(1) Star Sampler from By The Bay Needleart
(2) Several eight-pointed stars from Nuts About Needlepoint
(3) Island Blossoms from Cheryl Fall of About.com
(4) Sea Snail from Cheryl Fall of About.com
(5) Fresh Catch from Cheryl Fall of About.com… Read More ...
Annet invents square-drizzle stitch
Annet of Fat-Quarter combined Lakshmi’s square-knot flower technique with drizzle stitch to create a beautiful new dimensional stitch. Get the details from Annet’s blog post.… Read More ...
Adding curved lines to needlepoint
Janet Perry shares a trick of the trade. She says she has conquered the problem of creating curved lines on square canvas “with two easy stitches which make lovely curved lines which stand up prettily from the canvas.” Go to … Read More ...
Tutorial: CQ peacock
Pam of Pamela Kellogg’s Kitty & Me Designs shares a pattern and tutorial for creating this gorgeous peacock to embellish your crazy quilt. See the tute.… Read More ...
Enter the Creative Cross-Stitch Challenge #7
Kirsten Edwards of GOS blog (Gift of Stitching) has announced Creative Cross-Stitch Challenge #7. Stitch the challenge motif, post your work, and enter to win a sweet prize from Traditional Stitches. Get the details from GOS. The challenge … Read More ...
Make beads with Alma Stoller
Alma Stoller‘s online video workshop, Fabric Beads, Oddities and Thingamajigs, begins August 9 and runs for four weeks. For US$ 60.00 you’ll learn to create 25 different fabric-bead designs. Alma says,
… Read More ...Simply watch as I demonstrate each and every
Book review: Quilting Arts In Stitches
Diane Gilleland of CraftyPod has posted an in-depth review of Quilting Arts In Stitches eMag. Diane says,
… Read More ...I think this is an awesome and meaningful step into Magazines 2.0, and I totally applaud Interweave for taking this bold step into
New stitch combos from Shawkl
Shawkl is busily cranking out new seam treatments in her Twelve Dozen Stitches in Twelve Months series. Go to her blog to grab this design and several other recent combos.… Read More ...
Vote for Lynette
Lynette Andreasen — you know, the amazing embroidery-and-beading-on-metal chick — is asking for our help. She has an opportunity to win free gallery space for a year if she receives the most votes among the competitors on a marketplace’s web … Read More ...
Don’t fear canvaswork
Sara Leigh Merrey is guest blogging on Needle ‘n’ Thread about canvaswork, the use of needlepoint specialty stitches to create pattern and texture. You’ll love Sara’s sense of humor. See her post.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Finishing an art quilt
Pam of Pamela Kellogg’s Kitty & Me Designs shows us one good way to finish an art quilt. Get the details.… Read More ...
Free pattern: Toadstool applique
Janet M. Davies of JMD Designs continues her wonderful quilt appliques with this colorful toadstool, and she’s sharing her pattern! Go get it.… Read More ...
New BOM: Summer
Benita of Victoriana Quilters has posted the latest free block in her Words of Inspiration & Celebration BOM. Go to her blog post for details about how to get the template for this sunny summer applique.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Eye Candy Beads
Alma Stoller shows us how to make her Eye Candy Beads by combining scraps of fabric and fibers and adding a bit of stitching and beading. Gorgeous. See the tute.
And while you’re there, follow the link to find … Read More ...
Tutorial: Closed buttonhole stitch
Kim of big B continues her 100 Stitches lessons and lets us look over her shoulder. See her tute for closed buttonhole stitch.… Read More ...
