(1) Méditation from Cachounette
(2) Noces d’argent from les petites croix de Christine
(3) Photos de vacances from Cachounette
(4) Biscornu from Blog de Sophie
(5) Deux anges from Cachounette
(6) Médaillon d’amour en Or from Cachounette
(7) Ange brodeur… Read More ...
Free patterns and charts: Winter and Christmas
This Embroidery roundup is all about free patterns. We have created this quick list with links to each Embroidery pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to suit something for everyone.
Please note that these patterns were free … Read More ...
Free patterns and charts: Autumn and Halloween
We have created this quick list with links to each Halloween pattern. We have tried to choose free patterns to suit something for everyone.
Please note that these Halloween patterns were free at the time of writing these cross-stitch articles. … Read More ...
Free charts: Cross-stitch
Free catalog from Janet Granger
Janet Granger‘s new dollhouse embroidery catalogue is available as a free download. Grab it!… Read More ...
Inspiration: Mimi Kirchner
I never tire of looking at Mimi Kirchner‘s gorgeous handmade dolls. If I had a granddaughter, I would snap up this bird lady for her. I can easily imagine a wee one being enthralled by the bird images, the … Read More ...
Inspiration: Melissa Sue Stanley
Eeeeeeeeee! The cuteness is almost unbearable! Melissa Sue Stanley. art=love=life. Go there.… Read More ...
Inspiration: Judy Coates Perez
If you’re art quilter Judy Coates Perez, you can add a bit of embroidery to some felted wool balls, and — tada! — Dia de Los Muertos skulls! See more at Judy’s Painted Threads blog post.… Read More ...
Free CQ blocks from Janet Stauffacher
Here are a couple of beautiful free foundation designs for crazy-quilt blocks from Janet Stauffacher of Nostalgic NeedleART, featuring images from her antique postcard collection. Janet says,
… Read More ...Print [the block] directly onto computer printer fabric with your inkjet printer,
Free designs: New from Corvus
Here are two new creepily marvelous designs from Corvus tristis for your personal stitchy edification: a hot-air-ballooning octopus (How did that happen?) and the smallpox virus in border and paisley variations. Thank you, Corvus!… Read More ...
Giveaway: Monstrous embroidery
Anja Rieger is giving away a copy of her Monster Malte machine-embroidery design just in time for Halloween. Go to her blog post to enter before October 25.Looking for more Halloween Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Understanding thread tags
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint cautions us to hold onto the tags attached to new needlework threads. She says,
… Read More ...You may not think so but there is lots of information there. And if you run out of thread, or
Tutorial: CQ wings from lace
Nikki of Nikki Lee’s RavioLee Dreams shows us how to transform lace pattern repeats into wings for crazy quilting and other applications. Her tutorial shows us ideas for butterfly wings, but I’m thinking this idea is just in time for … Read More ...
Tutorial: Mini pincushion
Pinta shows us how to make a precious mini pincushion. The text is in Italian; but the photos are so clear and their order is so logical, you probably won’t need to translate the words. See the tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: How to stitch line art
Aimee Ray of little dear tracks shows us how she achieves the signature look of her embroidery. She says,
… Read More ...When you start out with a line art embroidery pattern, the possibilities are endless. I purposefully don’t specify which stitches or