Art, patterns and techniques
The Urban Threads e-newsletter announced this great freebie:
… Read More ...Own the label of Mad Scientist with this electric green-and-purple design! It’ll be just the thing for that lab coat or capacitor cozy. As a little Tesla-birthday-party-favor, we’re giving it away for
Zinaida of Hearty Craft shares her technique for stitching raised raspberries using a scrap of felt and bullion knots. The post is translated to English and includes a link (under the third photo) to a free raspberry-pot design. Go to … Read More ...
We’ve chosen the best hand-embroidery patterns for you to attempt this week! We offer something for everyone, whether you’re a novice or a seasoned veteran. Our free cross-stitch patterns range from simple cross-stitch patterns to more complex floral and animal … Read More ...
We’ve chosen the best hand-embroidery patterns for you to attempt this week! We offer something for everyone, whether you’re a novice or a seasoned veteran. Our free cross-stitch patterns range from simple cross-stitch patterns to more complex floral and animal … Read More ...
These precious gnome bookmarks by Kimara of Wee Folk Art are perfect as watercolor cutouts. But wouldn’t the designs also make great embroidery patterns! Go to Kimara’s post for the pattern link (and paper tute). Please remember that the free … Read More ...
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint shares a pattern for a mini-stocking and tips for completing it with variations of Milanese stitch. See her post.… Read More ...
While She Naps shows us how to make her version of a sweet felt strawberry. I love the seed-bead seeds. See her tute.… Read More ...
LimeRiot posted a tutorial on Craftster for creating this adorable applique-and-embroidery hoop. Once you’ve mastered the technique, you can create a similar hoop from any simple line art (such as coloring-book images). See the tute.
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Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor at About.com, is sharing her pattern for this charming new summer image, Sail Away. Get the design.… Read More ...
A cool announcement from Bernina Blog:
… Read More ...Have you seen the new issue of Through the Needle ONLINE? The beautiful flower on the cover was designed by Jeanine McWhorter, and you can download a free embroidery file at
Squeee! Look at the winner of feeling stitchy‘s May stitchalong! Lia of Summerday Studio stitched a miniature version of May’s pattern on a dress for a Blythe doll. Wow. And what’s more, she’s sharing a technical illustration so you … Read More ...
Janet M. Davies of JMD Designs shares a pattern and shows us several ways to use it — as a counted cross-stitch motif, as counted blackwork, and as freehand embroidery. See her post and get the freebie.… Read More ...
We’ve chosen the best hand-embroidery patterns for you to attempt this week! We offer something for everyone, whether you’re a novice or a seasoned veteran. Our free cross-stitch patterns range from simple cross-stitch patterns to more complex floral and animal … Read More ...
