Suppose your nickname for your baby girl is monstruito (little monster). And suppose you want to embellish a cute little knit dress with a bit of stitching. What motif would you choose? A monstruito, of course! Alba of FestoTu shows … Read More ...
Pattern and tutorial: Choir boy
Your Christmas decorations should include a sweet-as-sugar choir boy. Creative Breathing is sharing her pattern and instructions for making this one. Go to her tute.
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy or check out … Read More ...
Giveaway: SRE goodies
Carol Daisy of Silk Ribbon Embroidery is celebrating 300 followers with an awesome giveaway
… Read More ...12 Cascade House Stranded Silk in a range of colours
2 Cascade House Metallic Gimp ( Gold and Silver )
7 Cascade House Silken Ribbons
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Learn about Zalakdosi
Royce’s Hub gives us a look at Zalakdosi, chain stitch created with a hook. (This looks a lot like tambour embroidery and lesage.) Get the details from Royce’s post.
Read more of our Tambour Hand Embroidery Articles and … Read More ...
Buy PUSH Stitchery. Now.
We’ve all heard the huge buzz on the Internet about PUSH Stitchery, curated by Jamie Chalmers (aka MrXStitch). Every trendy stitcher has jumped on the bandwagon. Is the book really that good? Do we each really need a copy? … Read More ...
Inspiration: NDBex
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, here is Frankenboobies, a work by Rebecca Martz-Burley aka NDBex. She created this embroidery as a way of helping purge her discomfort with her mastectomy scars. In a personal note, she … Read More ...
Inspiration: Little Z Handmade
Fall brooches by Lisette of Little Z Handmade make me sigh with happiness. Go to her blog.
Ed. note: This post was not requested or compensated in any way.… Read More ...
Museum examples of Native American fiber arts
Deborah Schlegel of Art Threads shares images of Native American embroidery and weaving–examples she saw on exhibit at Dartmouth. Go to her blog post to find out more. Follow the links in her posts to see other beautiful works.… Read More ...
Inspiration: Hand Embroidery from Sadalas
Lakshmi of Hand Embroidery from Sadalas used long-and-short stitch to create this gorgeous embellishment for a wee dress. Go to the post to see the completed project.… Read More ...
A look at Asia-Pacific stitchery
Australian needle artist Carolyn of caro-rose-creations shares photos from her recent visit to the Threads, Contemporary Textiles and the Social Fabric at the Gallery of Modern Art in Queensland. Her photos capture works from several ethnic traditions. See her post … Read More ...
Bead embroidery in progress
You may think I’m odd when I tell you this is my idea of fun. But in case you’re odd, too, heads-up: Coral-Seas of Threads Across the Web shares progress photos of an intricate floral bead embroidery. You can revel … Read More ...
Win Embroider Everything Workshop
Craftstylish is giving away a copy of Embroider Everything Workshop. The review says,
… Read More ...Diana Rupp offers a beginner’s guide to embroidery that makes classic techniques easy and fun. Embroider Everything Workshop includes 40 original projects and 48 iron-on transfers, as
Keeping silk thread smooth
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread has a fresh idea for how to keep silk threads from snagging on your hands and nails. Check it out.… Read More ...
A cloak from another era
Racaire, who specializes in historical embroidery techniques and producing accurate costumes for the Society of Creative Anachronism, created this lovely cloak for her friend Anya. Go to her blog post to see more photos and enlarge them for study … Read More ...
Enjoy Judy Martin’s Energy Cloth
Judy Martin gives us several views of her textile artwork that has been accepted by the juried show Ontario Craft ’11. She notes that it is “hand stitch, wax resist, cotton.” Simple materials; complex and fascinating work. See more photos … Read More ...