Art, patterns and techniques
Needleprint blog tips us off to the totally awesome handpainted threadkeepers of Lili-Rose of Albi, France. Perfect gifts for stitchers on your holiday list. Or for yourself! See more and get links from the Needleprint post.
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Here’s a great heads-up from Tricia of Thistle Threads:
… Read More ...The exhibit we have all been waiting for is finally open!…Cunning Needle – Four Centuries of Embroidery opened last Friday, Sept 2nd at Winterthur. The exhibition will be open
The yummy photos on pilli pilli‘s blog may make you want to take up her new obsession–silk sashiko embroidery on linen. Go to her post.… Read More ...
Shan Shan of tinytoadstool lets us peek over her shoulder at a book documenting the Japonism in Fashion exhibition of 1996 in Tokyo. She says, “The exhibition…captured influence of the Japanese culture that affected culture art of Europe from the … Read More ...
Check out these clever mini-ornaments by Pinta. Although she doesn’t share her technique with us, I think any experienced needleworker could adapt the idea for package tie-ons and tree decorations. See more photos at her post.… Read More ...
Laura Bray of katydiddys offers some tips for teaching your wee one to embroider. Pictured: Laura’s daughter with her first real thread-and-fabric project. Awesome awesome awesome! See more at Laura’s blog post.… Read More ...
Sara of The Split Stitch has released her new Nursing School embroidery pattern with a rockin introductory price: 50% off! She says,
… Read More ...They really apply to just about anyone in the healthcare industry. Doctors, nurses, hospital volunteers, paramedics, medical billing,
Christa Evans of LilyStitch runs down some of the threads and stitches used in goldwork. Go to her post.… Read More ...
Jane LaFazio of JaneVille created this work, Memories of the Silk Road, from “prayer flags (the Tibetan kind) and bits of silk and all hand stitched.” Her close-up photos invite study and awe. See more at her blog post.… Read More ...
This unloose new work by Cindy Ann Steiler (Mary’s Granddaughter) is what she did when she was supposed to be doing something else. I love how artists’ minds work. See more at her blog.… Read More ...
SharonB of Pin Tangle is offering her Encrusted Crazy Quilting course online. Yes! Sharon says,
… Read More ...Encrusted Crazy Quilting offers students the opportunity to learn how to piece, develop and heavily hand embellish a crazy quilt block with hand embroidery, beading
I am simultaneously laughing at the humor of this piece and filled with bug-eyed awe at its masterful execution. Spastique boutique created this embroidery of blue tits for the Sew Risque exhibition. NSFW: See its glow-in-the dark punch line.… Read More ...
I adore the Showtime series The Borgias. So it was doubly fun to see Deri‘s latest commissioned DeriDolls: Cesare and Lucrecia Borgia. And I loved scrutinizing the details of these costumes from Deri’s close-up photos, as well as … Read More ...
Hannah of enbrouderie shares another Tajikistan suzani from Dr. Shirazi’s collection. See all the photos at her blog post.… Read More ...
Lish Dorset of Craftzine.com has some awesome tips for preserving vintage embroidery transfers. Check out her post.… Read More ...