(1) Morning Glory Vintage Chart from Nuts about Needlepoint
(2) Curved Daisies Vintage Motif from Nuts about Needlepoint
(3) My Grandparents from Orna Willis
(4) More Surfboard Fun by Cheryl Fall of About.com
(5) Candy kiss designs from Create Needlepoint!… Read More ...
Learn knotted gobelin and woven plait stitches
Two new stitches for your Needlepoint Stitch Journal from Cheryl Fall of About.com! Go to Cheryl’s blog post for the link.… Read More ...
Tutorials: Beading a needlepoint canvas
Learn single and double twill stitch
Learn single twill stitch and double twill stitch from Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor at About.com. Go to her blog post for links to the free stitch diagrams with journal pages.… Read More ...
How to thread a beading needle
Jane of The Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure has some excellent tips about beading needles and how to thread them. See her post.… Read More ...
Kicking domestic arts up a notch
Abstract designs, needlepoint, organic forms. It must be the work of Japanese needle artist parpi of Cresus Artisinat! What are these little works? Coasters. That’s right. Parpi has a practical side. See more at her blog post.… Read More ...
Learn Moorish and corduroy stitch
Get the new, free stitch journal pages for Moorish Stitch and Corduroy Stitch from Cheryl Fall‘s needlepoint blog at About.com. Go to the post.… Read More ...
Free needlepoint charts
Aleph Bet charts
Barry Frank sent us this great head-up: “Judaica Needlepoint offers 12 Hebrew Alphabet charts available for download, free.” Go to Judaica Needlepoint.… Read More ...
New dollhouse sampler
Here’s great news from Janet Granger:
… Read More ...There’s a new sampler kit on my website this week, which you might like to take a look at. It’s a ‘Home Sweet Home’ design, in shades of gold, green, and brick red.
Sign your canvas
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint explains how to sign your needlepoint. See her post.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Create a needlepoint mountainscape
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint saw a Craftzine.com video about reproducing this mountainscape photo as a painting. And of course she saw immediately that the technique could be adapted for needlepoint. Let Janet show you how.… Read More ...
Use T-stitch for an airy fill
Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor at About.com, recommends T-stitch as “an open, airy needlepoint stitch…as a filling in areas where you would like the canvas to show through.” Find out more from her blog post.… Read More ...
Join Orna for Thread Gatherings
Orna Willis of Ornaments has a new concept for crafty groups: Thread Gatherings. Her blog says,
… Read More ...Thread Gatherings are classes in a box. Each box is designed for eight people, with one designated leader. You can run these formally,
Free pattern: Needlepoint egg
Barbara Baker of The Embroidery Blog designed this gorgeous Easter decoration, Crazy Quilt Egg in Needlepoint, for Rainbow Gallery. And you can make one, too! The PDF pattern file is free. Go to her blog post for the link.… Read More ...