Needle Work

Nicki Lee of Nicki Lee’s RavioLee Dreams is onto something new. She just produced her first batch of yellow and orange hand-dyed laces, and they’re luscious. Go look.… Read More ...

Jennifer Stern of CraftStylish has the best ideas! I always get excited when I see a new tutorial from Jennifer, and her latest is a knock-out. She has come up with a simple way to use your home embroidery machine … Read More ...

I was poking around on flickr (a new addiction), and I stumbled across the photo stream of Niamh, goddess of Urban Threads. Actually, I stumbled across this little voodoo dude and fell in love with him; and when … Read More ...

Meri of Porto, Portugal, designs and makes these wickedly awesome bags of Portuguese linen and embroiders them with a kind of baker’s twine. Her handcrafting efforts began only three years ago – gifts and then sales to friends and family. … Read More ...

Jon Yusoff‘s new tatting-pattern site, Jon’s Pattern Page, is just bursting with tatty goodness. Case in point: this precious Heart o’ Daisy pattern. The pattern is free for personal use. See Jon’s blog for the tute.… Read More ...

Sewforless.com‘s latest Free Embroidery Stuff giveaway is a copy of Nancy Zieman’s Two in One Embroideries. Sewforless notes of these machine-embroidery patterns, “Two in One Embroideries…offers foolproof positioning—design and placement outline are merged into one embroidery.” Cool! To … Read More ...

Nicole of Sister’s Choice Quilts has found a handy needlework accessory that I don’t think I can live without. The Bendable Bright Light is a tiny, high-intensity task light that you can attach to your sewing, embroidery, or serging machine. … Read More ...

Gayle of Sentimental Stitches is sharing a free pattern for her Sparkling Sampler quilt. She developed the pattern for a foundation-piecing class, and the downloadable file includes a foundation pattern for each block. Get the pattern.… Read More ...

Mary Ray of Craftstylish has posted a tute for a quilting staple, the pinwheel block, that will satisfy even the most nervous newbie. See the tutorial. And while you’re there, take a look at the dupioni jacket Mary pieced, … Read More ...

Sewtakeahike blog has posted a top-notch tutorial for making fabric labels for your fabric projects with an inkjet printer and a prepackaged fabric sheet. This rocks! Go see!

And thanks to Michelle Kempner of Craftzine.com for pointing out this … Read More ...

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 ...