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Free stash-buster project from Janet

April 17, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

Here’s another rockin stash-buster project from Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint. She says,

Brimming with Scotch Stitch diamonds in two sizes, the Scrap Bag Needlepoint pattern is a good one for medium and large projects. Two colors appear

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Free Mom images

April 15, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

Cathe of Just Something I Made is sharing some vintage clip art with Mother’s Day in mind. You may want to print some of the images for a special project. And you’ll probably notice that many of them are eminently … Read More ...

Stitch power

April 12, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

Rugosa (My Little Stitches) and The Craftivist Collective are celebrating the privilege of living in a democracy by sharing cross-stitch patterns that focus on voting. Find out more and get the patterns.… Read More ...

Free chart: Plastic Canvas How-to: Plastic canvas blocks

April 12, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

Look what Rachel Hobson of Craftzine.com found: great information about creating plastic-canvas baby blocks! See Rachel’s post.

Looking for more Plastic Canvas patterns? Check these out on Etsy.

Need plastic canvas supplies, we highly recommend Annie’s Craft Store… Read More ...

Free block design: Earth

April 11, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

Are you stitching along with Benita Skinner‘s block-of-the-month, Words of Inspiration & Celebration? Even if you aren’t, you probably will want to download the April block, Earth. Imagine the possibilities for this design! Get the pattern at … Read More ...

Free charts: Cross-stitch

April 1, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

(1) Je suis très gourmande from Accueil
(2) Vive l’été from Brodyzen Créations
(3) Faith, hope, love from Liberty Primitives & Needlework
(4) What the Bee Might Have Been Thinking from Not What I Seem
(5) Cute Kitty from Cross … Read More ...

Egg guts

April 1, 2010 by Denise Felton 1 Comment

Enjoy some needlepoint forensics at Mary Corbet‘s Needle ‘n’ Thread. There is much to be learned from Mary’s dissection of a decorative needlepoint egg. And there’s a reward at the end: a pattern for an egg softie to … Read More ...

Get this Tricia-Rennea freebie

April 1, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

Tricia-Rennea has sketched up some precious seasonal images for us. She’s calling them “coloring pages,” but as usual they would make excellent embroidery patterns (for personal use only, of course). Get the images.… Read More ...

Free patterns and charts: Easter

March 31, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

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.

Please note that these patterns were free at … Read More ...

FREE: Convert images to needlepoint patterns

March 30, 2010 by Denise Felton 7 Comments

You can turn a photo or artwork into a needlepoint pattern.

This original article was updated to include relevant and working links.

Creating embroidered designs from your own images is a great way to customize your pastime and provide unique … Read More ...

Free design from Di

March 30, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

Here’s a gift from Di van Niekerk of Crafting Unlimited: a sweet illustration that is timed perfectly for northern-hemisphere stitchers. Di’s e-newsletter says,

Titled Ever Watchful Sentries, this lovely painting by Serena Shaw is just perfect for embroidery, quilting,

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Free patterns and charts

March 28, 2010 by Denise Felton 2 Comments

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.

Please note that these patterns were free at … Read More ...

Stitch a seasonal octopus

March 27, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

You weren’t expecting traditional Easter livestock from Badbird’s blog, were you? Andrea Zuill‘s free design for April is this adorable Octo-Bunny! Get the pattern.… Read More ...

Free patterns and charts: Easter

March 27, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

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.

Please note that these patterns were free at … Read More ...

Join Challenge #5

March 26, 2010 by Denise Felton Leave a Comment

It’s time for Creative Cross Stitch Challenge #5 at GOS blog. Kirsten says,

This one is a little different. It’s three little flowers and in the middle of each flower is a circle. You need to put something there,

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