If you’re a fan of hardanger, Hannah of enbrouderie has some serious eye candy for you. Go to her post to see all the photos.
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Inspiration: Spooky Pooky
Oooooooooooo! Castiel (the angst-riddled angel) from Supernatural as a tiny softie from Alexz of Spooky Pooky Creations. See more at her blog post.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Rainbow button sampler
Rachel of Lines Across My Face shows us how to create this cute and colorful little framed stitchery. See her tute.… Read More ...
Inspiration: Lisa Jordan
Stones–felted, embroidered, and embellished with natural materials–become members of Lisa Jordan‘s Conversations with the Residents series. On her lil fish studios post, she says,
… Read More ...Often when I’m out woods-wandering I’ll find little mementos left by the woods-dwellers. Some of
Learning while stitching for Jude
MarieE of colored thread launched her Stitch and Surface class by working with her students to create embroidered feathers for Jude Hill’s Magic Feather Project. Marie says,
… Read More ...In creating these feathers we talked a lot about various forms of
Posie ornament kits are available NOW
I look forward each year to Alicia Paulson‘s release of her new felt-applique and embroidery Christmas ornament patterns. They’re always accessible to stitchers with all levels of experience, customizable, and gorgeous. Alicia just revealed the 2011 pattern set on … Read More ...
Filling with laid stitches
Kathy of The Unbroken Thread gives us a little tour of laid and couched stitches. Check out her post.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Embroidered felt carrots
Deborah Schlegel of Art Threads shows us how to make felt carrot softies complete with feather-stitched fronds. A beautiful and safe addition to your wee one’s play kitchen. See her tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Finishing a “stand up”
Emma of DMC Thread’s blog winds up her Halloween Pumpkin stitch-along by showing us how to finish the embroidery as a stand up–a small display piece. See her tute.
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Tutorial: Paper embroidery transfer
Carina of Carina’s Craftblog shows us how to do a paper embroidery transfer. She says,
… Read More ...This is a way to ‘transfer’ a pattern to cloth when all you have is regular printer paper or similar and no fancy transfer tools
Inspiration: Sharon Boggon
Pure eye candy, just for the joy of it. My eyes can’t stop traveling the details of this sumptuous crazy-quilt embellishment. SharonB of Pin Tangle is my hero! See more at her blog post. And did you know you … Read More ...
Hair and jewels in miniature
Susan Elliott‘s portrait of Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly is now coiffed and bejeweled. To find out how Susan constructed the elegant wig, tiara, and necklace, check out her last couple of posts at Plays with Needles blog.… Read More ...
Indian shadow work
Hannah of enbrouderie shares many beautiful photos of an example of Chikan work or chikankari–an Indian form of shadow work. So delicate. Go to her blog post to enjoy all of the photos.… Read More ...
Take RSN courses in San Francisco
The Royal School of Needlework announces:
San Francisco-based tutor Lucy Barter and RSN tutors Shelley Cox and Kate Farrer will be teaching the RSN Certificate and Diploma and a series of Day classes this October at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. … Read More ...
Inspiration: Elsa Mora
My first adventure in embroidery as art is finished. This piece has been already purchased by an art collector.
Not surprising. Her story and her way of telling it are completely original. Her craftsmanship is divine. See … Read More ...