Needle Work

Cate Coulacos Prato is an expert at helping us strip away our self-consciousness and hush our inner critics so we can produce art that captures the subject we all know best: ourselves.

Prato’s Mixed-Media Self-Portraits: Inspiration & Techniques, a collection … Read More ...

Look what’s coming from Barbara Bergsten: Staffordshire Houses. Chapparal Needlework plans to offer the little cottage kits as a series this spring. Barbara says each kit includes the canvas, stitch guide, and threads. Get the details from Chapparal.… Read More ...

This beautiful, modern quilt pattern – Sweet by Urban Chiks for Moda – is free for your personal use. Get the pattern and instruction PDF from Fab Talk blog.… Read More ...

The February Twinchy Challenge at Janet Perry’s Nuts About Needlepoint was Happy Hearts. Learn more about Janet’s twinchies and how to make them from her Part 1 and Part 2 blog posts.… Read More ...

Did you see these blog articles? If not, take a short step back in time and catch up on some good information.

(1) Free Quilt Patterns from History provides not only traditional patterns but also “a bit of history that … Read More ...

Pimp Stitcher Amy Cluck combined a pattern from her newly released embroidery collection, Give a Hoot!, with Tamie Snow‘s tutorial on how to make an embroidered plushie to make this little cutie. She also has an interesting WIP … Read More ...

I’ve been nutty about miniatures ever since young childhood, when a friend’s parents took us to an exhibit of museum miniature scenes of historic places. And remember that Twilight Zone episode where, after everyone falls asleep at night, the miniature … Read More ...

Mother Superior’s Blog says there’s a great debate going on about whether to use prewound bobbins for sewing, quilting, and machine embroidery. I haven’t heard any verbal fireworks yet, but I was glad to see the myths exposed and truth … Read More ...

Kathy York is rockin some experiments with batik that make me want to melt some wax and start dyeing. I love the way she’s combining etched designs with tjanting lines to get reverse images. Check it out.… Read More ...

Shebrews has posted an article on Feeling Stitchy blog that explains what cutter quilts are and how they can be used effectively. You’re going to love her ideas. See the post.… Read More ...

Pamela Quevedo of Needle Tatting and Other Nonsense blog has been experimenting with new designs she calls The Queen’s Feet and Ankle Corsets. As always, her tatting is impeccable and her designs are edgy, original, and young. Go see what … Read More ...

Judy Laquidara of Patchwork Times blog is sponsoring a stash-busting mystery-quilt sew-along. The official prize is this pair of Gingher 8-inch dressmaker shears in the Glory pattern. The real prize is sewing along and ending up with a beautiful quilt … Read More ...