Art, patterns and techniques
Victoria Crowder Payne invites your support for creating the Sinister Stitch exhibit and documentary. Her Kickstarter site describes the exhibit:
… Read More ...A mixed media embroidered collection consisting of 13 ancient poisonous botanicals anchored by a central personification of the Mandrake Root’s
Amazing! Tricia of The Embroiderer’s Story says lace fences, designed by a Dutch firm, are now available in the USA and Europe. When I win the lottery, I am SO getting one of these. See more photos at Tricia’s blog … Read More ...
Mulder and Scully by DeriDolls. Yipee!!! See more wonderfulness at the DeriDolls blog.… Read More ...
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread gives us a look at twilling–embroidery on quilts using the Palestrina stitch. See her post.… Read More ...
grrl+dog created these sweet little house brooches. My shirt needs a whole neighborhood! See more at her blog post.… Read More ...
The July stitchalong at feeling stitchy is an awesome design by the spectacular MimiLove! Grab the free pattern.… Read More ...
New House Project has a brilliant shortcut for accurate stitching on paper. Go to her post to find out her trick.
Many thanks to Rachel Hobson of Craftzine.com for pointing out this great find.… Read More ...
The Kreinik Thread Blog introduces us to Japan Thread. The blog says,
… Read More ...Today Kreinik makes Japan Threads that have a percentage of real metal in them, but are primarily synthetic so that they are long-lasting, non-tarnishing, inexpensive, and easy to
In describing her exquisite Hearts and Hands for Sendai quilt block (shown here), Susan Elliott says,
… Read More ...I believe that embroidery is a spiritual exercise. I believe that great love and energy has been generated by every person who picked up
Kay Hickman has posted an article on Bernina Blog explaining how to turn a machine-embroidered satin stitch into fluffy tufted satin stitch. See her tute.… Read More ...
I LOVE this idea from Funk & Weber Designs. See anything wrong with this American flag? Well, just stare at it for a while and then look at a white surface, and you’ll see Old Glory in all her … Read More ...
I’m so pleased to discover Rimal Publications, a publishing house in Cyprus that specializes in books “that introduce readers to the unique cultural richness of the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean.” Ali Shawwa of Rimal alerted us to … Read More ...
Check out this amazing collaborative artwork project: The Dream Rocket. You create a fiber art panel expressing one of the dream themes, and it is combined with the works of other artists from around the world to wrap a … Read More ...
Holy smokes! Look what I found! A new site devoted to “all things needlework”: Needle Knowledge. The site has four main areas–Knitting & Crochet, Embroidery & Needlework, Sewing & Quilting, and Knowledge Nuggets. My personal interests hit each of … Read More ...
