Embroidery Stitches by M.E. Wilkinson is available online free at the Internet Archive. I selected to download it as PDF file but you can view this book via a number of options. It is 216 pages of embroidery stitches illustrated by drawings. Published in 1912 as with any book of …
Coats & Clark’s Needlecraft Centre hosts numerous (the site claims hundreds) of free patterns that you can embroider, sew, quilt, knit and crochet. For instance in the hand embroidery section they have free projects, instructional material and feature articles. Recently in their feature articles they have published some cutwork embroidery …
Threads Magazine has published very easy directions on how to rust dye cloth. It is a very beautiful technique which has been covered simply and concisely by Ariel Price. So do check out How to Make One-of-a-Kind Fabric
Over on Pat Winter’s Gatherings Pat has published a step by step illustrated tutorial on how to make tube beads These are quick, cheap and easily made. My daughter was taught how to do them when she was about 8 or 9 years old, so they are even suitable as a craft …
A step by step video tutorial of flying geese block construction was discovered in my bookmarks (yes, I am having a clean out). Anyone interested in scrap quilts or stash busting will find this old tried and true quilt pattern useful.
Tip Nut has run an article on How to Clean Needlework Over on Freda’s Hive there is a tutorial for making a Doll house Pot Holder which looks like a good stash busting project. For another stash busting project this tutorial from Craft stylish on How to sew a fabric …
After featuring a Fargo rose on some of my crazy quilt blocks, a reader, asked me to write instructions on how work one, so here is a tutorial! This sample of a Fargo Rose is worked using 7mm silk ribbon. First bring you needle through to the front of the fabric. …
