Art, patterns and techniques
FreePatterns.com calls this project Quilt Jar Covers. I haven’t downloaded the pattern yet, but the foundation material appears to be……plastic canvas. Yeaaa!! Get the free pattern.
Looking for more Plastic Canvas patterns? Check these out on Etsy.… Read More ...
Mmmmmmmm. Gum Tree designer Dawn Hay is giving us all a slice of her yummy chocolate cake. Of course, if you don’t stitch the words, you can make the cake any flavor you want! Get the free pattern.… Read More ...
The wealth of free seam-treatment diagrams continues at Shawkl‘s Twelve Dozen Stitches in Twelve Months blog. If you haven’t checked in lately, you should catch up! You’ll enjoy lots and lots of designs like this charmer. Go to Shawkl’s … Read More ...
If you’re into miniature stitchery, you love Janet Granger‘s mini tea cosies! Now Janet is adding to her tiny sets with bitty tray cloth kits, including eensie wooden tea trays. See all of the adorable designs at Dollshouse Embroidery … Read More ...
Welcome Home is the final design in YouCanQuiltThis.com’s free block-of-the-month table runner. The design is available in two sizes and nine machine-embroidery formats. Or download the image for hand stitchery. I can imagine dozens of applications for this sweet sentiment. … Read More ...
The chart for this sweet nibbling bunny is free from The Chart Shop at Cross-stitching.com. Get the chart.… Read More ...
Check out this announcement from BagSmith.com:
… Read More ...The BagSmith will launch into this holiday season with its “10 Days of Deals” online shopping event from October 1, 2009 through October 10, 2009. The promotion will showcase ten top-selling (and deep-discounted) BagSmith
Arlee Barr‘s first guest post on MrXStitch blog — a series she’s calling Arteries — includes an interview with trailblazing and inspirational needle artist Jude Hill. Enjoy Jude through her own words and Arlee’s eyes. And thank … Read More ...
Look what Diane Gilleland is doing with plastic canvas now! She says,
… Read More ...I turned the PC into a sturdy case for crafty tools. This Hook, Needle, Pencil Case also has the benefit of being covered with weaving rather than needlepoint.
Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread blog has been running a tutorial series for long-and-short stitch shading. Embroidery fans all over the web are trying their hands and posting their results. And to celebrate the end of the series, Mary … Read More ...
DJ of Prick and Stitch Is My Craft announces that six new mini flower patterns are available from the Pinbroidery website. For just GBP 5.00, receive all six patterns by PDF download. And don’t miss the site’s free card-stitching … Read More ...
Susan Elliott has completed her August item for the Bead Journal Project, A Daughter’s Valentine. Exquisite. You’ll enjoy the story of how and why she developed the concept from sailors’ valentines. Go to the first post in the series… Read More ...
The latest series from JO in NZ — the Stix — made me laugh out loud with delight. Her stitched stick figures are so expressive, they almost seem animated. Clever. Accessible to even beginning stitchers. Let’s lobby Jo to make … Read More ...
Kimara of Wee Folk Art has taken one original pattern for pumpkin-themed felt applique and produced two completely different styles of blocks. Go funky or elegant, silly or serious, Halloween or Thanksgiving. Get the pattern.
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The Lone Beader usually suprises me with the realism of her bead embroidery. Her portraits of people, pets, vehicles, and buildings are fanciful but accurate. Today, she shows a new abstract approach with her portrait of Abigail Adams, 21st Century … Read More ...