Needle Work

Anne of casserole blog tipped us off to an excellent tutorial by Mimi Kirchner for creating a beautifully simple felt rose. These roses would look as beautiful on Anne’s felt brooches (hint) as they do on Mimi’s famous dolls. See … Read More ...

Sara Franklin at ThreadBangers walks us step-by-step through the process of making a simple fusible applique without a pattern. These are tried-and-true instructions with unlimited applications. Look at the tute and the video, and dream up your own garment … Read More ...

Inspire: Free Online Craft & Decorating Magazine.

This craft resource rocks, and it’s free. What could be better?

A note from reader Karen said, “I came across this free monthly online magazine based in australia. There is a … Read More ...

Young printmaker Lizzy House is about to emerge as a textile artist with Andover’s production of her first fabric line, LizzyDish. This isn’t her first art venture; but it’s the first that we can actually buy, cut up, and … Read More ...

Look (at left) what Rosalie Quinlan is giving away over on her blog:

The name of this pattern in ‘December’s Flight’.  The pattern includes a punch-needle picture, two christmas stockings with Christmas stitchery and a blanket stitched applique cushion.

Three … Read More ...

Chloe Findlay-Harder of Tangled Thread blog has posted a tidbit that newbies will love and oldbies will be glad to be reminded of: Many cross-stitch patterns can be used for needlepoint! Chloe gives cautions and suggestions in her blog post… Read More ...

Quilting Gallery is sponsoring a new contest. Just e-mail a photo of your latest quilting project (even if it’s unfinished). You stand to win an adorable quilted wall hanging or some delicious fat quarters. Get all the details.

Contest … Read More ...

ThreadBanger blog is having a hefty giveaway – one Janome sewing machine, and one Janome serger!

ThreadBanger says,

Here’s how to win:

1. To win the Janome Sewing Machine, send in your best on camera plea as to why you

To celebrate her birthday and the grand opening of her new online store, Heather Bailey is giving away patterns for this sweet fabric brooch. Heather’s blog says, “All orders received from Tues, August 12th through Weds, August 13th at 11:59pm … Read More ...

Lilly Campbell has posted a divine tutorial for making a t-shirt quilt. The post is her farewell to CraftStylish as she heads off to college. It’s hard to believe this quilt (and this writing!) comes from one so young. … Read More ...

A great tutorial for making small tassels is posted on MSN’s Needle Tatting Two group. Thanks, y’all! I needed that.

And thanks to Noreen at Hankering for Yarn blog for the heads-up. As Noreen points out, even though the … Read More ...

Fern Treacy, editor of Australia-based CraftBlog, is offering her first free embroidery pattern, this sweet Twirly Birdy. Get the pattern. (And please remember that it’s licensed for personal use only.)

Many thanks to whip up blog for … Read More ...

Jennifer Stern of CraftStylish walks us through using an embroidery machine to create beautiful papers – similar to those gorgeous, exotic, imported ones, but even better because we get to choose the designs. Read all about it in Jennifer’s post… Read More ...