This awesome needle art, Messy Table Cloth, was conceived by Polish designers AZEdesign and stitched by women at the BERDO craft women’s group. A post on dezeen design magazine offers this explanation from the designers: “The MESSY project brings … Read More ...
Discover WeaveZine
WeaveZine is a new, free, online magazine about all things weaving. The third issue, Fall 2008, is available now. Topics include “Weaving on an Inkle Loom” by Ruth Temple, “Scandinavian Tape Looms” by Grace Hatton, “Pacific-Northwest Kente”… Read More ...
Are you stitching along?
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint blog has posted instructions for the second block in her Celebrate – Come Stitch with Me project. See the latest block. And if this is the first you’ve heard about the project, it’s … Read More ...
You can teach it!
Instructables: The World’s Biggest Show and Tell is sponsoring a Craft Skills Contest. Put together a tutorial and submit it to Instructables, and you could win not only crafty fame but also some nifty prizes. The call for entries … Read More ...
Doll quilts to die for
Doll Quilt Swap 4 is rockin, and the entries showing up in the flickr pool make for some great leisure-time browsing. Take a look at the creativity and artistry that’s possible in this small format. Amazing.
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Labeling your quilt
Judie Bellingham, quilting editor at BellaOnline, has posted a great article about the importance of labeling your quilt. She offers ideas for how to design and create labels, including “time capsules” of waterproof paper that can be hidden … Read More ...
New colors from Nicki Lee
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 ...
Dozens of tips for needlepointers
Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint blog has posted a list of 52 handy tips for needlepoint enthusiasts. First on the list: “If steel needles discolor your hands, switch to a gold-plated needle.” Number 48: “Keep from losing your needle … Read More ...
Tutorial: Reverse-applique t-shirt
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 ...
Tutorial: Voodoo dude
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 ...
flickr find: avo’ m
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 ...
Tutorial: Heart o’ Daisy by Jon Yusoff
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 ...
Nancy Zieman pattern giveaway
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 ...
Casting some light on the subject
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 ...
Free quilt pattern: Sparkling Sampler
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 ...
