In my other life, I create collages that are an odd combination of paper and needle arts. I’ve always suspected that Katie Baird of Katie Eats Cake was a kindred spirit. When this little work of hers popped up on … Read More ...
Make reels of embroidered poetry
Now that I’ve seen Kelli Nina Perkins‘ work, I want to make thread spool poetry! Kelli says,
… Read More ...We take a vintage wooden spool and create a strip of colored muslin with a collaged line from cut up text. Add
Watch for the Quaker stitch-along
Needleprint blog has issued a heads-up that Carrow House Museum and curator Philippa Sims will soon make available the chart for this antique Quaker sampler. The blog says,
… Read More ...You will be able to download the chart for free – I
Enter the new Cross Stitch Challenge
Kirsten of GOS blog invites you to join Creative Cross Stitch Challenge #4. Print, stitch, and finish the challenge motif and post or e-mail a photo of your project. If you submit your entry before March 5, you’ll be in … Read More ...
Stitch straight lines to create curves
Prick and Stitch is my Craft is featuring a simple stitching project that moms of home-schooled kids (or bored-on-a-rainy-day kids) are going to love. The project is shown as the base for a calendar, but the pattern could easily work … Read More ...
Make a fishy mouse pad
When Kelly Fletcher needed a mouse pad quickly, she improvised with a handy bit of fabric. She says,
… Read More ...It worked brilliantly. So I decided to make a “proper” mouse mat for myself, one big enough to allow unlimited mouse manoeuvring
Inspiration: Carol-Anne Conway
Wow. This fishy bead embroidery is by Carol-Anne Conway of Threads Across the Web. Go to Carol-Anne’s blog and feast your eyes.… Read More ...
Free pattern for President’s Day
Quick! President’s Day in the US is almost over. Don’t miss Wild Olive‘s gift of an embroidery pattern to commemorate this day and the presidential virtue of honesty. Get the pattern.… Read More ...
Video tutorial: French knots
kootoyoo clues us in on her method of stitching French knots. The sample shown here took about four hours to stitch! Whether you want one knot, a few, or a biggo cluster like hers, you’d be smart to watch her … Read More ...
Opportunities to stitch your heart out!
Colleen of Loose Thread Stitchers passed on this treasure trove of information about the Stitch Your Heart Out Campaign. She says,
… Read More ...Here’s a breakdown of what we are doing:
- Our Designer Encyclopedia is for sale from local needlework shops
A treasury of freebies from JMD
A word to the wise and some fantastic sharing from Janet M. Davies of JMD Designs, New Zealand:
… Read More ...I have listed below all the freebees in my website. I am doing a major upheaval of my website so at
New pattern source: Be-Stitched
I was excited to receive a note from Erynne introducing me to her blog, Be-Stitched. Erynne is publishing gorgeous original cross-stitch designs, free for your personal use. The blog includes ten designs so far, and I hope many more … Read More ...
Free Valentine’s Day SRE pattern
Look! A Valentine’s Day gift for you from Di van Niekerk. Di’s newsletter says,
… Read More ...February is always the month of love and romance and for Valentine’s day, we have just the thing for the romantics out there! A free
Free pattern: Divine craftiness
Stitchy goddesses: Don’t you adore this free embroidery pattern from Heidi (aka Digital Misfit) of My Hiding Place in Cyberspace blog! Heidi says,
… Read More ...If the response to this pattern is positive, I will be posting more hand embroidery designs
Free patterns and charts
This Embroidery roundup is all about free patterns. We have created this quick list with links to each Embroidery pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to suit something for everyone.
Please note that these patterns were free at … Read More ...