Kelly Fletcher‘s Jacobean Leaves embroidery designs, featured in Inspirations magazine, are now available free from her website! Get the PDF files.… Read More ...
Stitch your bike seat
iHannah adds warmth and style to her bike seat with crewel embroidery. See more photos on her blog post.… Read More ...
Join Mary’s wool embroidery project
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread invites us to stitch along, step by step, on her pomegranate corner design. She says,
… Read More ...The design gives some good “scope” for some fun stitching, as well as a few focal points for learning
Insider news from TNNA
By a stroke of great good luck, CraftGossip had a Secret Snoop on hand at the January trade show of The National NeedleArts Association in Long Beach, CA, USA. Here’s her report:
… Read More ...Knitting: The hottest things on 2-or-more sticks continues
Free pattern: Berry pincushion
This free Christmas design from Country Bumpkin could be used for any occasion with just a few changes in thread colors. Go to the Country Bumpkin post for the link to the PDF file.
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery … Read More ...
Inspiration: tiny toadstool
This exquisite wearable art is by Shan Shan of tiny toadstool. Her unique berets, she says, are made of wool, then dyed and embroidered. See more on her blog. Or go to her Etsy shop.… Read More ...
Free hand-embroidery patterns
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 ...
Free hand-embroidery patterns: Christmas
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy
We’ve chosen the best Christmas 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 Christmas … Read More ...
Free hand-embroidery patterns: Christmas
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy
We’ve chosen the best Christmas 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 … Read More ...
Free patterns and charts: Halloween
This cross-stitch roundup is all about free patterns. We have created this quick list with links to each Cross stitch pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to suit something for everyone.
Please note that these patterns were … Read More ...
Series roundup: Spring in Italy
Kathy of The Unbroken Thread has created a roundup of her posts on the Spring in Italy sampler, where she tested various threads on the same motif (taken from Italian pottery designs). The sampler became not just a lovely work … Read More ...
Which wool should you use?
Kathy of The Unbroken Thread tried stitching on linen with four different types of wool thread. She shares her observations and lots of photos of the results. See her blog post.… Read More ...
Enjoy a special hand-embroidery series
Kathy Andrews is blogging a guest series on Needle ‘n’ Thread about stitching a Spring in Italy sampler of her own design, based on Italian pottery motifs. Fascinating process. Go to the latest post. Links are included to previous … Read More ...
A crewel round-up
Stitching with a Shimmy has posted a roundup of her articles about crewel embroidery. Go to her post to get all the links.… Read More ...
Free design for a “crewel” winter
Leigh Ann of The Object Project shares her original design for hand embroidery. This flower would make up beautifully in crewel. Get the pattern. And thanks so much for sharing, Leigh Ann!… Read More ...
