The lessons in tatting basics continue on Heather‘s Tatted Treasures blog:
The difficulty with the double stitch is to always “transfer,” or “flip,” the knot from the working thread to the shuttle thread. Once you’ve … Read More ...
Tutorial: Double CTJ
Tatting maven Jane Eborall has come up with a double continuous thread join that produces beautiful results with minimal sewing. Check out her tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Simple ribbon flowers
Elizabeth Braun of Sew in Love shows us her technique for creating these sweet ribbon flowers and leaves. See the tute.
Looking for a supplier of Silk Ribbon? We love Etsy for finding hand dyed ribbons as well as … Read More ...
How to stitch with glow-in-the-dark thread
Wendi Gratz of Shiny Happy World shares the inside scoop about stitching with a specialty thread. She says, “There are some quirks to using glow in the dark thread – and I talk about all of them here.” See her … Read More ...
Tutorial: Cloudy needlebook
Deborah Schlegel of Art Threads shares her pattern and tutorial for a pretty little needlebook that mimics the skies over her Arizona home. Go to the tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Make a spare floss holder
Mollie Johanson of Wild Olive has come up with a clever, inexpensive way to preserve those scraps of floss that are too large to throw away but divided or otherwise too small to wind back onto the bobbin. She explains … Read More ...
Tatting for beginners
If you’d like to try your hand at tatting but you don’t have a clue how to start, you’re in luck! Heather of Tatted Treasures has started a new series of tutorials for absolute beginners. Go to the first lesson… Read More ...
Stitch a felt birdie
Abby of While She Naps shares the pattern and tutorial for this sweet felt-sculpture bird. Go to her blog post for the tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Transferring embroidery patterns
Cassandra continues Embroidery School over on Ooo! Shiny! with Lesson 3: Transferring patterns. Check out the tute.… Read More ...
Make a huggable amphibian
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Trixi of Coloured Buttons shares the pattern and tips for creating her Froggy softie. Go to her blog post for the download. And while you’re there, check out the teensy froggy her son found in his yard in Hong
Wrap your hoops
Phillipa of Stitching Always recommends wrapping your embroidery hoops and explains a bit about how to do it. Go to her blog post.… Read More ...
Learn needlepoint damask
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint explains needlepoint damask and shares a bunch of charts for you to try out this effect. Check it out at her blog post.… Read More ...
Recent stitch tutorials
Tutorial: Needlepoint threads
Enjoy Emma’s Needlepoint 101 series on DMCThread’s Blog. This week’s lesson: Selecting threads for needlepoint. Go to the tute.
DMC Thread Blog no longer exists please check out DMC’s website directly. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Stitched cards
Allison of Little Lovelies walks us through the steps of creating hand-stitched greeting cards like these cuties. See the tute.… Read More ...