Niamh O’Connor at Urban Threads has an interesting angle on the recent phenomenon of skill badges. Rather than selling the badges, they’re selling (licensing?) the designs, enabling anyone with access to an embroidery machine to embroider their own badge or garment. She’s especially interested in targeting hackerspaces and is prepared to offer free designs to […]
Artist Jacob Magraw created a stunningly beautiful and intricate embroidered version of the famous “T” logo of the New York Times. My aunt Linnea does beautiful quilt squares, as does my wife Rachell. The layers of intention that can gather in such a slow process appeal to me. I’m in awe! I wish I could […]
Lauren Steeper (Sheffield, UK) has a cross-stitch game, Lottery Words, and I want to play! It is just the sort of highly ordered and yet completely unnecessary ritual that I love. And it combines crafting and words? So awesome! To start, she cut every word out of the dictionary and threw them in a jar. […]
I’ve got a whole drawer of wine corks in my studio that are just waiting for the right project to come along. And, thanks to this embroidered cork jewelry tutorial that Macedonia-based artist Maya Kuzman shared on the Etsy blog’s How-Tuesday series, I think I’ve finally found it! I love how vibrant and bright the […]
As someone who painstakingly designs cross-stitch patterns in Illustrator, I almost feel like I’m doing something wrong by telling you about MyPhotoStitches.com. But, when I saw it on on StitchPunk this morning, I new I had to try it out. Then, once I did, I knew I had to share it with you guys! The […]
We’re big fans of taking your stitchery to the next level with a little LED action, so I’m excited to see this new embroidery pattern from our gal, Haley. The sweet little jar of fireflies actually lights up! Get the pattern and information over on The Zen of Making. More: How-To: LED Embroidery @Craftzine.com blog […]
Incorporate your love of crafting into the lovely decor on your big day with this sweet idea by Juli Vaughn Designs, seen on Ruffled.
