Our good friend and contributor, Julie Jackson of Subversive Cross Stitch, stitched the cover for this past weekend’s Parade Magazine that goes out in most Sunday newspapers. She has a really cool animation of how the piece came together. It’s awesome to see the stitches slowly grow across the fabric and end up as the […]
Charley Harper is one of my favorite artists. His animal lithographs are breath-taking, yet I can’t afford to wallpaper my walls in them as I would like. Apartment Therapy included the above in a round-up of rad cross-stitch patterns, and it’s the perfect way to include such a talented artist into your home’s decor. I […]
For Emily Roose’s Masters in Graphic Design thesis project, she created a series of cross-stitch samplers based on big news stories. I juxtaposed content that is extremely fast and ephemeral (breaking news stories) with a very slow and archival medium (cross stitch). I wanted to see how this transference of medium affects the message of […]
I love doing embroidery so much, but I always seem to get stuck when it comes to finishing and framing my work. I’ve read countless tutorials and tips for framing it in a way that preserves the piece, but I like to add to my arsenal of techniques whenever I can. This tutorial from Brenda […]
I love this simple decorative technique from Martha Stewart for jazzing up plain glassware. Of course, the stitcher in me is smitten with the cross-stitch designs, but the same technique could be used for all kinds of designs. See how it’s done over on Martha’s web stie.
Danielle of Thompson Family-Life created this gorgeous cross-stitch peg board and shares the basics of how she made it. She was inspired by a design from a vintage needlearts book and freehanded it on to the board. A couple of years ago, I did my own version of stitched peg board, but Danielle’s blows it […]
I’m a bit obsessed with painting my nails (I blame Brookelynn and her beautiful manicures that show up in all her projects), but I’ve yet to make the move into nail art. This cross-stitch manicure from The Daily Nail might just change that. [via Jess B on Pinterest]
