These fairy slippers by Judy of Judy’s Fabrications make my heart flutter. So many gorgeous techniques and colors applied to such a tiny canvas! And fairy slippers aren’t all she makes. See more on Judy’s blog.… Read More ...
Free design: Leafy Loopy Earth
Urban Threads is offering this awesome design free through June 19. It’s available in three sizes for machine embroidery, hand embroidery, and digital stock art formats. Go get it.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Machine embroidery on leather
Anja Rieger says “it is amazingly easy” to create these keychains by machine-embroidering on leather. See the tute.… Read More ...
Inspiration: lilla lotta
Here is how Anna of lilla lotta passes the time while she waits for the daily mail. I think this amazing piece is machine-stitched onto a paper background. And look at the layers of textured stitching in the hair. Lovely. … Read More ...
Inspiration: Nerine
I tend to love everything that machine-embroidery artist Nerine feels like making. But — as I approach another birthday (How did there get to be so many?) — this work is fraught with personal meaning for me. And it just … Read More ...
Free design for machine embroidery
This gorgeous hibiscus design for machine embroidery is free from needlework.ru. The download is available in 13 file formats, and a color chart is offered as a PDF file. Get the design.
Many thanks to Elkalin for pointing … Read More ...
Jackie makes cellphone pouches
Jackie of Dog-Daisy Chains is making cravable cellphone pouches in canvas, silk dupioni, and tweed — embellished, of course, with her signature embroidered-velvet motifs. You know you want one. See the silk post. And see the tweed and canvas … Read More ...
Back in ribbon’s heyday
A stitchy rapprochement
The conflict between Sublime Stitching and Urban Threads has been resolved. Please read the Urban Threads statement and the Sublime Stitching statement. Peace rocks! And so do the designs produced by these awesome companies.… Read More ...
A timely freebie from UT
The Urban Threads newsletter announces:
… Read More ...Just in time for Father’s Day, here’s a new freebie: the Dad tattoo! It’s a fun design to embellish gifts for rockin’ dads, of course, but we’ll bet you know a little punk or
Celebrate Urban Threads’ birthday!
Here’s juicy news from the Urban Threads newsletter:
… Read More ...Urban Threads is two years old! …We’re having a par-tahy, and you’re invited! In addition to this week’s new designs, we’ve got a birthday sale for ya, a new round of
Free design: Sugar-skull wedding
Here’s a treat from Urban Threads. The UT newsletter says,
… Read More ...You don’t need to be planning an oh-so-fashionable Dia de los Muertos wedding to appreciate this ‘Til Death Do Us Part design … it’s got the ever-popular sugar skulls,
Enjoy these stitchy videos
You can watch the time-lapse emergence of one of Eleanor Pigman‘s remarkable portraits in seed-bead embroidery. See the video.
And you can see a whole series of videos on Ruth Rae‘s blog that let us snoop through … Read More ...
Style up your medical info
Here’s a great heads-up from Urban Threads‘ e-newsletter:
Awhile back Urban Threadster Lindsay Hartwell (who you may recognize as a former guest artist) dropped us a note. Her rockin’ boyfriend needed a rockin’ way to wear his medical information, … Read More ...
Reminder: Giveaway at Anja Rieger Design
Don’t forget about the giveaway for CraftGossip readers at Anja Rieger Design. It ends tomorrow, May 6. Get the details.… Read More ...