Hand embroidery on paper is one of my favorite projects, but sometimes the stitching comes out looking a bit too wonky, even for a hand-crafted project. New House Project shares a brilliant trick for making perfect hand stitches on cardstock.
The Floss Box is hosting an online weekly Summer Stitch School, teaching special embroidery stitches. I especially love the samplers at the end of each lesson. They are such a cool way to see variations of a stitch all in one place. [via Feeling Stitchy]
This sailing polar bear embroidery pattern tickles my imagination. I first fell in love with it when Nicole first posted about it on Twitter, and now there’s a pattern for it! (I wondered if it was a parable about climate change, but it turns out that she was just thinking how awesome a sailing polar […]
Since we recently moved and undertook a massive home renovation, I haven’t had much time to do my favorite craft of all: embroidery. Seeing these beautiful samplers from Craftster user, knohe, makes me really ache to pull out my hoop and floss. Simple rows of embroidery stitches make such a beautiful wall hanging, and are […]
I love the gorgeous fabrics and even more gorgeous embroidered birds from the Birdseeker Project by Sami Teasdale of Teasemade. Her most recent blog post, on an incredible embroidered self-portrait made on a fabric-covered radiotherapy shell, explains her connection to birds through her time dealing with salivary gland cancer. The story adds even more depth […]
I love these whimsical tie embroidery patterns from Mollie of Wild Olive. They are perfect for Father’s Day, and could even be stitched on paper to create a really special Father’s Day card. Download the free patterns over on her blog.
Last month, I posted about Brett Bara’s awesome embroidered eggshell tutorial. She’s followed up by sharing this video about a French artist named Annie Garcin who creates amazing embroidered eggs. Like me, she does use a Dremel tool to pre-drill tiny holes in the egg shell for the actual embroidery. But rather than cut an […]
