa (My Little Stitches) and The Craftivist Collective are celebrating the privilege of living in a democracy by sharing cross-stitch patterns that focus on voting. Find out more and get the patterns.… Read More ...
Free chart: Plastic Canvas How-to: Plastic canvas blocks
Look what Rachel Hobson of Craftzine.com found: great information about creating plastic-canvas baby blocks! See Rachel’s post.
Looking for more Plastic Canvas patterns? Check these out on Etsy.
Need plastic canvas supplies, we highly recommend Annie’s Craft Store… Read More ...
Try this vintage stitchy twist
Kirsty of feeling stitchy is sharing a tutorial for embroidery that reminds me of some of doe-c-doe‘s work…but with a reverse-applique twist. Go see.… Read More ...
Free block design: Earth
Are you stitching along with Benita Skinner‘s block-of-the-month, Words of Inspiration & Celebration? Even if you aren’t, you probably will want to download the April block, Earth. Imagine the possibilities for this design! Get the pattern at … Read More ...
Try lots of transfer techniques
I got this sweet note from Ruth of Ruth O’Leary Textile Art:
… Read More ...I’ve read a couple of your recent posts where you mention different ways to transfer a design to fabric. I’ve written a hints and tips article where
Tutorial: Make your own transfers
Aimee Ray of little dear tracks blog gives us a quick-and-easy rundown on making our own iron-on transfers for embroidery. Rockin. See the tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Buttonhole eyelet flower
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 ...
