Art, patterns and techniques
Bead-embroidery maven Robin Atkins is sharing first-rate tips for shooting and editing photos of beadwork. Tip number one:
… Read More ...Beads are shiny objects, which reflect light, especially faceted beads. Therefore, almost all direct lighting yields terrible results. I take most of
Barbara Bergsten of Create Needlepoint! has been rendering a series of useful phrases in needlepoint. So cute. (I definitely need the one shown here.) Scroll back through her blog posts to see all she has created so far. Go to … Read More ...
Heads up! Counted Wishes is in the offing! The event’s web site tells us:
… Read More ...A new online Cross Stitch Festival is coming!
Please join us Feb. 1-5, 2010 at this website for our online Spring Showing by Cross Stitch Designers.
Jenny B. Harris of Allsorts has created a new pattern in her Pretty Maids series to honor and assist Haiti. The PDF pattern for Gaelle, her Haitian doll, is now available in the Craft Hope for Haiti shop on Etsy. … Read More ...
Meri (of Agulhas da Meri) tipped us off to the amazing work of German embroiderer Vincent Valiente, displayed on his blog worksofhands. Vincent’s blog profile explains,
… Read More ...1. Why embroidery?
Because I feel I have to do it.
Keep an eye on Lynne Bruce over on Happiness is Cross Stitching blog. She’s got something going all the time! Recently, she stitched a beautiful boxed set (left) that includes a needlebook, pin cushion pillow, tuffet, bottlecap felt pincushion, and … Read More ...
This darling rubber-duckie design for filled machine embroidery is free! Produced by Lil Rascals, the 4″ x 4″ design is available from SWAKembroidery.com in eight formats for instant download. While it can’t be used for bulk manufacturing, you can use … Read More ...
Janie of The Stitchers’ Village is making these two precious designs — Haiti Nurse and Dr. Kitty — available for a US $5.30 donation to Haiti-relief efforts. Charts will be e-mailed to you within about 24 hours. Definitely a win-win! … Read More ...
Nicole of Follow the White Bunny is sharing this adorable valentine design for hand embroidery. Download your free copy from her blog.… Read More ...
Sophie of solo-brode blog dropped us this sweet note:
… Read More ...Je crée mes modèles en forme de rond, composition de point de croix , blackwork et points spéciaux et je mets régulièrement des grilles en ligne pour partager ma passion…
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Karline of Urban Threads sends us this heads-up:
… Read More ...Urban Threads has released a sweet new bird-and-love-letter design, FREE through Valentine’s Day! This pretty Victorian-style design can be downloaded for free in formats for machine embroidery, hand embroidery, and digital stock
Some great news from the Alliance for American Quilts:
… Read More ...The nonprofit Alliance for American Quilts will host two fundraising events in Washington, DC on Thursday, March 4.
The “Connected by Threads” events will celebrate quilts, quiltmakers and quilt history
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 ...
Shown here are just a few of the gorgeous brooches hand-stitched recently by Marjo of Erratic Needle. See lots more on her blog.… Read More ...
