DMCThread’s Blog winds up its four-part series on cross-stitch with two beautiful free patterns. And it starts a new series on needlepoint with an awesome giveaway. Go to the blog post to learn more, get the patterns, and see the … Read More ...
Get tips for stitching on paper
C&T Publishing is sharing instructions for embellishing paper with stitches, an excerpt from its publication Unforgettable Invitations by Melissa Collette Giles. According to C&T’s blog, it “includes instructions for machine sewing on paper, hand sewing on paper, hiding the back … Read More ...
Profile: Surayia Rahman
Susan Elliott of Plays with Needles has posted a rockin profile of “needle artist…Surayia Rahman who has spent her life helping hundreds of women escape from poverty in Bengal through needle and thread.” An amazing must-read for needlework lovers. … Read More ...
Get tiny supplies for tiny furniture
Janet Granger of Dollshouse Embroidery Kits has followed through with her idea to produce tiny finishing kits for dollhouse furniture (the bases for her miniature needlework). She says,
… Read More ...For years, it has bothered me that people who make miniature furniture
Tutorial: Herringbone stitch
YouCanQuiltThis.com has posted a tutorial for herringbone stitch by Needle in a Haystack. Go see.… Read More ...
Free cross-stitch charts
Free patterns: Hand embroidery
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 at … Read More ...
Learn these stitches from SharonB
SharonB of PinTangle blog continually showers us with new stitches and variations that beg us to try them on our embroidery and crazy-quilt projects. Here are just four recent beauties. Get the details and see more photos from Sharon’s linked … Read More ...
Free pattern: Tatted cameo
Pamela (aka TotusMel) of Needle Tatting and Other Nonsense generously shares her original pattern for this tatted cameo. Gorgeous. Get the pattern.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Felt brooch
Laura of Bugs and Fishes by Lupin walks us through her process for creating a felt brooch. She says,
… Read More ...This is a slightly unusual “how to” as it’s not just a tutorial for making the flower brooch shown in the
RGB or hex = DMC
Have you seen a design on the web that you’d love to replicate in embroidery? Or maybe you’ve created and colored an image in your graphics software, and now you’d like to produce it in thread. Mollie of Wild Olive… Read More ...
Simplify cutwork with Fiber Etch
Threads is touting the use of Fiber Etch to simplify the process of creating cutwork embroidery. A Threads blog post says,
… Read More ...Using synthetic embroidery thread, you can embroider a plant-fiber fabric. Just apply a thin layer of Fiber Etch to
Tutorial: Fly and fern stitches
KERRYKATIECAKES explains the difference between fly stitch and fern stitch and shows us how to do both. Shoulder shoulder bellybutton. That’s all I’m saying. See the tute.… Read More ...
Free patterns: St. Patrick’s Day
This Embroidery roundup is all about free st Patrick’s Day 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 … Read More ...
