(1) Bienvenue chez nous from Le blog de carmela
(2) Oiseaux from Cachounette
(3) Camélia from Le blog de Les broderies de vayou
(4) Tasses de thé ou de chocolat (REEDITION) from les loisirs abbygaelle
(5) Ange (REEDITION) from les … Read More ...
Free charts: Cross-stitch
Tutorial: Embroidered Halloween badges
Stephanie Housley posted a tutorial at The Crafts Dept. (MarthaStewart.com) that provides the designs and instructions for creating hand-embroidered Halloween badges. All of the images of costumed animals are adorable, but I especially love this critter’s little g-string! Go to … Read More ...
Stunning stumpwork
Eye-candy alert! Through her gorgeous photos (and charming but brief text), Susan Elliott of Plays with Needles gives us a taste of a recent workshop she attended led by stumpwork expert Jane Nicholas. Jane’s work is … well, I’m … Read More ...
Tutorial: Stitchy Halloween card
Nikki of Nikki, in Stitches blog puts together a variety of techniques and resources in this charming Halloween greeting card. My favorite part: The BOO! focal element is embroidered on fabric. Nikki’s approach to transferring the image is a bit … Read More ...
Add life with embroidery
Laura Wasilowski of Artfabrik revamped a “dull” quilt from her stash into a vibrant finished work by adding surface embroidery. She says,
… Read More ...I follow the paths formed by the free-motion machine stitches on an old quilt. Filling those paths with
Stitch tutorials from Sarah Whittle
Sarah Whittle has been sharing lots of new stitch tutorials:
(1) God’s eye stitch
(2) The perfect French knot
(3) French knot border stitch
(4) Herringbone stitch
(5) Couched herringbone stitch
(6) Double herringbone stitch
(7) Laced herringbone stitch
(8) … Read More ...
Inspiration: Alma Stoller
Enjoy a lovely interview of visual artist Alma Stoller (creator of these rockin fabric beads) on Lyric Art blog. Go there now.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Away knot
KERRYKATIECAKES shows us how to begin our stitching with an away knot (aka waste knot). She says,
… Read More ...The ends of your threads are not going to show up as shadows on the front of your work since they run
Tutorial: Brick stitch, two ways
Nicole of Follow the White Bunny offers us two options for creating brick stitch. Each has its own advantages, so you’ll probably want to learn both. See the tute on Nicole’s blog.… Read More ...
Free pattern: Christmas treats recipe folder
The Among the Gum Trees team has released the first in its series of Christmas freebies. The blog says,
… Read More ...This week’s design is from Fiona at Designs by Fee. It is a Christmas Treats Recipe Folder with a lovely hand
New from SharonB: The Stitch Files
SharonB of Pin Tangle blog has a new treat for beginning stitchers. She says,
… Read More ...The Stitch Files…are printable template pages that people can download and use. These worksheets build into a resource file. Today I release the first set of
From Zeshuregi: Hooked embroidery
Zeshuregi of Creative Mind blog creates gorgeous garments, lavishly embroidered with threads, sequins, and beads using a technique similar to tambour embroidery. In a personal note, Zeshuregi told me,
… Read More ...This is not a tambour embroidery, but really seems like that.
Free embroidery design: Cupcake
Shalae Tippetts of mother, wife and artist is sharing a sweet embroidery design to let you get a feel for her work. If you like it, you can buy a whole set of coordinating patterns from her Etsy shop! … Read More ...
Free desktop calendar from JMD
October’s free desktop calendar is available now from JMD Designs. Each month’s calendar features another of Janet M. Davies’ beautiful stitcheries. Get the download.… Read More ...
