… Read More ...Has a rogue pair of scissors sliced a nice gash through a needlepoint canvas tucked into your work bag? Or maybe your scroll frame and stand tipped over, landing smack into the corner of the coffee table creating a 2-inch
Free cross-stitch charts
Inspiration: Penny Nickels
When stitchers hear the word shisha, we usually think of the traditional embroidery technique in which small mirrors are attached to fabric within a frame of stitches. Penny Nickels of Donkeywolf blog has taken shisha embroidery to a whole new … Read More ...
Tutorial: Lazy satin stitch
Carina of Carina’s Craft Blog shows us her lazy satin stitch, a technique that produces a casual, modern fill while conserving expensive embroidery thread. See the tute.… Read More ...
Update: TAFA is growing!
On February 4, I gave you a heads-up about Rachel Biel‘s new project: TAFA, the Textile and Fiber Art list. Yesterday, Rachel posted a progress report that made me do a little happy dance in my chair. She … Read More ...
Take a free online needlepoint class
Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor for About.com, has posted a free cyber workshop featuring this beautiful Coins in the Fountain design. She says,
… Read More ...You’ll build your skills as you master the Continental Stitch, Cross Stitch, and Satin Stitch. You’ll
Photo tutorial: Overcast bars
Meri of Agulhas da Meri blog takes us step by step through her drawn-thread technique for overcast isolated bars. Beautiful! And Meri makes it look doable! See the tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Turning photographs into needlepoint
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint has come up with a technique she likes for developing a needlepoint chart from a photo. She says,
… Read More ...This method works best when there are clear objects in the picture and where your own
Video tutorial: Stem stitch
Kootoyoo shows us her technique for stem stitch (“sort of”). She says,
… Read More ...This is my “go to” stitch. I use it for lettering, for outlining & for anything with a curve. I love the flexible nature of this stitch. You
Free needlepoint charts
Here are two adorable free charts from Cheryl Fall of About.com: Kokeshi Dolls (left) and Lucky Four-Leaf Clover.… Read More ...
Free Embroidery patterns and charts for spring
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 ...
Thimbles too pretty to use
Jane of World Embroideries is experimenting with Japanese thimbles. She says,
A Japanese thimble is supposed to fit on your middle finger, and is used to push the needle with the side of your finger.
These beautiful and practical tools … Read More ...
Meet the designers
Janet Perry has posted a couple of designer profiles that needleartists will love. Go to these posts on Janet’s Nuts About Needlepoint blog to enjoy the conversations: Carolyn Hedge Baird; Bob Healy of In Good Company.… Read More ...
Try these needlepoint stitches
Get the lowdown from Rittenhouse Needlepoint on these beautiful stitches:
(1) Ashley
(2) English
(3) Oblique Slav
(4) Crow’s Foot… Read More ...
Brilliant: Hand embroidery on tulle
As if even-star‘s perfect stitching on nearly transparent tulle weren’t fabulous enough, listen to this idea: She says,
… Read More ...I wanted this to be reminiscent of those onion skin anotomy books with all the cross sections and I think it