Rosa of My Little Stitches created this fab stumpwork portrait of Lady Gaga. The details are fantastic, right down to a tiny Fimo microphone and fishnet stockings. Rosa even found a way to work a little bit of herself into the piece. That is my hair there – I cut it off in a hungover […]
Every year we, the editors and authors here on Craftzine, scour the interwebs for cool gift ideas, all with a crafty bent. Certain themes almost always make the gift guide schedule — sewing, crafts for kids, eco-crafting — but there aren’t enough days in the winter season to cover all our vast and varied interests. […]
Lasers + crafts = awesome. This laser-cut dachshund does an excellent job of holding embroidery floss!
My husband is a huge fan of The Cure (no, really… we have lyrics from a Cure song engraved in our wedding bands), and I can’t wait to show him this rad embroidered Robert Smith Portrait pillow from Shannon Genova-Scudder, aka GigglyMama. Shannon has loads of incredible embroidered portraits of famous folks, but this Robert […]
Our resident space geek, Rachel Hobson, poured her heart into this magnificent embroidery piece depicting the highly-textured surface of the moon, and it really shows. She entered the piece in NASA and Etsy’s Space Craft Contest in hopes that it might win and have the opportunity to fly in space. Her embroidery didn’t make it […]
Artist Nick DeFord uses a lot of maps and embroidery. I really dig the subtle texture on the one above, titled “Lost.”
The Purl Bee has rounded up their crochet and embroidered projects that you can start now to make in time for the holidays. I love these colorful granny square slippers! Also, check back on their previous post on projects for knit and sewn gifts.
