(1) Sarah Jane King posted a guest article on Quilting Gallery about a new online quilting community called My Quilt Patch.
(2) EQ Blog told us about Cheryl Malkowski‘s new book, Quilt-O-Grams.
(3) Serena of Embroidery Treasures… Read More ...
October linky love – Free Patterns
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy
(1) Jenclair of Bayou Quilts showed us an original appliqued pillow that just sings.
(2) Lazy Gal Tonya reminded us of her tutorial for piecing faces – like Frankenstein’s!… Read More ...
New line from Holly Holderman
Holy mackeroly! I love Holly Holderman‘s Doll Dresses line for Lakehouse Dry Goods so much, I could almost eat it.… Read More ...
Free pattern: Green bargello ornament
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 ...
Tips from Janet on adapting patterns
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint blog is sharing pointers for adapting free embroidery patterns to needlepoint. She points to some great sources for free patterns, too. See the post.… Read More ...
Free pattern: Christmas stocking quilt block
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 ...
Pink, pinker, pinkest
Enjoy a gallery of pink crafts at Crafty Crafty in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. See the post.… Read More ...
Free chart: Simple joys
Tanya (aka The Sampler Girl) of At the Honeysuckle Tree blog is sharing this sweet seasonal design. Get the chart.… Read More ...
Tardy but tasty
Here are a few more posts that are tardy but still tempting. In early October…
(1) karinrebekah of stitch spectacular blog showed us the phenomenal stitchery of Scott Ellegood.
(2) Terri Stegmiller of StegArt tuted us on creating handpainted … Read More ...
And more catch-up
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:
(1) CC… Read More ...
Still catching up
Here’s some more cool stuff that got posted in September, in case (like me) you missed it the first time around.
(1) Lauren Brandy of Pimp Stitch made a point about needles.
Needlework Inspiration
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.
Looking … Read More ...
Soft-circuit embroidery fun
For embroiderers who would like to integrate light or action into their stitching, Craftzine.com has a couple of current posts that will get your current humming. Becky Stern gives the lowdown on several new products, some of which were demonstrated … Read More ...
Giveaway: Heather Hales pillow cover
Get over to the Heather Hales Designs blog right now and enter to win an original quilted pillow sham by Heather. Just comment on Heather’s post before Friday, October 24.… Read More ...
“I never saw another butterfly”
The Butterfly Project of the Holocaust Museum Houston is seeking 1.5 million handmade butterflies to remember the 1.5 million children who perished in the holocaust. So far, the museum has collected about 400,000 of these little works of art. If … Read More ...
