This freebie design from the Kreinik website for a Black Magic Butterfly could be easily included on a crazy quilt block by using waste canvas or as part of needlework sampler. Check it out its nicer than the run of the mill freebies.
It’s the last day of the month and as regular readers of this blog know I have been making a journal postcard in fabric every month for the 6 x 4 lives project. This fabric postcard is a little sampler based on some of the charted designs Pam Kellog of …
Needlework and Embroidery Scissors is a brief article which offers some advice on choosing scissors for hand embroidery. Starting off Using the Loop Method is as the title says directions on how to start a thread using this method. It works for most thread where the direction of the most …
Bhavani of Needlecraft has started a series of illustrated tutorials and details on Huck embroidery. Huck and pattern darning is a form of even weave embroidery which has always fascinated me as it is so simple yet produces some wonderful patterning. If you are interested in exploring this form of …
I am up at some ungodly hour because today is Eves big day and we are waiting for Annie Whitsed of Annies Crazy World to call as she is going to give us a lift to the airport as Jerry is away returning on Thursday. I did however dig out …
Years ago I taught the young stitchers group at the Canberra Embroiderers Guild and I developed a habit of being on the look out for projects that could be adapted for children. I came across this cute pattern would be more than suitable for adult and child alike. It could …
A couple of weeks back I pointed to Squidoo. Discovering this was fatal I am afraid, as I have been going through bookmarks, this blog and doing a few extra searches and building a couple of my own squidoo link sites. The idea behind a Squidoo list, or what they …
