Art, patterns and techniques
This Embroidery roundup is all about free patterns. We have created this quick list with links to each Embroidery pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to suit something for everyone.
Please note that these patterns were free at … Read More ...
While I was away on vacation, sarajessica of Cross Me Not blog was cranking out new charts left and right! Check out these gems:
(1) Boombox
(2) Transformer – Ironhide
(3) Sweet angel
(4) Transformer – Skyfire
(5) Transformer – … Read More ...
Emily of On Awesome Avenue has great advice for newbie stitchers, which applies even when the project is a kit: Get organized! Emily shows you how. See the post.… Read More ...
French blog Broderie d’Antan is an absolute treasure trove of free embroidery patterns. No matter what style you prefer, you’re sure to find something you love. Go to the blog.… Read More ...
Carol Daisy of Silk Ribbon Embroidery blog show us her technique for making a folded rose (above left). See the folded-rose tute. Then she elaborates by showing us how to combine it with a ruffled rose (above right). See … Read More ...
This Embroidery roundup is all about free patterns. We have created this quick list with links to each Embroidery pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to suit something for everyone.
Please note that these patterns were free at … Read More ...
Get famous and win prizes! Enter SWAKembroidery.com’s “I Made This” Contest. The SWAK newsletter says,
… Read More ...From now until January 24, 2010, submit your photos to the “I Made This” section at any of our websites: www.YouCanMakeThis.com, www.SWAKembroidery.com, and/or www.YouCanQuiltThis.com!
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The last hydrangea design in Di van Niekerk‘s series of three is now available free from her Crafts Unlimited web site. Go grab it!… Read More ...
Check out this news from Karline at UT:
… Read More ...Urban Threads just released a new free embroidery design that’ll crank up the volume! A little volume knob that goes all the way up to 11 will make a rad addition to
Leah Day (365 Days of Free Motion Quilting Filler Designs) shows us how to mod an inexpensive darning foot to get 360 degrees of visibility around your needle. She says,
… Read More ...How much visibility you have around your needle
Lainie of Red Thread Studio announces:
… Read More ...Jude and Glennis and I hatched a little Slow Cloth group on Facebook. Please join us if you’re a member of that wonderful invention. We have a great community coming together, with designers, stitchers,
Sonie of Embroidery World shows us how to embroider dimensional yarn marigolds. Lovely! She includes several options for filling the centers. See the tute.
And many thanks to Lakshmi of Hand Embroidery from Sadalas for pointing out this great … Read More ...
Connie G. Barwick, cross-stitch editor for About.com, has a treat for all of us that we can enjoy all year long:
… Read More ...The 2010 About.com Cross Stitch calendar features twelve different free patterns from About.com Cross Stitch. It also
Remember the silk-ribbon flowers that Allie Aller needlepunched for her repro vintage crazy quilt? Well, now she’s made luscious needlepunched flower brooches! And what’s more, she shows us every step! Yea! See the tute.
Looking for more Punch Needle … Read More ...
Urban Threads shows us how to make an embroidered wrap that lets us cold-natured chicks look fashionable while we stay snug. See the tute.… Read More ...