Angel of Stumbles & Stitches has posted a tutorial for a sweet embroidered felt ornament that deserves to be displayed all year long. Learn how to make this little felt hive with its stitchy bees from Angel’s post.… Read More ...
Inspiration: Cathy Cullis
I’m always amazed by the detail Cathy Cullis achieves with free-motion machine stitching. Go take a look at her latest works. And click the images so you can enlarge them. You’ll be glad you did.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Pretty sachets
Felicity of Crafty Modern created these pretty little sachets with lots of French knots and a retro vibe. The tools and materials are simple and inexpensive, and her instructions make the process easy. See her tute.… Read More ...
New-media blackwork
This is completely, utterly brilliant!! Toni Buckby sent me this note:
… Read More ...I’m a textile artist based in Sheffield (UK) and I thought you might be interested in a project I’ve been working on for the last year, a stop frame
Free patterns: Travel
Dionnie (Blackcabbit) and her husband like to travel. When their travel pillows needed a redo, she drew up some embroidery designs to embellish the new covers. She says,
… Read More ...I got ambitious and drew more doodles than I can stitch. In
Inspiration: Connie E
Everything about this block by Connie E of Iowa is exquisite. The silk roses are perfection. And her use of pearls to represent baby’s breath is brilliant. I’ll definitely be stealing this idea. Go to the Crazy-Quilt Journal Project post … Read More ...
Gwyneth gets lucky
I love every one of Lucky Jackson‘s portraits of Gwyneth Paltrow as Margot Tenenbaum. But this one is definitely my favorite because…you know…fur coat! Go to Lucky’s blog.… Read More ...
Inspiration: Facile Cecile
A pretty little purse by Facile Cecile — gorgeous embroidery plus all-over seed-stitch quilting. See more views at the blog post.… Read More ...
NOT miserable
Squee! Victor Hugo by Norma of Cara Carmina Atelier. Get the details about this rockin applique-and-embroidery portrait from Norma’s blog post.… Read More ...
Tips for teaching embroidery
Liz Aneloski of C&T Publishing tells a bit about C&T’s “summer camp” for beginning embroiderers. If you teach embroidery classes — or just want to teach one or two special students — you’re going to want to steal some of … Read More ...
For the birds
Salley Mavor‘s Birds of Beebe Woods is finished after 4-1/2 months of continuous stitching. So gorgeous. Watch her blog for more detailed images.… Read More ...
Free pattern: Kogin sampler
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint offers readers an introduction to Kogin embroidery on canvas with a bit of background and a free pattern and instructions for a lovely sampler project. See her post.… Read More ...
Put a poodle on it
In a guest post on Feeling Stitchy, Cassie Stephens shows us how she took a too-short, too-ordinary thrift-store dress to a pretty, trendy, and well-fitted outfit with the addition of some applique and embroidery. See how she did it. … Read More ...
Wind it up
I think we’d all like to have our embroidery floss this organized. But who wants to sit and wind all those bobbins! Allison of Little Lovelies has a completely brilliant solution. See her tute.… Read More ...
Tips: Machine-embroidered finger puppets
Carmel of Solomon Sewing made these adorable felt finger puppets using an in-the-hoop design set from Embroidery Library. Benefit from her experience: See her tips for how to get the best results from this commercial pattern.
If you still … Read More ...