Pokey Bolton, editor of Quilting Arts magazine and Quilting Arts Gifts, is sharing a free pattern and tutorial for a Stamped, Stenciled & Screened Wholecloth Christmas Tree Skirt. Delicious, and so generous. Thank you, Pokey! And thanks … Read More ...
Free pattern: Daisy Stars quilt
To celebrate receiving the Best Quilting Blog award from Cotton Spice e-zine for Patchwork Times, Judy Laquidara is sharing the pattern for her Daisy Stars quilt. Yea! Get the pattern.… Read More ...
Taking it on the road
Erika Kern of CraftStylish has some excellent advice for traveling with an embroidery project. See her blog post.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Multipurpose fabric flower
Erin Brumfield, winner of the CraftStylish Tote-ally Crafty Bag Challenge, has posted a tutorial for the fabric blooms she used on her winning bag. Erin notes that the flowers make sweet hair ornaments. I can think of at … Read More ...
Free pattern: Vintage sunbonnet gal
tipnut is sharing this sweet vintage embroidery pattern. See the instructions and get the download.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Twisted cord
A bit of delicate twisted cord is the perfect embellishment for so many needlework projects – to close a needlebook, hang a handmade ornament, finish a hand-stitched bookmark. You can make your own cord to match any color theme. kootoyou … Read More ...
Stitch a painting
Classic Cross Stitch is an online needlework store offering large, complex patterns for the advanced needleworker. The site’s home page says the patterns “are usually made from Classic Paintings and come in sizes ranging from small patterns of 125 x … Read More ...
Avant garde embroidery takes first prize at Hand & Lock
Maria Lavigina of Isreal took first place in the 2008 Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery. The Hand & Lock blog post says, “Maria presented an evening gown styled with a decorative belt, highly embellished with different embroidery techniques. The … Read More ...
New embroidery patterns from Lauren Brandy
Pimp Stitcher Lauren Brandy released two new (and very girly) pattern sets this week: Accessories and Tea for Two (shown here). Find out more.… Read More ...
Free pattern: CQ foundation piecing
Janet Stauffacher of Nostalic NeedleART blog is celebrating her birthday by sharing this awesome CQ foundation block. She says, “Print this block directly onto computer printer fabric or freezer paper backed fabric with your inkjet printer, then use it as … Read More ...
Testimonial for CQ Success Strips
I received a note from reader Carolyn Phillips, sharing this interesting news:
… Read More ...Robbie Fields is the creator of the most wonderful templates (called Success Strips) for embellishing seam lines and other areas in crazy quilt projects. The templates
Eye candy from Sara Lechner
Fiber-arts innovator Sara Lechner has a new book coming out in October. Faces, Sara says in her blog, “is a gallery book with 144 pages of pictures of my work…You can already preorder it at the publishing company (MARO Verlag) … Read More ...
flickr find: Pixie Blossoms
One description of Zee Longenecker is that she’s a stay-at-home-mom of young children who lives in northern Arizona. Another is that she’s originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the creative force known as Pixie Blossoms; and an award-winning photographer.… Read More ...
Design your own cheater cloth
Amy of Angry Chicken blog came up with an original design for cheater cloth–a quilting-ready pattern that mimics patchwork. And she used Spoonflower to produce her fabric.
“I decided to design a cheater cloth,” Amy says on her blog, “partly … Read More ...
Tutorial: Dangling pin cushion
Kristin Roach of Craft Leftovers blog is sharing a nifty idea for a pin cushion. Her version is a little cube of nine-patch blocks with a strap. She can get it out of the way by hanging it on her … Read More ...
