Clothmatters is sharing patterns for several types of cloth dolls: a fairy, a goose, a bee, and a cat. Stitch one up and it’s instantly ripe for embroidery and other surface embellishment. Go to the patterns.
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Tip: Organize kit threads
Emily of On Awesome Avenue has great advice for newbie stitchers, which applies even when the project is a kit: Get organized! Emily shows you how. See the post.… Read More ...
Free patterns galore at Broderie d’Antan
French blog Broderie d’Antan is an absolute treasure trove of free embroidery patterns. No matter what style you prefer, you’re sure to find something you love. Go to the blog.… Read More ...
Tutorials: Folded and ruffled ribbon roses
Carol Daisy of Silk Ribbon Embroidery blog show us her technique for making a folded rose (above left). See the folded-rose tute. Then she elaborates by showing us how to combine it with a ruffled rose (above right). See … Read More ...
Great idea: Heat-stamped angelina
Conni of The Scoop, Score and Deal has come up with a technique that I’ve just got to try. Rubber stamp + angelina fibers + heat = dimensional flowers that look embroidered and would make beautiful embellishments for any paper … Read More ...
Free patterns and charts: Hearts, Valentines
This Embroidery roundup is all about free patterns. We have created this quick list with links to each Embroidery pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to suit something for everyone.
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Win a prize for your creation
Get famous and win prizes! Enter SWAKembroidery.com’s “I Made This” Contest. The SWAK newsletter says,
… Read More ...From now until January 24, 2010, submit your photos to the “I Made This” section at any of our websites: www.YouCanMakeThis.com, www.SWAKembroidery.com, and/or www.YouCanQuiltThis.com!
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Free BOM from Victoriana
Benita of Victoriana Quilt Designs announces a new free block-of-the-month series for 2010: Words of Inspiration and Celebration. Judging from the first block, shown here, you’re going to love this project. Benita says,
… Read More ...The blocks can be collected and used
Free SRE design from Di van Niekerk
The last hydrangea design in Di van Niekerk‘s series of three is now available free from her Crafts Unlimited web site. Go grab it!… Read More ...
New freebie from Urban Threads
Check out this news from Karline at UT:
… Read More ...Urban Threads just released a new free embroidery design that’ll crank up the volume! A little volume knob that goes all the way up to 11 will make a rad addition to
Join Jane’s new TIAS
Jane Eborall (Tatting and Not a Lot Else) has started a new Tat It And See challenge. A tatting mystery — what fun! You know you want to get in on it. Go to the first blog post … Read More ...
Leah says: Break your foot!
Leah Day (365 Days of Free Motion Quilting Filler Designs) shows us how to mod an inexpensive darning foot to get 360 degrees of visibility around your needle. She says,
… Read More ...How much visibility you have around your needle
Enjoy Tatting Design 101
Teri Dusenbury (TATBit Tats) is giving us a peek into her tatting-design process. She throws around terms such as Golden Mean, Phi, and Fibonacci sequence, but don’t let that scare you. Her description is as friendly and accessible … Read More ...
New slow-cloth Facebook group
Lainie of Red Thread Studio announces:
… Read More ...Jude and Glennis and I hatched a little Slow Cloth group on Facebook. Please join us if you’re a member of that wonderful invention. We have a great community coming together, with designers, stitchers,
How to store needlework
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint has some excellent (and surprisingly simple) advice for preserving needlework with proper storage. See her post.… Read More ...