Janie of The Stitchers’ Village is making these two precious designs — Haiti Nurse and Dr. Kitty — available for a US $5.30 donation to Haiti-relief efforts. Charts will be e-mailed to you within about 24 hours. Definitely a win-win! … Read More ...
Free valentine embroidery from Follow the White Bunny
Nicole of Follow the White Bunny is sharing this adorable valentine design for hand embroidery. Download your free copy from her blog.… Read More ...
Introducing solo.brode
Sophie of solo-brode blog dropped us this sweet note:
… Read More ...Je crée mes modèles en forme de rond, composition de point de croix , blackwork et points spéciaux et je mets régulièrement des grilles en ligne pour partager ma passion…
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Free valentine embroidery pattern from UT
Karline of Urban Threads sends us this heads-up:
… Read More ...Urban Threads has released a sweet new bird-and-love-letter design, FREE through Valentine’s Day! This pretty Victorian-style design can be downloaded for free in formats for machine embroidery, hand embroidery, and digital stock
Free patterns and charts: Hearts, valentines
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 ...
Free charts: Cross-stitch
(1) Pimpom, le camion de pompier… from la-planete-loisirs-de-steph
(2) Biscornu from les loisirs abbygaelle
(3) Vogart 725 – Tea Time from Sweet Bee
(4) Soif de printemps from Val’ en croix
(5) Barbapapa ou pomme d’amour? from Les chroniques de … Read More ...
New stitchy brooches from Erratic Needle
Shown here are just a few of the gorgeous brooches hand-stitched recently by Marjo of Erratic Needle. See lots more on her blog.… Read More ...
Tutorials: Silk-ribbon rosebuds
SRE maven Carol Daisy shows us two methods for creating ribbon rosebuds. You’ll love at least one of them! See the tutes.
Looking for a supplier of Silk Ribbon? We love Etsy for finding hand dyed ribbons as well … Read More ...
TDSiTM seam treatments continue
Shawkl is revving up again, cranking out great wads of beautiful seam treatments for her Twelve Dozen Stitches in Twelve Months project. I’ve featured just a few of her recent examples. Run over to her blog and catch up on … Read More ...
Peter’s first embroidery
Look what six-year-old Peter did! His mom, Corinne (aka so september) says,
… Read More ...Yes, it does say “tough love” on it – an expresssion he overheard me say on the phone as he was stitching. I guess I should be
Tutorial: Textile Ancestor’s Pot
This fabulous textile art by Beate Knappe is an Ancestor’s Pot. She says,
… Read More ...Such an Ancestors’s pot usually is made of ceramics and has a lid. I am a textile artist. For that reason my ancestors’ pot will not
There’s still time to enter the Winter Wonderland exhibition
Remember, the submission deadline for the Hand Embroidery Network‘s Winter Wonderland online exhibition is January 29 and 30. You still have time to participate! Get the details from the HEN site.… Read More ...
Ecru felt + neon threads = cheery winter wreath
Page’s Felt Flower Winter Wreath is sure to brighten any gray day this season. She says,
… Read More ...I had a great time creating abstract felt versions of some of my favorite flowers and then embellishing them with the neon threads. I
Free charts: Alphabet samplers
Free patterns and charts: Elves and fairies
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 ...