Art, patterns and techniques
Get famous and win prizes! Enter SWAKembroidery.com’s “I Made This” Contest. The SWAK newsletter says,
… Read More ...From now until January 24, 2010, submit your photos to the “I Made This” section at any of our websites: www.YouCanMakeThis.com, www.SWAKembroidery.com, and/or www.YouCanQuiltThis.com!
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Benita of Victoriana Quilt Designs announces a new free block-of-the-month series for 2010: Words of Inspiration and Celebration. Judging from the first block, shown here, you’re going to love this project. Benita says,
… Read More ...The blocks can be collected and used
The last hydrangea design in Di van Niekerk‘s series of three is now available free from her Crafts Unlimited web site. Go grab it!… Read More ...
Check out this news from Karline at UT:
… Read More ...Urban Threads just released a new free embroidery design that’ll crank up the volume! A little volume knob that goes all the way up to 11 will make a rad addition to
Jane Eborall (Tatting and Not a Lot Else) has started a new Tat It And See challenge. A tatting mystery — what fun! You know you want to get in on it. Go to the first blog post … Read More ...
Leah Day (365 Days of Free Motion Quilting Filler Designs) shows us how to mod an inexpensive darning foot to get 360 degrees of visibility around your needle. She says,
… Read More ...How much visibility you have around your needle
Teri Dusenbury (TATBit Tats) is giving us a peek into her tatting-design process. She throws around terms such as Golden Mean, Phi, and Fibonacci sequence, but don’t let that scare you. Her description is as friendly and accessible … Read More ...
Lainie of Red Thread Studio announces:
… Read More ...Jude and Glennis and I hatched a little Slow Cloth group on Facebook. Please join us if you’re a member of that wonderful invention. We have a great community coming together, with designers, stitchers,
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint has some excellent (and surprisingly simple) advice for preserving needlework with proper storage. See her post.… Read More ...
Sonie of Embroidery World shows us how to embroider dimensional yarn marigolds. Lovely! She includes several options for filling the centers. See the tute.
And many thanks to Lakshmi of Hand Embroidery from Sadalas for pointing out this great … Read More ...
Connie G. Barwick, cross-stitch editor for About.com, has a treat for all of us that we can enjoy all year long:
… Read More ...The 2010 About.com Cross Stitch calendar features twelve different free patterns from About.com Cross Stitch. It also
Check out two new stitches of the week at Rittenhouse Needlepoint: double stitch (left) and Van Dyke (right).… Read More ...
Remember the silk-ribbon flowers that Allie Aller needlepunched for her repro vintage crazy quilt? Well, now she’s made luscious needlepunched flower brooches! And what’s more, she shows us every step! Yea! See the tute.
Looking for more Punch Needle … Read More ...
TATBit Tats is on a pattern-sharing rampage again. Check these out:
Tatting is an art form that has been around for centuries, and it’s still going strong today! If you’re looking to get into tatting, there are plenty of free … Read More ...
Urban Threads shows us how to make an embroidered wrap that lets us cold-natured chicks look fashionable while we stay snug. See the tute.… Read More ...
