Learn Montenegrin stitch via the tutorial at Rittenhouse Needlepoint blog. See the tute.… Read More ...
Free from UT: Breast-cancer-awareness design
Urban Threads is sharing this rockin pattern in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Karline of UT says,
… Read More ...This punchy “Girl Power” design is available in formats for machine embroidery, hand embroidery, and digital stock art, so crafters of all
Great idea: Tatted luminaries
TATBit Tats notes that Febreze’s flameless luminaries are the perfect base for needlework such as tatting. Just add some tatted bits to the translucent shade. Or, if you’re sensitive to fragrances, replace the scented paper with some pretty scent-free handmade … Read More ...
Gum Tree freebie #2
Among the Gum Trees has released the group’s second Christmas freebie: a placemat with a darling redwork Christmas-pudding design by Joy of Joypatch blog. Get the pattern.… Read More ...
Free charts from kaligrilles
(1) Petit pêcheur
(2) Petit chat
(3) Petite bergère
(4) Petite fille
(5) Une brodeuse
(6) Chat!… Read More ...
More vintage tatting patterns
Better check TATBit Tats every day! She’s sharing a scan of a third out-of-print vintage pattern book, Anne Orr’s Tatting: Book No. 43. The scans are legible and printable. See the blog post.… Read More ...
Call for entries: Sew Somerset
Stampington and Company announces:
… Read More ...Whether you sew by hand or machine, we invite you submit your most innovative and imaginative art projects that incorporate sewing, for this brand new special publication. Sew Somerset will feature projects of the highest caliber
Giveaway: Kreinik silks
The Art Needlepoint Co. wants to know why you love needlepoint. Just share your answers to three little questions, and you’ll be entered into a drawing for an assortment of 35 colors of Kreinik silk threads! Go to the blog … Read More ...
Sunday smile
Gerry Krueger of olderrose blog snapped this candid shot of smiling Sheba, hard at work at a recent CQ retreat. Nice landscape block, old girl! See the post.… Read More ...
Get published in NEEDLE
The Hand Embroidery Network is launching a new e-zine, NEEDLE, and you’re invited to participate. The HEN blog says,
… Read More ...We really are passionate about hand embroidery and want to help promote it and your work too. With this in mind
More free Anne Orr tatting patterns
Oh, my! Another scan of an out-of-print vintage pattern booklet. TATBit Tats is sharing Anne Orr’s Tatting: Book No. 13. Check out this amazing baby bonnet! The images and patterns are legible and printable. Go to TATBit’s blog post for … Read More ...
Free vintage patterns: Anne Orr Tatting
TATBit Tats is sharing scans of an out-of-print vintage pattern booklet, Anne Orr’s Tatting: Book No. 35. The photos and instructions are legible and printable. Go to TatBit’s blog post.
Tatting is an art form that has been around … Read More ...
Free chart: Halloween toad
Happy Halloween from Remy of Embroiderbee. Please observe Remy’s limitations on the use of this free pattern. Get the chart.
Looking for more Halloween Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy.… Read More ...
Free chart: Lollipop
Enjoy this free sweet treat from sarajessica of Cross Me Not. Get the chart.… Read More ...
Inspiration: SpeedieBeadie
Whoa! Dash over to Dot Lewallen‘s blog, SpeedieBeadie, and check out her amazing bead-embroidered soft sculpture, Rachel’s Dream, which was chosen as one of the six semifinalists in Land of Odds’ Earthen Mother Challenge. Dot says,
… Read More ...Rachel is