Collette of Serendipity Handmade shares the technique for creating this beautiful fingertip towel. Your mother probably remembers Swedish weaving on huck toweling. Collette’s design can work as well in the modern kitchen as in the cottage or vintage kitchen. See … Read More ...
Smooth buttonhole borders
Kathy of The Unbroken Thread shares her tricks for working a smooth curve in buttonhole stitch. See her post.… Read More ...
Transferring a pattern to felt
Two great tutes were posted this week for transferring designs to felt. Different techniques, both effective. Check them out:
- Mary Corbet, Needle ‘n’ Thread, You Can Pounce Felt
- Natalie Lymer, Cinderberry Stitches, Transferring Designs on Felt?
Teach your little one to stitch
Laura Bray of katydiddys offers some tips for teaching your wee one to embroider. Pictured: Laura’s daughter with her first real thread-and-fabric project. Awesome awesome awesome! See more at Laura’s blog post.… Read More ...
Goldwork basics
Christa Evans of LilyStitch runs down some of the threads and stitches used in goldwork. Go to her post.… Read More ...
No-sew tapestry
You may have seen this tutorial (it was posted in October 2010), but it’s new to me! Michele of The Scrap Shoppe knocked off a Pottery Barn tapestry pillow for her home. The most interesting part to me: Her technique … Read More ...
Tutorial: Simple fall garland
Elsie of A Beautiful Mess shows us how to create a simple, beautiful fall garland from bits of felt and yarn. See her tute.
And many thanks to Shell of Bits and Bobs for pointing out this find.… Read More ...
Save your vintage transfer
Lish Dorset of Craftzine.com has some awesome tips for preserving vintage embroidery transfers. Check out her post.… Read More ...
“Friendship” earrings
Jessica of Zakka Life had a great idea: What if she used the thread-knotting technique used to create friendship bracelets and made earrings instead? Here’s the result. I think her experiment is definitely a success. And lucky for us, she … Read More ...
Tutorial: Hooped saying
Jessica of Teacher Gone Crafty shares her technique for creating simple embroidered text and embellishing with colorful buttons. Her text of choice was a favorite scripture, but this treatment would work for any quote or saying you like. She says,… Read More ...
Tutorial: Gingerbread girl ornament
Troublet of The Trouble with Crafting has started a series of tutorials for simple, stash-busting Christmas ornaments. First up is this sweet felt gingerbread girl. Great for a gift, as a gift tie-on, or for your own tree. See the … Read More ...
Sizing canvas up and down
If you use a different size mesh than a needlepoint chart recommends, how big a piece of canvas do you need? Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint steps you painlessly through the calculations. See her blog post.… Read More ...
Learn to stitch a thimble
Chloe Patricia of Ma Mercerie shares her technique for creating gorgeous Asian-type silk-embroidered thimbles. Her blog post lists each tute in the series.… Read More ...
Recent tatting tutorials
Recent stitch tutorials
(1) Buttonhole stitch from Hugs from Helen
(2) French knot from DMC Thread’s Blog
(3) Sheaf Filling Stitch from big B
(4) Splitting thread from Stitching Always
(5) Herringbone stitch from Hugs from Helen
(6) Chevron stitch from Hugs from … Read More ...