Embroidery – Page 259

Tutorials: Silk-ribbon rosebuds

January 20, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

SRE maven Carol Daisy shows us two methods for creating ribbon rosebuds. You’ll love at least one of them! See the tutes.

Looking for a supplier of Silk Ribbon? We love Etsy for finding hand dyed ribbons as well … Read More ...

Free sampler patterns: Stofnest

January 20, 2010 by Denise Felton 1 Comment

Stofnest blog posts a new, free cross-stitch sampler pattern almost every day. What a treasure trove! See the blog. And be sure to add it to your blog reader.… Read More ...

TDSiTM seam treatments continue

January 20, 2010 by Denise Felton 1 Comment

Shawkl is revving up again, cranking out great wads of beautiful seam treatments for her Twelve Dozen Stitches in Twelve Months project. I’ve featured just a few of her recent examples. Run over to her blog and catch up on … Read More ...

Peter’s first embroidery

January 20, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

Look what six-year-old Peter did! His mom, Corinne (aka so september) says,

Yes, it does say “tough love” on it – an expresssion he overheard me say on the phone as he was stitching. I guess I should be

New source for hand-embroidery patterns

January 20, 2010 by Denise Felton 1 Comment

You might already love the work of Marisa Hopkins, aka Elegant Snobbery and Elegant Bloggery. Her online adventures as a working artist/mom of preschoolers make good coffee-time reading for me every day. And her bright, sweet, clever illustrations … Read More ...

New charts from Needleprint: Bridegrooms’ Hearts

January 19, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

Needleprint is making available a book of patterns for bridegrooms’ hearts. The blog says,

These hearts were often stitched by the bride-to-be, sometimes in the summer in the pastures, and long before she knew to whom she would be married.

Tutorial: Textile Ancestor’s Pot

January 19, 2010 by Denise Felton 1 Comment

This fabulous textile art by Beate Knappe is an Ancestor’s Pot. She says,

Such an Ancestors’s pot usually is made of ceramics and has a lid. I am a textile artist. For that reason my ancestors’ pot will not

There’s still time to enter the Winter Wonderland exhibition

January 19, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

Remember, the submission deadline for the Hand Embroidery Network‘s Winter Wonderland online exhibition is January 29 and 30. You still have time to participate! Get the details from the HEN site.… Read More ...

Ecru felt + neon threads = cheery winter wreath

January 19, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

Page’s Felt Flower Winter Wreath is sure to brighten any gray day this season. She says,

I had a great time creating abstract felt versions of some of my favorite flowers and then embellishing them with the neon threads. I

Free charts: Alphabet samplers

January 15, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

(left) Abécédaire Coq from Accueil
(center) Une grille où se cache le Bonheur from Le blog de Liselotte
(right) Vivement le printemps! from Les petites croix de Symiote… Read More ...