Maureen of Maureen’s Vintage Acquisitions shares the instructions for making this Antique Bonnet Pin Cushion — her original design. What a perfect spot to show off some of your silk-ribbon embroidery or Brazilian or stumpwork techniques. See the tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Repairing a hole in needlepoint canvas
… Read More ...Has a rogue pair of scissors sliced a nice gash through a needlepoint canvas tucked into your work bag? Or maybe your scroll frame and stand tipped over, landing smack into the corner of the coffee table creating a
Tutorial: Lazy satin stitch
Carina of Carina’s Craft Blog shows us her lazy satin stitch, a technique that produces a casual, modern fill while conserving expensive embroidery thread. See the tute.… Read More ...
Take a free online needlepoint class
Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor for About.com, has posted a free cyber workshop featuring this beautiful Coins in the Fountain design. She says,
… Read More ...You’ll build your skills as you master the Continental Stitch, Cross Stitch, and Satin Stitch. You’ll
Photo tutorial: Overcast bars
Meri of Agulhas da Meri blog takes us step by step through her drawn-thread technique for overcast isolated bars. Beautiful! And Meri makes it look doable! See the tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Turning photographs into needlepoint
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint has come up with a technique she likes for developing a needlepoint chart from a photo. She says,
… Read More ...This method works best when there are clear objects in the picture and where your own
Video tutorial: Stem stitch
Kootoyoo shows us her technique for stem stitch (“sort of”). She says,
… Read More ...This is my “go to” stitch. I use it for lettering, for outlining & for anything with a curve. I love the flexible nature of this stitch. You
Try these needlepoint stitches
Get the lowdown from Rittenhouse Needlepoint on these beautiful stitches:
(1) Ashley
(2) English
(3) Oblique Slav
(4) Crow’s Foot… Read More ...
Tutorial: Machine embroidery on towels
The SWAKembroidery.com newsletter says,
… Read More ...Want to know some great tips and techniques for embroidering on towels?…Michelle of Abigail Michelle Designs shares some time-tested tips for how to do this!
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Join the TAST 2 challenge!
TAST 2 is about to begin over on SharonB‘s blog, Pin Tangle. She says,
… Read More ...TAST stands for Take a Stitch Tuesday. Each week on Tuesday I will take a stitch and suggest people experiment with it, push it
Tutorial: Hairpin lace
Kimara of Wee Folk Art is running a four-part series on creating hairpin lace. Here are the links so far:
Part 1: The Loom
Part 2: Crocheting the Strips
Part 3: Joining the Strips
Keep an eye on Wee Folk … Read More ...
Tutorial: Herringbone beadwork
To celebrate the first anniversary of her blog, Lakshmi of Hand Embroidery from Sadalas is treating us to a tutorial for bead embroidery based on herringbone stitch. Lovely! See the tute. Congratulations and thank you, Lakshmi, for a great … Read More ...
Tutorial: Cover a button with a French-knot sheep
I’m still in love with the teeny tiny French-knot sheep created by Sam Gillespie (Incy Wincy Stitches). So I’m thrilled to see that she has posted a double tutorial on feeling stitchy. First Sam shows us how to … Read More ...
Video tutorial: French knots
kootoyoo clues us in on her method of stitching French knots. The sample shown here took about four hours to stitch! Whether you want one knot, a few, or a biggo cluster like hers, you’d be smart to watch her … Read More ...
A treasury of freebies from JMD
A word to the wise and some fantastic sharing from Janet M. Davies of JMD Designs, New Zealand:
… Read More ...I have listed below all the freebees in my website. I am doing a major upheaval of my website so at