If you’ve been wanting to try your hand at thread sketching, Deborah Schlegel of Art Threads has the perfect tutorial for you. She explains a basic thread-sketch project to get you started. See the tute.
Art, patterns and techniques
If you’ve been wanting to try your hand at thread sketching, Deborah Schlegel of Art Threads has the perfect tutorial for you. She explains a basic thread-sketch project to get you started. See the tute.

If floral patterns aren’t quite your style, this free foliage embroidery pattern is a beautiful alternative. Leafy botanical designs have such an easy elegance about them, and they work especially well on knitwear, bags, scarves, and other accessories.
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Query:
What has happend to About.com? I used to follow their three needlepoint blogs, and there hasn’t been a post since July and no word about why . . .
Hi, Renda! I don’t have any insider knowledge about About.com. I think all of their guides publish contact info on their blogs. If you contact your favorite editors and find out something, I hope you’ll come back and share.
Denise