Kim of big B continues her 100 Stitches lessons and lets us look over her shoulder. See her tute for closed buttonhole stitch.
… Read More ...Tutorial: Embroidered potholder
Get the pattern and tutorial for this sweet embroidered potholder from Maggie Makes.
Thanks to Rachel Hobson of Craftzine.com for pointing out this great find.
… Read More ...Tutorial: Auryn Medallion
Kimara of Wee Folk Art is sharing the pattern and tutorial for making this wearable replica of the Auryn Medallion from The Never Ending Story. I’ll bet there’s a heroic young one in your life. He or she needs this … Read More ...
Tutorial: Bullion rose
Val Laird is sharing a tutorial for creating her signature bullion roses. Go to her website, scroll down to the bottom, and click the photo to download the tute as a PDF file.
The bullion knot rose is made … Read More ...
Tutorial: Up-and-down feather stitch
This week’s TAST challenge is up-and-down feather stitch. What could be more perfect for a vine? See the tute on SharonB’s Pin Tangle blog.
… Read More ...Video tutorial: Bullion stitch
Lakshmi of Hand Embroidery from Sadalas has put together a couple of video tutorials for bullion stitch. When I see her do it, it seems so possible. But when I’m at home with my needle, it never works out. I … Read More ...
Tutorial: Embroidered hanging loops
Aneela of comfortstitching shows us how to embroider hanging loops onto the back of a fabric project such as an art quilt. See the tute.
… Read More ...Video tutorial: Needle-tatted pendant
TotusMel has posted another rockin video tute. This time, she’s needle-tatting a flower pendant. Go see.
… Read More ...Silk-gauze pattern transfer
Lisa Tressler is guest blogging on Needle ‘n’ Thread with a terrific article about using silk gauze as a medium for transferring embroidery designs. Very old concept + modern tools and materials = rockin methodology. See Lisa’s post.
… Read More ...Tutorial: Punto Rodi
Jeanine in Canada (Italian Needlework blog) shows us how to do Punto Rodi or Rodi Stitch. She says,
… Read More ...[It] is a Pulled Thread Stitch used for filling spaces of a design and creating a light, open area. It
Why use cable stitch?
Tenar of Tenar’s Cave says,
… Read More ...Cable stitch is a useful and beautiful stitch in pulled thread work, but I never got why it should be used in normal surface embroidery. I mean, it produces lines of stitches you can easier
Tutorial: Machine embroidery on leather
Anja Rieger says “it is amazingly easy” to create these keychains by machine-embroidering on leather. See the tute.
… Read More ...Video tutorial: Needle-tatting
TotusMel shows us how to needle-tat split rings and Josephine chains. Have a look and post a comment — let’s encourage her to give us more rockin tutorials. See the tute.
… Read More ...Fireflies as hair ornaments
Look what Mollie Johanson did: Some tiny bits of felt, some tiny stitches with glow-in-the-dark floss, a couple of bobbie pins…and Mollie has fireflies in her hair! Brilliant! Get the details from Mollie’s Wild Olive blog.
… Read More ...Learning is free at Stitch School
Janet McCaffrey has started Stitch School blog to store her stitch tutorials and free patterns. There’s a lot to love! Recent tutes:
Woven filling stitch
Wheatear stitch
Vandyke stitch
Up-and-down buttonhole stitch
Twisted chain stitch