Needle Work

This adorable quilt pattern – perfect for the little princess in your life – is available free from Fab Talk blog. It’s designed to use the new Fairy Princess fabric line by Leere Aldrich. Get the pattern.… Read More ...

C&T Publishing blog is giving away a copy of its newest quilting publication, Flower Festival by Kim Schaefer. C&T says,

Too busy in your garden for big quilting projects these days? Try making one of the 50 different flower

If you’ve been loving Sublime Stitching‘s new Vintage Lamps pattern collection but are undecided about how to use them, here’s a great idea. Jenny published a tutorial for embroidering the lamps on a hoodie and embellishing them with glow-in-the-dark … Read More ...

In response to a reader’s question, Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint has put together an awesome list of online resources for learning to stitch French knots. She also adds some tips of her own. Here’s everything you need to … Read More ...

Over on Needle ‘n’ Thread blog, Mary Corbet just reviewed Embroidered Flora & Fauna: Three-Dimensional Textured Embroidery by Lesley Turpin-Delport and Nikki Delport-Wepener. The descriptions and photos are so glorious that I’m now overwhelmed with book lust. And for … Read More ...

The quilt-along series at oh, fransson! blog is up to part 13, Making the Quilt Sandwich. Elizabeth has excellent, practical advice for those of us who don’t have someone to assist us in laying out the layers and getting them … Read More ...

Rachel Griffith of p.s. i quilt blog has put together a tutorial for easily creating a disappearing-9-patch quilt using charm squares. Brilliant! See the tute.… Read More ...

Anyone Can Quilt claims that this is the cutest needle case EVER. And I’m inclined to agree. Designed by Monica of The Happy Zombie and featured in Quilts and More magazine, this charming little mushroom holds not only your needles … Read More ...

This week’s free chart from The Chart Shop at Cross-stitching.com is a sweet bunny designed by Debra Page. Get the chart.… Read More ...

Those Sublime folks can improve anything with a bit of colorful stitching. And they’re inviting you to save our environment by doing the same! Their Upcycle Contest runs through April 27. To enter, they tell us,

Create something made of

Win a copy of Mixed-Media Self-Portraits: Inspiration & Techniques by Cate Coulacos Prato!  (See my review.) Leave a comment on this post – say anything you want. On Tuesday, March 31, I’ll eliminate all comments that do not … Read More ...

Amandajean of Crazy Mom Quilts is guest-starring on Bee Square Blog, where she has posted a tutorial for making a zig zag quilt “without piecing those pesky triangles!” Great idea! See the tute.… Read More ...

This delicious crossover between book arts and fiber arts is the work of Downunderdale, who says,

I am a textile artist living in Western Australia…Currently I am using an embellishment machine for lots of my work but I am