This week’s free chart from The Chart Shop at Cross-stitching.com is this colorful little Blue Tit, a design from the 7 Garden Birds series by Maria Diaz. Get the chart.… Read More ...
Pimp Stitch giveaway
The Pimp Stitchers are having another fabulous giveaway. This time, you stand to win a Pimp Stich pattern booklet – 20 pages of embroidery-pattern goodness! Get the details.… Read More ...
Free Plastic Canvas pattern: Snowman treasure box
Satisfy your craving for plastic-canvas cuteness by making this charming Christmas treasure box from FreePatterns.com. The site says, “Store winter treasures under a snowman’s top hat.” Get the pattern.
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on … Read More ...
Brilliant! Chicken-scratch on circles
Sometimes ideas and materials collide in a flash of brilliance. Elizabeth of Quieter Moments blog flashed back on some chicken-scratch images when she saw this lovely fabric from the Heat Wave collection by Michele D’Amore for Marcus Fabrics. And the … Read More ...
Tutorial: Applique a felt buche de noel
Erika Kern of CraftStylish shows us how to create an appliqued felt buche-de-noel pillow and embellish it with felt holly and mushrooms. See the tutorial for this adorable Christmas craft.
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on … Read More ...
Fiber arts contests galore!
If you produce fiber arts of any genre, there’s an easy way to find out about upcoming competitions where you can enter your work. The Fiber Arts Calls for Entry blog, sponsored by Art, Craft, Design, Culture, is a … Read More ...
Allie wins My Quilts/Our History contest
Allison Ann Aller, whose Allie’s in Stitches blog is featured frequently on CraftGossip’s Needlework News, has won first place in the My Quilts/Our History contest of The Alliance for American Quilts. You can see the announcement on the Alliance’s … Read More ...
Vintage fabric giveaway
Gillian of Silly Gilly is giving away this far-out bit of vintage 70s fabric. To get in the running, comment on her blog post before 9:00 p.m. Adelaide time on Thursday.… Read More ...
Free embroidery pattern: Bluebird
I think this must be a portrait of the Bluebird of Happiness because it sure makes me happy! Emily of The Floss Box designed this lovely embroidery pattern, and she’s sharing it on her blog. Doesn’t her stitched sample make … Read More ...
On the mend
Please forgive my absence the past few days. I’ve had an eye ailment that has kept me away from the computer. But I’ll be back tomorrow with some Needlework News for ya!
Denise… Read More ...
Swap to your heart’s content
For years, now, my friend Kimberly has been a swap goddess. I watch from a slight distance as she adeptly invites, organizes, and conducts craft swaps with cyber friends from around the globe. Some of her swap buddies have become … Read More ...
Tips: Machine embroidery on knits
Tiffanie‘s recent post on Sewforless.com‘s blog will have machine embroiderers bookmarking like crazy. She offers excellent tips (clearly based on personal experience) for embroidering on knits. Take a look.
Looking for more Machine Embroidery patterns and files? … Read More ...
Free pattern: Farmgirl Sues
CC of Lace ‘n’ Ribbon Roses blog is sharing this embroidery pattern for a couple of classic Sunbonnet Sues feeding their hen and chicks. Too cute! Get the pattern.
Sunbonnet Sue is a classic embroidery pattern that has been … Read More ...
Go back to the nineties
Thanks to the generosity of Claudia at stitchado handmade blog, we can all go back to the nineties – the eighteen-nineties, that is. These embroidery patterns remind me of one of my mom’s Christmas projects when I was a girl. … Read More ...
Bonus from Di van Niekerk
You get a free downloadable image (with instructions) with every order from Di van Niekerk‘s Crafts Unlimited site. Her 20%-off birthday sale ends tomorrow. Hurry over and grab some bargains.… Read More ...
