Lisa of Lil Fish Studios hand-dyed the materials from which she made this gorgeous little accessory for her daughter’s room. Lisa has been experimenting with natural materials — lichens, onion skins, greens — to color felt, roving, thread, and lace. … Read More ...
How-to: Parma embroidery
Jeanine in Canada (Italian Needlework) doesn’t exactly give us a step-by-step tutorial for Parma embroidery. But her short description and photos are so clear and on target, you’ll catch on right away. See the lesson.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Embroidered border
Corinne of so september blog shows us how to create this beautiful stitchy border. It’s much easier than it looks! Corinne refuses to take credit for inventing this stitch combo, but it’s certainly fresh to me! See the tute.… Read More ...
Embroidery Tutorial: Kiko’s Flower Stitch
This week’s TAST challenge is Kiko’s Flower Stitch. See the tute at SharonB‘s Pin Tangle blog.
Still looking for more patterns? Check these flower embroidery patterns out on Etsy and these designs over on the DMC blog. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Danish knot
Viji of Viji’s Craft shows us how to stitch a Danish knot. She uses a row of the knots to create a border to great effect! See the tute.… Read More ...
Video tute: French knots
This photo made me want to grab a hoop and stitch some French-knot flowers! You, too? If this stitch is new for you or if you could use a refresher, see Mary Corbet‘s updated video tutorial on her Needle … Read More ...
Tutorial: Dorset-button brooch
Remember the tutorial by Sister Diane Gilleland (CraftyPod) for making dorset buttons? She has a great new use for those pretty tidbits — a dorset-button brooch. See her blog post for the how-to.… Read More ...
How to use a laying tool
Confession: I’ve read enough expert embroidery blogs to know I probably need a laying tool. But I haven’t bought one because I wouldn’t have a clue how to use it. Mary Corbet to the rescue! Mary’s new video tute demonstrating … Read More ...
Get the latest stitch files from SharonB
SharonB of Pin Tangle blog has just released the third set in her series of stitch files. She says,
… Read More ...These worksheets are designed by me to build into a hand embroiderer’s resource file. The files are part stitch dictionary, part
Tutorial: Embroidered buttons
The latest free project on Granny Knits is embroidered buttons. Get the details and the link to the download at the blog post.… Read More ...
Spruce your boots with machine embroidery and cutwork
Holy mackeroly! Look what happens to a plain pair of boots when Amanda Whitlatch, educator for BERNINA of America, gets through with them. Amanda says she used OESD’s Men’s Fashion design collection #12260, BERNINA Embroidery Software 6, and … Read More ...
Tutorial: Scroll stitch
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread has a new video tute for scroll stitch. Go see it.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Roumanian stitch
Kim of bigB shows us how to do Roumanian stitch, as in the leaves in this photo. See the tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Turkman stitch
This week’s TAST challenge is Turkman stitch. See the tute on SharonB’s Pin Tangle blog.… Read More ...
How to use holographic threads
Kreinik Thread Blog shares readers’ ideas for using its awesome line of holographic threads. See the list.… Read More ...