This post is one from the archives of Imaginesque. They have so many great patterns for hand and counted thread embroidery that they will keep you stitching for months on end. I can just see this one done up in … Read More ...
Cheer on Your Favorite Team
Football season is here and my favorite way to follow my local teams in on Facebook. The local radio station posts updates of the scores and it is great. I don’t even have to go out to the game. I … Read More ...
Do You Believe…?
Do you believe in the Loch Ness Monster? Well I have seen ol’ Nessie floating around at Sew Lovely Embroidery, so I believe in her now. This deliciate rendering of the creature just begs to be stitched up in fun … Read More ...
Raised Chain Stitch
Today for Take a Stitch Tuesday (TAST) Sharon of Pin Tangle is featuring Raised Chain Stitch. It is a complex stitch that looks almost like knitting when you are done. Sharon gives a simple step-by-step photo and text tutorial for … Read More ...
Sprouting Floral – Or Another Name?
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘N Thread posted this free hand embroidery pattern on her blog and named it Sprouting Floral, but she is not exactly satisfied with the name. She is open to your input. Can you think of a … Read More ...
Back to Schoolgirl Pattern
Sew Lovely Embroidery posted the free pattern this embroidery is based on recently – it is lovely and I didn’t want you to miss out on it! It is a back-to-school design and while most kids are back in school … Read More ...
Embroidery Pattern – Stylised Flower Pattern
Here’s another great free hand embroidery pattern from Imaginesque. This one is a lovely stylized flower pattern. The spelling in the title of this blog is not incorrect by the way – it is the way it is spelled at … Read More ...
Embroidery Pattern – Openwork Flower
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘N Thread posted this free Openwork Flower embroidery pattern recently. As she says, it is “… a great piece for practicing openwork fillings, like the kind used in different types of pulled thread and drawn thread … Read More ...
Love My Scarf Blog Tour
Eileen at Eileen’s Machine Embroider Blog explains that September is not only National Sewing Month but it’s also Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. She invites you to “… join us in making scarves for cancer patients. Our goal is to collect … Read More ...
Notforgotten Farm Needlework Book
I enjoy all sorts of needlework – you might say I have very eclectic taste. One of my very favorite styles is Folk Art though, so I really enjoy the artwork produced at Notforgotten Farm. Lori creates quite unique, unusual … Read More ...
Grandmother Bunny
This design is adapted from an embroidery magazine dated 1933 so that is why Helen at Bustle & Sew called her a Grandmother Bunny. She looks just as fresh as a daisy though and you’d never guess that she was … Read More ...
Inspired to Stitch
I was catching up with Olisa Corcoran’s blog Cocoaeyes the Stitcher recently. I have been loving her recent experiments with watercolor and paint. She’s been doing a lot with perle cotton and watercolor in her latest works. What great texture!… Read More ...
Elegant Embroidery Flower Pattern
Mary Corbett from Needle N Thread has added a new free hand embroidery pattern she is calling Exuberant Flower. I think it is definitely exuberant but it is also elegant. She adapted the pattern from a design found in an … Read More ...
Long and Short Stitch Flower tutorial
If you are just starting out with embroidery or you want to move beyond basic stitches, then this tutorial from Let’s learn embroidery blog will be quite helpful for you. It deals with long and short stitch and shows you … Read More ...
Old Woman in the Shoe Pattern
This week at Vintage Spice and Everything Nice the Friday Freebie is a very detailed addition to the nursery series. The old woman who lived in the shoe who had so many children she did not know what she would … Read More ...
