Sublime Stitching has just released four new packs of patterns just in time for some summer stitching. There are two new artist series packs, Including a new set by illustrator, Carson Ellis. Ellis’ work was previously featured in the special limited edition set of The Decemberists patterns. Fans of The Decemberists will recognize Ellis’ work […]
Nice story about the Open Source Embroidery exhibition and movement over on Wired.com: The movement brings together knitters, embroiderers and quilters who see parallels between the way they create their crafts and how open source software creators share their ideas. At the BildMuseet (art museum) at Umeå University in Sweden, an exhibition — also called […]
Flickr user JerryLeeTypes has a clever collection of embroidered images. The safety bike above reminds me of some of the pictures Danny was lasering onto books a few months ago. He also has some other great products in his Embroidery set, and there are some other cool projects in the Real Men Sew and Manbroidery […]
I’m pretty laid back about how the back of my hand embroidery work looks, but there are times when an unnoticed slip knot can actually distort how the front of the work looks. Mary from Needle ‘N Thread has a handy tutorial on how to repair a slip knot if you weren’t lucky enough to […]
One of the most eye-catching booth displays at Maker Faire came from The National NeedleArts Association. Their oversized knitting and embroidery props were not only fun to see, but were actually fully functional, too! This video captures the folks from TNNA working with students who visited Maker Faire and were able to actually stitch on […]
I’ve seen several versions of hand embroidered notebook paper and handwriting, but I’m still quite smitten with this sweet, simple embroidered love note from katie.cupcake. What I love even more is the location where she decided to hang it … above her toilet in the bathroom. I always forget about decorating the bathroom, but what […]
The San Mateo Area Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America was at Maker Faire last weekend with a fascinating project. They brought 24 crazy quilt blocks and encouraged folks to stop by and hand embroider on them, with their goal of having one thousand hands work on the quilt. Over the weekend, they had […]
