This month’s free cross-stitch chart from Shakespeare’s Peddler is this sweet lighthouse teapot. The graph comes free with any order placed in July. Get all the details.… Read More ...
Free kitty chart
The chart for this cute little kitty is available free from Cross-stitching.com. Download it here.… Read More ...
Try this color widget
Janet Perry at Nuts About Needlepoint found another cool widget and, of course, has come up with a needlework application for it. Input an image or URL into pic2color, and the tool generates a palette of swatches of the … Read More ...
Make your own iron-on transfers
Alicia in Hawaii has posted an excellent tutorial for creating iron-on embroidery transfers using a hot-iron transfer pen or pencil.… Read More ...
Free vintage patterns at Pattern Bee
Download traceable vintage embroidery patterns from Pattern Bee‘s freebies page.… Read More ...
Free projects at Fibre&Stitch
Sue Bleiweiss‘s quarterly digital magazine, Fibre&Stitch, is easy to love and easy to buy. And the site offers a terrific bonus: tutorials for more than 30 free projects. The instructions for circle stitching, alone, may have saved … Read More ...
Inspiration: Margie Deeb
I get a little thrill every time I see Margie Deeb‘s colorful, exciting, innovative bead embroidery. You can see an artist profile of Margie and examples of her work in a June 5 post by Cyndi on Jewelry and … Read More ...
Free embroidery designs at Needlecrafter.com
If you already know about Needlecrafter.com, then you’re already used to the abundance of embroidery resources available from the site. If not, you are going to love it – especially the library of free embroidery patterns.… Read More ...
The trick to printing needlepoint canvas on an Inkjet printer
Judy Heim‘s tutorial has been available for several years; but if you haven’t yet tried printing needlepoint canvases with your home printer, her advice will be fresh and new to you. One of the most important problems to overcome … Read More ...
Thermofax screen printing on quilt cottons
A recent article (without byline) on the Quilting Arts blog shows how to create unique quilt fabric by screen printing. The technique itself isn’t new, of course, but the process for producing the screen seems simpler and much less messy … Read More ...
Four new design packs at Sublime Stitching
Sublime Stitching has just published four rockin’ new sets of embroidery designs: Sexy Librarians, Emily Martin, Vital Organs, and Dutch Russian. (A sampling of Vital Organs is shown here.) For US $3.50 (US $4.50 for Emily … Read More ...
SRE stitch tutorial: Fargo rose
JO in NZ has posted an excellent tutorial for creating the Fargo rose, a silk-ribbon embroidery staple. Thanks to Lisa at Ivory Blush Roses for the link.… Read More ...
Inspiration: Susan Lenz
Oh. My. Goodness. Look at this new work by Susan Lenz. Peacock Boxes is fibers, feathers, and free-motion machine embroidery. The finished piece is 30 inches by 52 inches–a substantial work, indeed. You can read a bit about it … Read More ...
New web ring for embroidery
A Creative Embroidery web ring is getting started on RingSurf. Whether you’d like to join or you just want to follow along, you can learn more about it on the RingSurf site.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Weaving on a cardboard loom
Diane Gilleland proves that you don’t need fancy equipment to produce basic, beautiful weaving. See her excellent tutorial on Craftsylish for creating a loom from a piece of cardboard and using it to weave a simple fabric.… Read More ...
