Here’s a great idea from Bugs and Fishes by Lupin: Use her raincloud tutorial with red felt and embellishments to create a drippy open-wound brooch for Halloween fun. Get the link to the tute from her blog post.
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Tutorial: Silk Ribbon Embroidery fleece jacket from a sweatshirt
Kathleen of Yesteryear Embroideries shows us how to turn a favorite-but-worn old sweatshirt into a sweet fleece jacket with a few snips of the scissors, some simple hemming, and lavish embellishment with silk ribbon and beads. See the tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Buttonholed double chain stitch
This week’s TAST challenge is buttonholed double chain stitch. See the tute on SharonB‘s Pin Tangle blog.… Read More ...
Big discount on Helga’s Halloween designs
Cross-stitch designer Helga Mandl sent me this exciting news: “Just wanted to inform you and your readers I have 40% off on all Halloween cross stitch charts until 25th Oct, 2010.” Yea! Go to Helga’s site.
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Free patterns and charts: Autumn and Halloween
We have created this quick list with links to each Halloween pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to suit something for everyone.
Please note that these patterns were free at the time of writing these cross-stitch articles. Lots … Read More ...
Free patterns and charts: Christmas
We have created this quick list with links to each Christmas pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to suit something for everyone.
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Free charts: Cross-stitch
Free patterns: Hand-embroidery
Embroidery is a centuries-old art form that can be enjoyed by anyone. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced embroiderer, there are handpicked embroidery designs to try out.
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Free charts: Christmas cross-stitch
Free charts: Cross-stitch
(1) Aujourd’hui, c’est l’automne from Les chroniques de Frimousse
(2) The weary needle book from At the Honeysuckle Tree
(3) Maple Leaf Silhouette by Connie G. Barwick of About.com
(4) Octobre Rose from Le coin broderie de Marilyn S
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Tutorial: Hooked embroidery
Remember the lovely hooked embroidery Zeshuregi shared with us? She has posted a tutorial so we can understand the technique and, perhaps, attempt it ourselves. This style of embroidery seems like a cross between stitching and crochet. I have … Read More ...
New stitch tutorials
Tutorial: Beaded fringe
Lyric of Lyric Art shows us how to add gorgeous beaded fringe to crazy quilting or other textile projects. See the tute.… Read More ...
Stitch a spot sampler with Mary Corbet
Mary Corbet and her students are stitching a spot sampler, and Mary is sharing all the steps on her Needle ‘n’ Thread blog. The series of posts has just begun, so you can easily join in. See the first post … Read More ...
Brilliant: Ribbon-sample charms
Carmi of Carmi’s Art/Life World created fabric charms by stitching, beading, and embellishing sumptuous ribbon samples. Then she put them all together into a necklace so luxuriant it’s almost edible. Read about it on Carmi’s blog post.… Read More ...