Remember the adorable soft-sculpture/quilted tea cups by Jodie of Ric-Rac blog? The adventure continues as Jodie’s tea cup morphs into a tea pot! Some little girl you know needs a soft-sculpture tea set for Christmas. See the post.… Read More ...
Crafting for a Cause: Diabetes ornament tree
Patty of Pip Stitch woke me up to a charitable needlework opportunity that is based right here in my home state. The Busy Needle of Rogers, Arkansas, sponsors an ornament tree each year to benefit local diabetes charities. The shop’s … Read More ...
Free chart: Mitered Florentine ornament
Judy of FREEBIES, etc.! blog is sharing the pattern for this beautiful mitered Florentine Christmas ornament. Get the chart.
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy or check out these Pattern books on Amazon.
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Free pattern: Little house embroidery
Craft Pudding is sharing her original embroidery pattern for a sweet little house. Get the pattern. And be sure to bookmark the Free Embroidery Patterns section of her blog.
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Funky plastic canvas from Japan
Sister Diane of CraftyPod continues her love affair with plastic canvas. This time, she’s sharing with us some eye-popping options from a Japanese craft book. “Light-years from what I’ve seen in U.S. books in terms of sophistication,” Diane says, “Albeit … Read More ...
Meet Amy Butler
Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood of Craft Sanity has posted an excellent podcast interview with fabric designer Amy Butler. You can find the links on Jennifer’s blog. And be sure to scroll down for information about some awesome Amy Butler giveaways.… Read More ...
Video tutorial: Curved binding
Mishka of Quilting Gallery found some great YouTube videos by Sharon Schamber on binding quilts with curved edges, and she has posted them on her blog. See the tutes.… Read More ...
Giveaway: Mini sweet rolls
You’ll definitely want to enter Bee Square blog’s current giveaway for a Moda mini sweet roll in Spring Magic or Aviary. To get in the running, just comment on her blog post, telling whether you’re planning to vote tomorrow. … Read More ...
Free needlepoint font from Barbara Bergsten
Barbara Bergsten of Create Needlepoint blog is sharing the Veranda font for needlepoint, along with some tips for adding text to your designs. Get the font.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Embroidered napkins
Mary Ray of CraftStylish shows us how to make custom cloth napkins to spice up our holiday table settings. See the tutorial.… Read More ...
Tutorial: X-sashing square
Judy Laquidara of Patchwork Times teaches us to make the X-sashing square block. She swears it’s easy, and her tutorial bears her out. See the lesson.… Read More ...
Get into the Guild…on line!
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint is sharing the news that the American Needlepoint Guild now has an Internet chapter! If there’s no guild chapter in your neighborhood or it’s hard for you to get out to a live meeting, … Read More ...
Free patterns: Snowmen cross-stitch ornaments
Get the pattern for these sweet snowmen now and stitch them up to dangle on your Christmas tree this season. Designed by Ursula Michael for Zweigart Design Bank and available now on FreePatterns.com.
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Alexander Henry giveaway
Run over to Pretty Ditty blog right now and enter to win a yard of any Alexander Henry fabric in the shop. The contest closes November 7. See the rules.… Read More ...
More on Japanese silk thread
Carol-Anne Conway of Threads Across the Web is sharing a second lesson in the twists and turns of embroidering with Japanese flat silk. See the article.… Read More ...
