A great post by Serena of Embroidery Treasures explains the upgrades in Bernina’s new 8 series that will most interest machine embroiderers and quilters. Most exciting: a jumbo hoop with an embroidery field of 16 inches by 10 inches, increased … Read More ...
Tutorial: Shisha embroidery
Shisha (meaning little glass in Hindi) is an Indian technique for embroidering small mirrors onto fabric. Joyful Abode blog posted a tutorial last February for applying this techique to spangles, with wonderful results. The directions are so clear and the … Read More ...
Create for Less goes bloggy
Create for Less online craft discount store has started a blog, Think CRAFTS! Even more exciting for me, it has a section devoted to needle arts. One of the first posts on this start-up is a great piece about … Read More ...
Learn ribbonwork from Helen Gibb
The latest issue of Ribbon Snips, the newsletter of Helen Gibb Ribbonwork, includes this exciting announcement:
… Read More ...Ribbon Retreat with Helen Gibb
Louisville, Colorado
October 3rd and 4th 2008
Learn how to use all styles of ribbons to
Free birthday-bears chart
This week’s free chart from The Chart Shop at Cross-stitching.com is this birthday scene of huggable bears, just right for celebrating a wee one’s special day. Download the chart.
… Read More ...Free pie!
The free vintage embroidery pattern of the week at doe-c-doe blog is this yummy little pie. Download the pattern.
… Read More ...Choosing the right sewing machine
The Purl Bee blog has posted some great guidance for choosing a sewing machine, with particular emphasis on quilters’ needs. If you’re likely to be shopping for a machine soon, be sure to read the blog post first.
… Read More ...Quilters: Get published!
Lark Books has scheduled publication of another in its “500 series”; this time, 500 Quilts. And you can submit your quilt for consideration! No entry fee is required. The submission deadline is October 24, 2008. Get all the details on … Read More ...
Discount on Bargello Revisited
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint blog is having a special hurt-book sale. She has seven copies of her book, Bargello Revisited, that were damaged slightly in shipping, and she’s offering them at a 20% discount. See Janet’s blog post … Read More ...
Options for floss storage
A post on Pimp Stitch blog made me think about the haphazard way I store some of my embroidery floss. So many cool tools are available! Pimp Stitch walks us through some of the popular and new options, and ponders … Read More ...
Quilting giveaway
Debi of Quilting with Debi blog is having an awesome giveaway in honor of her 200th blog post. You could win two Moda charm packs – Wee Play and Peek a Boo, the Q is for Quilt book, and two … Read More ...
Inspiration: Erratic Needle
Erratic Needle‘s felt butterfly brooches make me sing. Go see them.
… Read More ...Recycle sweaters into a quilt
This Instructables tute by Sun Moon Lake has been around a while, but I was glad TipNut reminded me of it in one of her recent blog posts. Use cast-off or thrifted sweaters as the raw material to piece a … Read More ...
Needleworkers: Represent!
You’ve probably seen posts in recent weeks about CraftGossip’s new flickr pool. If not, Hey! CraftGossip now has a flickr pool!
You can upload photos of your creations. And in your profile, you can let us know how to find … Read More ...
New tatting-pattern site
Tatter extraordinaire Jon Yusoff of Jon’s Thread Escapade has opened a new blog, Jon’s Pattern Page, to hold her free (for personal use) tatting patterns and tutorials. Her latest tute shows how to add a corner to a facing-rings … Read More ...