Search results for Needlework

What’s the Difference Between Cross Stitch, Blackwork, Redwork, and Surface Embroidery?

If you’ve ever wandered into the world of needlework and immediately felt like everyone else got handed a secret glossary, you’re not alone. One minute you’re admiring a pretty sti...

Teatime & Cross-Stitch

Photography by Jim Bathie • Styling by Courtni Bodiford • Food Styling by Vanessa Rocchio • Recipe Development by Izzie Turner Invite fellow needlework enthusiasts to a wonderful a...

How to Do Lattice Filling in Hand Embroidery for Beautiful Textured Shapes

If you’ve been looking at decorative embroidery stitches and wondering how stitchers create that beautiful criss-cross filled effect inside leaves, petals, and shaped motifs, latti...

Book Review: The Hand Stitching Handbook by Brodie Ermias

If you love the quiet, calming side of sewing, then The Hand Stitching Handbook is the kind of craft book that will probably catch your eye straight away. It has that warm, practic...

Kimono Needle Roll Review – A Clever Sewing Project for Organizing Knitting Needles

This Kimono Needle Roll project on CraftBits is one of those wonderfully practical craft ideas that also manages to look really pretty at the same time. Inspired by the shape and s...

FANCIFUL FLIGHT FEE NEE

 Fanciful FlightRobin Pickens Cross Stitch28ct Seaglass Soft cashel from Colour and Cottonall threads Colour and Cotton from stash

My First Needle Felt Miniatures

 Hello everyone,How are you all? I hope you are doing well. It has been a little while since my last post, but I have been quite busy working on new miniatures, preparing for the D...

Quilt Works in Progress May 2026 + Midsummer Collection Cross Stitch Designs

Simple Ribbon Embroidery Flowers for Beginners

Ribbon embroidery has a way of looking far more complicated than it really is. That soft, dimensional finish can make even the simplest flower look beautifully detailed, which is e...

Last Year's Workshop Finishes!

We took a moment on the porch with Debbie's Bitter Bees to share the results and finishes from last year's Spanish Rose applique workshop!I know applique is not for everyone.  I, m...

"That is a duck Miss Bennet" Embroidered Pin Badge

How to embroider a pin badge with the Mr Hayward’s duck drawing from The Other Bennet Sister TV show

Tatting Lacy Collar Review – A Delicate Vintage Tatting Project for Patient Makers

This tatting lacy collar project on CraftBits has a very classic, heirloom feel to it. The pattern uses Coats Chain Mercer-Crochet No. 40, a tatting shuttle, and creates a collar w...

Designer Spotlight: Mood Stitching

Mood Stitching is a rather small Etsy shop based in Thailand, bu the detail and specialties of the shop really caught my eye and made me want to share it.  One of the biggest categ...

Whip stitch

My sister Janet asked me to send her some photos of whip stitch so that she could see how my quilt blocks are joined together. I've been holding two right sides together, whip stit...

5 Free Rose Corner Embroidery Patterns for Handkerchiefs and Linens

There is just something timeless about a rose embroidery corner. Maybe it is because these little floral corners feel so beautifully old-fashioned. They remind me of embroidered ha...

Solving A Puzzle

 On Saturday, a friend of mine handed me an old, crocheted coat hanger cover and asked me if I knew how it was done. Mmm, no. I said I'd have a go at figuring it out. It was easy t...

Get Inspired by Three-Dimensional Cross Stitch Projects

Sirious Stitches does a lot of great deep dives into different cross stitching techniques and genres, and I’m so glad they do because it sometimes opens my eyes up to things that I...

WOOHOOOOOOOO!

All Manner of ThingShepherd's Bush32ct hand dyed linenWeeks Dye Works Overdyed Threads

Learn About Different Kinds of Cross Stitch Needles

I will admit that when I want to do a cross stitch pattern, I don’t really pay attention to the size of the needle, or even the kind of needle, that I’m using. I generally grab wha...

BUNNY HOP NEEDLE HOLDERS | with Karen

What I love about crafting is that it can sometimes solve problems in unexpected ways. My problem - I am always losing my hand sewing needles. The real problem is that I share th...

‘Sashiko’ needlework artisan says craft is about 'the stories behind the stitching'

In a new book, a third-generation craftsman explores how the origins of his art are at risk of being lost in an upswell of popularity.

Designer Spotlight: Mariana Gonclaves ART

The cross stitch designs from Mariana Gonclaves ART often feel like little collections, fanciful samplers of books, dogs, butterflies and flowers. Let’s take a closer look.  The bi...

Free Shimmer of Petals Embroidery Pattern Review

This free embroidery flower pattern has a soft, delicate feel that would appeal to anyone who loves romantic floral stitching. The name alone sounds dreamy, and it feels like the k...

Designer Spotlight: Stitching 4 Seasons

Stitch 4 Seasons has a small but cute collection of cross stitch patterns that’s heavy on patriotic designs and samplers done in the form of cake stands.  Because that’s sort of a...