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
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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 ...
Free cross-stitch charts
Free patterns and charts: Easter
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 ...
Free pattern and tute: Easter eggs
Janet M. Davies of JMD Designs has posted a pattern and instructions for stitching up Easter eggs in lustrous silk. Use them (as Janet did) to border a tablecloth, or create some special holiday napkins, or…you’ll think of something! Get … Read More ...
Temporarily free: Phrenology design
Karline of Urban Threads alerts us:
… Read More ...Urban Threads has released a fun new freebie to explain your crafty disposition once and for all! This embroidery design utilizes the 19th-century science of phrenology to map the crafty brain, correlating the skull’s
Tutorial: Mounting embroidery in a hoop
MrXStitch, Connie G. Barwick of About.com, and Rachel Hobson of Craftzine.com have whooped about the tutorial by Maximum Rabbit Designs for mounting completed embroidery. I think that makes it a must-see post! See the tute.… Read More ...
Inspiration: Ann Wood
If you have not yet had a shot of joy today, this photo should give you your fix. Any glimpse of Ann Wood‘s little birdie fabric sculptures makes me smile — or laugh out loud with delight. See more … Read More ...
Free cross-stitch from Mollie
Mollie Johanson of Wild Olive has been making a name for herself with adorable little hand-embroidery patterns (not to mention some fantastic blogging). Now she’s trying her hand at some cross-stitch charts. She’d love to have your feedback on her … Read More ...
Free needlepoint pattern: Kente cloth
Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor for About.com, has just published an exciting new needlepoint pattern — an interpretation in stitch of African Kente cloth. Cheryl says,
… Read More ...Kente is a brightly-colored handmade cloth produced by the Akan people, along what
Learn ermine stitch
This week, Rittenhouse Needlepoint is featuring ermine stitch. The blog notes,
… Read More ...The Ermine stitch makes a nice background when it is done in variegated thread. It also looks quite striking when executed in black thread on a bright white background.
Try this sequin-flower border
Oh, SharonB, you make me sigh with envy. What an endlessly creative brain this woman has. Check this CQ seam treatment, for example. Outlining the pattern in the black lace with metallic stem stitch was inspired. And the little … Read More ...
