Judy of FREEBIES, etc.! coaches us on how to draw a perfect circle on needlepoint canvas. It’s not as obvious as you might think. See the tutorial.… Read More ...

November’s free embroidery pattern by Andrea Zuill is available now on her Badbird’s blog. What could be sweeter than this bird-and-flower sampler. It’s equally easy for me to imagine it in fall colors and in Christmas hues. Get the pattern… Read More ...

I am sad to hear that the Orphan Works Bill was passed by the Senate. Really sad.

In a guest article on Crafts of Texture blog, Pamela Baker points out:

The Illustrator’s Partnership in answer to this atrocity, is what

Annie Oakleaves is looking for as many as ten stitchers to test embroidery patterns and produce samples of her new designs. If you’re interested in helping out, see her post for more info.… Read More ...

lusummers is showing a simple but very effective idea for Christmas ornaments on her blog. You probably won’t need a tutorial to follow her inspiration. But you will need some fabulous fabric. Lusummers used her own hand-screenprinted design.

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Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy

(1) Deepa of This and That blog showed us some beautiful experiments with shadow work.

(2) Mishka of Quilting Gallery shared a video by Eleanor Burns demonstrating how … Read More ...

Ooooooo. Judy of FREEBIES, etc.! blog has been sharing a series of bargello ornaments, and the latest may be my favorite so far. Get the chart.

Bargello embroidery patterns are a type of needlework that uses colorful vertical and … Read More ...

Janet Wickell, editor of About.com’s quilting blog, is sharing a pattern for a jolly Christmas stocking quilt block. Get the pattern.

Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy… Read More ...

Enjoy a gallery of pink crafts at Crafty Crafty in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. See the post.… Read More ...

Tanya (aka The Sampler Girl) of At the Honeysuckle Tree blog is sharing this sweet seasonal design. Get the chart.… Read More ...

Goodness! I hate it that so many giveaways and other juicy bits slipped by while my blog reader had amnesia. But there are some posts with info that doesn’t go out of style in a month. Like these:

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Remember my complaint about dozens of blog feeds inexplicably disappearing from my reader? They suddenly reappeared this morning! And I have so much to catch up on. Here are some of the groovy posts that I’m just now discovering.

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Rachel Hobson, aka Average Jane Crafter, has been blogging all the news from Maker Faire Austin for Craftzine.com. Now that the event is over, Rachel is catching us up on all the crazy activity with some in-depth … Read More ...