Needle Work

DMC Threads recently launched a fantastic thread pack inspired by the colour palettes used in Faye Whittaker’s All Our Yesterdays designs. Each pack contains 15 skeins of cotton, plus a design booklet with free charts and an alphabet to stitch. … Read More ...

Marjolein Bastin is a well known illustrator with a gift shop dedicated to her in the Netherlands which was opened in 2001 by her daughter Sanna.

Marjoleins work appears all over the globe with Lanarte turning her illustrations into beautiful … Read More ...

 ‘Bright Ideas’ Giveaway from The Daylight Company and The World of Cross Stitching

Worth over £299!

Three lucky readers will win an Ultimate Table Top Lamp (D21037) worth £99.95. Perfect for stitchers, it has a craft tray, a chart holder, … Read More ...

Cross stitching.com has teamed up with Coats Crafts UK to give away 100 Kit & Canvas Collection 2007 catalogues. Inside each one you’ll find the most stunning cross stitch designs of the year. For information on Coats products visit www.coatscrafts.co.uk … Read More ...

Wimble Bee’s slogan is “For people who love needlecraft”  and apart from their fun website design they have some great kits at great prices. It’s quite a one stop shop for needlework including kits, fabric, threads and charms and … Read More ...

Ok,  I can’t tell you anything about him as the only info I have is from his blog and you can read that much yourself.

So why am I blogging about “the bent needle blog” because it’s a cross-stitch blog … Read More ...

Well who doesn’t like a sale and especially one that’s offering upto 50% off items.

Here is a collection of online stores that are currently offering 50% off Kit’s and the like.

If your looking at picking up a bargain … Read More ...

16th November 2007 – 18th November 2007
Stitch & Creative Crafts Show – Doncaster Racecourse, Doncaster
Join the exhibitors at this great show to talk about all things stitch related from cross-stitch and tapestry to ribboncraft. To learn more go … Read More ...

Christmas cards are exchanged, hung on strings, card holders, trees and displayed on bench tops around the world so why shouldn’t we make them just that little bit nicer than a cardboard mass produced card.

Cross-stitch cards are fun … Read More ...

johnsoncrafts.co.uk is giving a free mini kit with every order while stocks last.… Read More ...

I must admit I was not aware of this show until one of my readers asked me about it. The information is a little vague and the site design isn’t exactly doing it justice but it’s the needlework content that … Read More ...

Hello Cowgirl, need a new belt buckle? then how about a needlework buckle kit.

They are around $70 for each kit, making them quite expensive if you just want to play, but they really are beautiful and a great … Read More ...

Dancingvioletdesigns.com has some free Christmas Designs that are worth a mention as they are firstly free, and secondly great little projects that won’t take up much time.

Christmas Tree Ornament

Round Ornament 1707

Round Ornament 1708

Nativity Figure

Looking for … Read More ...