Are you a creative woman? Do you like to expand your craft techniques? It is very interesting to consider needlework embroidery not only an ancient craft but also a very important technique for your craft ideas.

On the Hobbyfarms web site there is a very interesting articles with an introduction to the needlepoint history, the meaning of embroidery, how to start to learn embroidery and the importance of embroidery kits.

Source: www.hobbyfarms.com

Did you think that the beautiful nightgowns with hand embroidered lace would remain for a long time in the trunk of your grandmother? Did you ever believe that girls of today would appreciate the old lace and embroidery adapted to the modern lingerie? To begin the revivel of the ancient Sicilian tradition of the hand  embroidery trousseau,  Dolce & Gabbana , the most famous Italian fashion designers, use the freshness of the fabrics and the softness of linens has focused on female tradition Sicilian offering baby doll with embroidered stitch and lace , chemises in gingham , muslin shorts and peau d’ange in macramé .

Here is a new design of embroidery sewing machine, the frog is useful to decorate linen for your children. The design is free in various formats.

Source: www.4by4embroidery.com

On Coatscraft is available a free cross stitch border to embroider on a children sheet. The pattern shows you a border with colorful flowers and nice bees.

Are you looking for free cross stitch patterns to decorate bibs for your child? On  Coatscraft is available a cross-stitch pattern of the dolls Sunbonnet Sue.

Armina form the blog Arminas-animals share with all the passionate of art and craft  his love for crochet miniature. She made a little crochet basket with miniature balls of yarn and a mini knit project.

Stamp’n cross stitch is a particular idea to embroider in cross stitch and paint in a same piece of linen. It is very easy and quick to do and it’s an interesting way to express your creativity.

Here are some handmade embroidery works I made in cross stitch, classic embroidery and crochet.

Coatscrafts offers a free cross stitch pattern to create a bat towel with a wonderful roses and daisy border.

On the Themotherhuddle’s Blog there is a very interesting tutorial to create a summer top for you kids. To do this project you can use recycling fabric scraps and flower fabric.

In the Blog Aidaband you can download the free cross stitch pattern with a grape. It is a motif based on an icon from Mini-image-Box.

This cross stitch pattern with orange fruit is available on Arteseriscos’s Blog. You can download it to decorate your kitchen towel.

Santa Claus is the mythical figure who, in many Western cultures, brings gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December or on his Feast Day, December 6 (Saint Nicholas Day).

Here you can find a Santa Claus free cross stitch pattern.  The chart didn’t have a legend with a description of the colors so you can choose the colors you like.

Download Santa Claus Pattern

On Hugsnkisses Blog You can Download the tutorial and the free embroidery pattern to make the Charming Bed Pocket by Cori Blunt.

This romantic rose is available on the Cross Me Not Blog. You can click save picture and print the cross stitch chart.

Tatting is a particular handcrafting technique. This kind of lace is constructed by a series of knots and loops.

In the Crazy Mom Tats Blog it is possible to learn how to use one of her favorite craft tools to simplify the Magic Thread Trick.

Assisi Embroidery is a variation of cross stitch embroidery. It is a very charming italian embroidery and simple to do, with this kind of embroidery you can create decorative works.

Assisi stitching was named after St. Clare of Assisi, “sister” of St. Francis, patron saint of needleworkers. It is worked mainly in cross-stitch and it reprenset a form of counted-thread embroidery based on an ancient Italian tradition where the background is filled with embroidery stitches and the main  motifs are left void i.e unstitched.

The name is derived from the Italian town of Assisi where the modern form of the craft originated. The old Assisi Embroideries of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries are worked on white or slightly cream-tinted linen. A faded blue linen thread is used for the cross stitch background and the outline is in a rust-brown thread.

Stitches are the same but  the principle of design is reversed, as it is the background which is embroidered with crosses and the pattern left plain and in outline, like an intaglio.

This tretment imparts great dignity to the work, and the designs, which are usually heraldic in character, look effective on banners, ecclesiastical or secular, besides forming handsome borders for tea-cloths, bags, etc.

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Knotted Stitch or French Knot is used for the centres of such flowers as the daisy or wild rose, and sometimes for the anthers of others. It isn’t very easy to be precise on the number of threads in the needle to work a French Knot. Continue reading…