Art, patterns and techniques
It’s MrXStitch‘s fourth birthday! And the site is celebrating with lots of presents…for us! Prizes include
… Read More ...Four $25 vouchers from Subversive Cross Stitch
A $25 voucher from Urban Threads
An autographed copy of PUSH: Stitchery
An original stitched work
Spiff up a composition notebook with an easy felt cover. Spiff up the cover with a sweet embroidered pocket. Mollie of Wild Olive shows us how. See her post.… Read More ...
Rebecca of Dropcloth introduces beginning stitchers to the basics with a guest post on The Etsy Blog. Basic supplies, basic stitch tutorials, and a charming sampler pattern to practice on. See her post.… Read More ...
Exciting news from Salley Mavor:
… Read More ...I’m happy to announce that I’ll be teaching a workshop in my home town of Falmouth, Massachusetts later this fall. We’ll make wool felt banners with wrapped wire lettering, the same as I’ve shown
Violet said, “Mommy, I want to make something.” And she had clear ideas about what she wanted to make. So Jane of Buzzmills supported her wee one in embroidering and constructing a beautiful, snuggly pillow of her very own. See … Read More ...
Sarah Terry of Guerilla Embroidery will have her first solo gallery show, Surface Tension, in the UK beginning September 8. Get all the details from her blog post. If you live close enough to attend the exhibit, I envy … Read More ...
Nicki Lee‘s May block for the Crazy-Quilt Journal Project just takes my breath away. The colors. Those gorgeous embroidered blossoms. The delicate, colorful lace (Nicki’s trademark). The perfect beaded touches. Go to her Raviolee Dreams blog post. You’ll … Read More ...
Deborah Schlegel of Art Threads shows us how to make a pretty thread-sketched basket from a fat quarter of fabric. See her tute.… Read More ...
Barbara of Vintage Spice and Everything Nice gave me the heads up that she shares a vintage embroidery pattern every Friday. The design shown here is just one recent example. Check out Barbara’s blog. And be sure to bookmark … Read More ...
Maminti of Tunderzug shares how she created a decorative pillow around a bit of sweet angel embroidery. Developing a tutorial is a challenge in one language, but Maminti does it effectively in two! Go to her post for the pillow-making … Read More ...
Nicole of Follow the White Bunny has put together an awesome tutorial to help novices tackle shading in embroidery. She’s sharing a sweet cloudburst pattern that you can use with the tutorial or however you like. See Nicole’s post.… Read More ...
Rachel of Lines Across has posted a tutorial for a fun, practical, pretty project. All stitchers have little nests of threads that are too short for serious stitching but too long to throw away. Use those bits to make colorful … Read More ...
State Line Bags Co. and CraftGossip have teamed up to give one of our readers a stash of 100 6″ x 8″ drawstring muslin bags. What are you supposed to do with 100 little bags? Here are some ideas from … Read More ...
Creative Breathing is sharing the patterns for these sweet characters from The Halfway Woods. Go to her blog post.… Read More ...
Allison of Stash Books Blog gives a rousing review of Aneela Hoey’s new book, Little Stitches, which incorporates 12 sewing projects, beginning embroidery instructions, and more than 100 embroidery transfers. You’ll want to get your hands on a copy. … Read More ...