(1) Mini Monkey Wrench Quilt by Connie G. Barwick of About.com
(2) Inspired by Obama’s Budget from Embroiderbee’s Blog
(3) Antonin from Cachounette
(4) Panier de course from un jour, une grille
(5) Vive le Printemps et les Jonquilles from … Read More ...
Back soon!
I’m out of town March 10-15, so I won’t be responding to e-mail. But I’ve scheduled some treats for you while I’m gone. See you on the flip side!… Read More ...
Vintage game or embroidery-design tool?
When Natalie of the smallest forest received a vintage Spirograph for Valentine’s Day, she immediately saw the potential for embroidery designs. Check out her post. It will make you want to hit all the local garage sales, looking for … Read More ...
Vincent tries bobbin lace
Vincent of worksofhands completed this amazing bobbin-lace collar — following instructions in a book! He’s so freakin awesome. See the post.… Read More ...
How to cross-stitch on ceramic
Gina of doe-c-doe cross-stitches on porcelain — with a paint pen. And she’s sharing her technique. See the post.… Read More ...
Make all kinds of ribbon flowers
TipNut has put together a roundup of links to 14 tutorials for making ribbon flowers. You’ll want to try all of them! See the post.… Read More ...
Close-ups of Lesage embroidery
Shirlee Fassell of NEEDLEANDHOOK lets us look over her shoulder at her course practice piece for Lesage Level III. She says,
… Read More ...The piece is called Les Coeurs…The design is worked on silk organza. All the beads and sequins are applied
Cotton vs. rayon
Deepa of This and That blog takes a look at the differences in effect between perle cotton thread and the rayon threads used in Brazilian embroidery. Can you tell which is which in the photo? Check out her blog post… Read More ...
Stitching a pretty kitty
For the presumed birthday of their special kitty, Justine, little Abby drew a picture of the honoree wearing a party hat, and mom Jennifer (Craft Sanity) embroidered it. A precious memento for everyone! See more on Jennifer’s blog … Read More ...
Product test: Sulky Iron-on Transfer Pens
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread tests Sulky Iron-on Transfer Pens
and shares her findings. See the post.… Read More ...
Honoring women with stitching
Kay Susan of S’Mockery SmArt responded to stitchin fingers‘ International Women’s Day challenge with this sweet pin doll. She says entries had to use “the suffragette colours of purple (for dignity), white (for purity) and green (for hope).” Love … Read More ...
Allie’s stitchy experiment
When Allie Aller (Allie’s in Stitches) wanted to express appreciation to her roommate at a recent conference, she whipped up a little sumpin sumpin from fabric scraps, a vintage hankie, some fabric glue, tulle, and a little machine … Read More ...
Elegant soccer
Jane of World Embroideries stitched this unusual temari. She says,
… Read More ...Ever since I started making temari I have thought that certain markings look like a soccer ball. So when I decided to make a temari for a co-worker who had
Inspiration: Cross-stitch “mural”
Brilliant! This faux cross-stich mural was created by Eline Pellinkhof. See more beautiful things on her blog.
Many thanks to Jenny Hart of Sublime Stitching for pointing out this find.… Read More ...
Giveaway: Sew Lovely pattern
Katy of Sew Lovely Embroidery is having a rockin giveaway. Four stitchers will win her new Folk Art pattern. Go to Katy’s blog post to enter before March 14.… Read More ...