Stitch this quick and easy heart to show your valentine some love! The design – by Christine-Ann Martin – is free from The Chart Shop at Cross-stitching.com. Get the chart.… Read More ...
Free quilt pattern: Heart in a Snowball
The February beginner block at About.com’s quilting blog is Heart in a Snowball. Editor Janet Wickell says, “A red heart is appliqued to the center of the 6″ (finished size) block. If you’re already into applique, the gentle heart will … Read More ...
Watercolor stitching
Look what Cat of Baumcat blog has been doing! She says,
… Read More ...I found a way to combine the look of a watercolor sketch with sewing! Isn’t this fun!? Oh the places to go…. With black thread I stitched the sketch,
Pants Pants Revolution!
Susan Elliott of Plays with Needles blog has been teasing us with tidbits and peeks of her Pants Pants Revolution adventure – an event she organized in which her nine nieces came to her house and redesigned old jeans, embellishing … Read More ...
Copyright your quilt
Why should you copyright the quilt you designed? The Lost Quilt Come Home site has the answers. I’m embarrassed to say that the option of copyrighting a unique work of textile art never occurred to me. I know better now!… Read More ...
Tutorial: Yin yang applique
Allie Aller of Allie’s in Stitches blog is enjoying a quilt retreat, and she’s kindly sharing it with us. On February 1, she posted a tutorial for a technique – demonstrated by instructor Alba – that is “kind of… Read More ...
Stitching for a cause: The Mother’s Day Project
Yesterday, Marie of Make and Takes blog alerted us to The Mother’s Day Project, a needlework tribute to “the mothers, daughters, wives and lovers – the female members of the Coalition forces who died in service to their country while … Read More ...
Easy on-point setting
QuiltWoman‘s Straight to the Point quilt patterns let you sew your quilt blocks in a straight set and then, with a bit of courage and a deft trick, convert them to an on-point setting. Brilliant! Find out more.… Read More ...
Free pattern with love from Nini
Joan Gorman of Nini Makes blog is sharing her “tweet” original embroidery design through the month of February. Go to Joan’s blog to get the free pattern.… Read More ...
Moondance giveaway
Fabric designer Jenean Morrison is putting on a monster giveaway: six stacks of 14 fat quarters each from her new Moondance line for FreeSpirit. The winners will be drawn at random on February 11. Go to Jeanean’s blog to … Read More ...
Beautiful experiment: Quilted house
In preparation for entering the Redlands Art Association Mini Multi Media show, Candy of Candied Fabrics blog built this little quilted dwelling. She says this project was an experiment in which she taught herself the construction methods she will need … Read More ...
Free pattern: Prick-and-stitch valentine
DJ of Prick and Stitch Is My Craft blog is sharing the pattern for this sweet stitched-on-paper valentine. She says it’s easy! Get the pattern.… Read More ...
Giveaway: Goodies from Mary’s stash
This month’s stash giveaway at Mary Corbet‘s Needle ‘n’ Thread blog includes Helen M. Stevens Embroidered Gardens and some stunning fibers and embellishments. The contest ends tomorrow – February 4 – at 5:00 a.m. Central USA time. So go … Read More ...
Giveaway at Bee Square
The busy bees over at Bee Square Fabrics are having another giveaway. This time, the prize is a half-yard of this boy-friendly Minny Muu fabric from Lecien. The winner will be chosen at random on February 9. Go to the … Read More ...
Heat up your valentine
Are you trying to come up with a thoughtful but not-too-mushy valentine gift for your child’s teacher or a woman friend? Make an embroidered wheat sack! The SWAK Embroidery Blog tells us,
… Read More ...Filled with wheat and a few drops of