Art, patterns and techniques
Sponsored by NICHE magazine, the annual NICHE Awards competition celebrates excellence and innovation in American and Canadian craft.
Categories include Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood, Jewelry, Home Furnishings, Judaica, Recycled, Teapots and many more. Two new categories have been added … Read More ...
Iris Niebach has posted a tutorial for tatting around a wire – a useful technique for making tatted jewelry and other projects that need a bit of stiffness and shaping. See the video.… Read More ...
Pat Winter has put together the Comfort Doll Project, an initiative to place tiny, beautiful, handmade dolls in the hands of women who have experienced abuse.
Pat says on her blog, “I know some may think making dolls to … Read More ...
WoooHOOO! Pimp Stitch is giving away a rockin’ stitching kit! Included are “a full fat quater of osnaburg fabric, 4 colors of floss, an embroidery needle and a super cute staight pin for pinning your pattern to your fabric for … Read More ...
Gina Brummett of Threads of a Tatting Goddess blog produced this beautiful beaded amulet bag for Stitch Pink, a breast-cancer-awareness project. You can get in the running to win the bag by commenting on this Stitch Pink post before … Read More ...
Iris Niebach of The Tattingplayer blog has posted some great home-grown ideas for preventing the aches and pains that come with long hours of needlework. Two of her suggestions:
ElectricQuilt.com is sponsoring a “mouse hunt.” You have until August 31 to find and report images of the mascot mouse hidden throughout the site. Prizes include quilting books and designs, so it’s time to get hunting! Find out more.… Read More ...
Here’s another fine tutorial from Deepa Balagopal. This time, she’s teaching us Pachis work, an Indian embroidery technique used for borders and seams. Be sure to read the related post, too.… Read More ...
Diane Gilleland at CraftyPod has come up with a simple way to turn a pin cushion into a pin sharpener: stuff it with steel wool! See her step-by-step guide.
Thanks to whipup blog for the link!… Read More ...
Snippety Gibbet, an elementary art teacher in Virginia, teaches embroidery techniques to kids starting in kindergarten. This charming example was produced by a five year old. You can read about her teaching approach and see more examples of kids’ … Read More ...
Want to make your needlework light up, make noise, or control machinery? Soft circuits are the answer.
Jenny Chowdhury of BurdaStyle has reviewed a Soft Circuits Workshop taught at NYU by Kate Hartman. The student work is remarkable and … Read More ...
Allison Ann Aller used cast-on stitch to create this beautiful interpretation of laburnum for her floral crazy-quilt masterpiece. This stitch is new to me, and I’m so happy to discover it! Thank you, Allie!
As Allie points out, you can … Read More ...
Amy at LucyKate Crafts blog has posted an excellent tutorial for making this precious jam topper. Best of all, Amy says it’s really easy to make. Check it out.
Thanks to Natalie Zee Drieu of Craftzine.com for the link.… Read More ...
Make or bid on these mini quilts joyfully, not only because they are lovely little works of art but also because the proceeds benefit Alzheimer’s research. I can’t do a better job of describing this worthy project than Michaela Murphy… Read More ...
The winners of PieceWork Magazine‘s 2008 Pincushion Contest, Excellence in Needle Arts Awards, were announced in the July/August issue, which was released July 8. You can view the winners, honorable mentions, and other lovely entries on line, too.… Read More ...
