Next up in Troublet‘s series of stash-busting Christmas ornaments is this adorable penguin. Go to her post at The Trouble with Crafting for the pattern and tute. And don’t forget the associated giveaway!
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Brilliant: Inchie bookmarks
Simple but, oh, so effective. Make some inchies with scraps of canvas and tapestry wool. Attach them to craft sticks. Voila! Bookmarks, perfect for tucking into a Christmas stocking. Check out more beautiful little needlepoint creations at the Pin Pals… Read More ...
Pattern and tutorial: Percy Penguin ornament
Heidi (Digital Misfit) of My Hiding Place in Cyberspace shares the pattern and tutorial for her Percy Penguin Christmas ornament. Go to her blog post to download the file.
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Pattern and tutorial: Poinsettia ornament
Troublet of The Trouble with Crafting gives us number 4 in her series of stash-busting Christmas ornaments. Poinsettias are my favourite. I’ll definitely be stitching up some of these! Go to her blog post for the pattern and tute.… Read More ...
Join the Christmas Stitches class
Check out this awesome announcement from Carina’s Craftblog:
… Read More ...I’m happy to say that the Christmas Stitches class is on again this year! We’ll have fun stitching up some pretty things to use as Christmas presents and decorating. This is
Tutorial: Felt Christmas baubles
Laura Howard of Bugs and Fishes by Lupin shows us how to make quick and easy felt-applique and embroidery Christmas ornaments. I think these would make excellent gifts for teachers and coworkers. And they would be great twofers–tied on as … Read More ...
Stitch some Christmas ornaments
Peggy of NeedlePaint has a rockin tutorial for making personalized needlepoint Christmas ornaments. She follows up with another apt tute about quick stitches for filling the backgrounds when you need to complete a lot of ornaments in a hurry. … Read More ...
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 ...
Tutorial: Snowman ornament
Troublet of The Trouble with Crafting continues her series of stash-busting handmade Christmas ornaments with this cute snowman. Check out her tute.
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Stitch some tiny ornaments
Check out these clever mini-ornaments by Pinta. Although she doesn’t share her technique with us, I think any experienced needleworker could adapt the idea for package tie-ons and tree decorations. See more photos at her post.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Gingerbread girl ornament
Troublet of The Trouble with Crafting has started a series of tutorials for simple, stash-busting Christmas ornaments. First up is this sweet felt gingerbread girl. Great for a gift, as a gift tie-on, or for your own tree. See the … Read More ...
Make some elves and mushrooms
Creative Breathing shares her pattern and technique for creating these tiny felt-and-embroidery figures. She added hangers to hers so they can be used as ornaments. Wonderful! See the tute.… Read More ...
Free CS charts from gazette94
gazette94 is reprising her free seasonal designs:
(1) Patchwork
(2) Couleurs D’Automne
(3) Biscornu D’Automne
(4) Coeur Hiver
(5) Biscornu Noel
(6) Cottage sous la Neige
(7) Pere-Noel
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Inspiration: so september
This Christmas ornament by Corinne of so september made me squeal aloud. How did she do this? Reverse applique? Brilliant and perfect. See more at her blog post.
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Free needlepoint charts
Shawkl shares a couple of needlepoint designs for your stitching pleasure:
Christmas in July project
and
Business card holder
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