Are you watching SharonB‘s band-sampler series over on Pin Tangle? It’s a constant source of learning for me. I especially love it when Sharon takes a simple, basic stitch and creates something new and inspired. Here she shows … Read More ...
How to scan needlepoint
Barbara Bergsten of Create Needlepoint! blog has posted tips from Jane of Chilly Hollow Needlepoint Adventure for capturing great scans of needlepoint projects. This rocks! Go see.… Read More ...
Floss has grain?
I learn something every day. Really. Although I’ve been embroidering for at least 50 years, it never entered my head that floss has grain or that stitching against the grain could be the source of some knotting and fraying problems. … Read More ...
Divine mini-tassels
Susan Elliott (Plays with Needles), continuing her Charm School series, lets us peek into a marvelous book about creating tassels, shares a tassel-making adventure, and notes,
… Read More ...I decided to attempt three of the methods the author gives for
One rose, two ways
Lisa of Ivory Blush Roses has added two versions of the spider-web rose to her cream-and-white CQ project. The top photo is the silk-ribbon version, which is much more familiar to me. The lower photo is the same technique executed … Read More ...
Realism = No symmetrical flowers!
As I browsed through Annies Crazy World just now, I had one of those lightbulb moments.
Her latest work includes a band of gorgeous silk-ribbon flowers. They’re truly lovely and the ideal touch for this piece — an embellishment I’d … Read More ...
30 Sewing Patterns and Templates: Appliqued Quiet Books
Jill of Homemade by Jill is sharing her templates for an appliqued “quiet book.” Run over to her blog and get them.
This original post needed some expansion so we have added some more quiet book tutorials to … Read More ...