Tenar of Tenar’s Cave says,
… Read More ...Cable stitch is a useful and beautiful stitch in pulled thread work, but I never got why it should be used in normal surface embroidery. I mean, it produces lines of stitches you can easier
Tutorial: Machine embroidery on leather
Anja Rieger says “it is amazingly easy” to create these keychains by machine-embroidering on leather. See the tute.… Read More ...
Inspiration: resurrection fern
Margaret Oomen and her resurrection fern blog make me happy every day. If you don’t yet follow Margaret’s blog, add it to your reader! Go to resurrection fern.… Read More ...
Shop with Melissa Averinos
Designer Melissa Averinos (of Sugar Snap, Small Stash Sewing, and Yummy Goods fame) has just opened an online Yummy Goods shop featuring all kinds of yummy products, including this Sublime Stitching Baby Bib Embroidery Kit. Check it out… Read More ...
Inspiration: Neta Amir
Sometimes, Neta Amir‘s old socks turn into…kittehs! See more on Nita’s doll stories blog.… Read More ...
Video tutorial: Needle-tatting
TotusMel shows us how to needle-tat split rings and Josephine chains. Have a look and post a comment — let’s encourage her to give us more rockin tutorials. See the tute.… Read More ...
Share sources of free CS charts
Connie G. Barwick, cross-stitch editor for About.com, invites you to share links to sources of free patterns through her blog’s forum. She says,
… Read More ...If you offer free patterns on your blog or website, feel free to post your
Free pattern: Birthday CQ block
Janet Stauffacher of Nostalgic NeedleART is sharing the pattern for this birthday crazy-quilt block. Janet says,
… Read More ...Here’s an easy foundation-pieced crazy quilt block, featuring one of my favorite postcards from my personal collection…Print this block directly onto computer printer fabric
Fireflies as hair ornaments
Look what Mollie Johanson did: Some tiny bits of felt, some tiny stitches with glow-in-the-dark floss, a couple of bobbie pins…and Mollie has fireflies in her hair! Brilliant! Get the details from Mollie’s Wild Olive blog.… Read More ...
You can stitch Captain Monkeybones
Daughter-and-mother team Marisa (Elegant Snobbery) and lindylou2 have joined forces again to bring one of Marisa’s illustrations to life as an embroidery pattern. This lovable sock-monkey pirate, Captain Monkeybones, is available for just US $4.00 from lindylou2’s etsy shop.… Read More ...
Learning is free at Stitch School
Janet McCaffrey has started Stitch School blog to store her stitch tutorials and free patterns. There’s a lot to love! Recent tutes:
Woven filling stitch
Wheatear stitch
Vandyke stitch
Up-and-down buttonhole stitch
Twisted chain stitch… Read More ...
Pansy Crazy Quilting eye candy
Lisa of Ivory Blush Roses added her awesome stitchery to this luscious pansy CQ block that is circulating in a round robin. Her contributions included the large ribbon pansy and a cluster of silk-ribbon violas (upper left). See more on … Read More ...
Another beautiful combo from SharonB
This stitch combination is rich yet elegantly simple. SharonB of Pin Tangle blog stitched the sample in her For the Love of Stitching band sampler. She says,
… Read More ...This band of stitching is made up of row of herringbone stitch which
Bid on Amy’s bag; fight cancer
Amy Bindel of Early Bird Special posted this heads-up:
… Read More ...My favorite food blogger and baker Natalie, of Bake and Destroy …started an online auction appropriately called, “Bake and Destroy Cancer.” When I heard about this, I wanted to
Free chart: Versatile star
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint is sharing this basic chart. She says,
… Read More ...This eight-pointed star pattern has everything going for it as a way to test color combinations and threads in needlepoint. It’s easy (just one stitch), fast (you