Carina of Polka and Bloom will lead an online embroidery class, Christmas Stitches, beginning August 20. Go to her blog for details and a discount code.
Ed. note: Carina did not ask or compensate me to post about her … Read More ...
Inspiration: Heather B
This exquisite humming bird is just one of the phenomenal embellishments Heather B of Canada added to a block for the Crazy Quilt Journal Project. Go to the blog post for an image you can enlarge for study.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Painting a background
Kathy Shaw (Shawkl) is trying her hand at painting backgrounds for embroidery, and she’s sharing her technique. See her tutorial.… Read More ...
Embroidery Pattern Frida with flowers
Eeeep! A new Frida from Norma of Cara Carmina Atelier. I love love love the dimensional flowers on this piece. See more at Norma’s blog.
Still looking for more patterns? Check these flower embroidery patterns out on Etsy and … Read More ...
Aimee’s ‘Five Flossy Flowers’
Aimee of Little Dear Tracks shows us how to make the five blooms she used in this deer’s flowering antlers. Fun! See her tutorial.
Still looking for more patterns? Check these flower embroidery patterns out on Etsy and these … Read More ...
Tutorial + 4-prize giveaway!
Jodie Rackley, author of Happy Stitch: 30 Felt and Fabric Projects for Everyday,
shares her tutorial for this simple but rockin embroidered headband over on Feeling Stitchy. Go to the tute. And while you’re there, enter the drawing … Read More ...
Just as special from the back
This is such a lovely idea! I wish I’d thought of it when I made a ring-bearer pillow for my niece’s wedding a few years ago. Deborah of Woolen Sails has added a verse to the back of the pillow. … Read More ...
Inspiration: Dog-Daisy Chains
I’m always excited to see a glimpse of a fiber artist’s process; doubly so when the artist is one whose work I follow regularly and would love to emulate. So I was thrilled to see the latest blog post by … Read More ...
New-fashioned needlepoint
If you think needlepoint is old-fashioned, check out these chairs by Johan Lindsten. DMC Threads blog suggests that you could get the same effect by attaching a finished canvas to any wide-backed chair. See more at the DMC post.… Read More ...
Inspiration: Susan S
I’m crazy about the colors of this block created by Susan S of Wisconsin for the Crazy Quilt Journal Project. The block has many gorgeous touches, but if I had to pick a favorite, it would be the long-stemmed … Read More ...
I can has ears, please?
Victoria Crowder Payne is stitching this needlepainted kitteh as a donation for a Humane Society fundraiser. You can watch her in action–she’s stitching in public around the Kansas City area. Go to her blog to get details.… Read More ...
Can’t wait to get home!
Although cross-stitch is no longer part of my beat, I just have to share this work by Lisa Leggett of A Cuppa Tea with Me. If you’re female, the image probably brought a smile of agreement to your lips. But … Read More ...
You’ve stitched it. Now what?
What can you do with all the designs of inspirational words that Hudson’s Holidays has been sharing? Here’s one idea: A bowlful of fragrant little pillows. Or why not add ribbons and turn them into Christmas ornaments? Go to Shirley … Read More ...
Tutorial: Needlepunch needlebook
The blogger behind Primitives by the Light of the Moon shows us how to make up a pretty bit of needlepunch embroidery into a handy needlebook. See her tute.
Looking for more Punch Needle Embroidery patterns? Check these out … Read More ...
Tutorial: Framing in a flexi-hoop
You know those handy little flexi-hoops? The ones with a grooved plastic inner ring and a stretchy rubbery outer ring? Let’s say you want to hoop a small work for hanging, but you don’t like the plasticky-rubbery look of the … Read More ...