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.

Decorate your house during the Christmas season with accessories and embroidered linen has become a tradiction.  Lists, centers and table linen, embroidered in gold and silver are the protagonists of the kitchen and living room.

Artedelricamo has posted here below a list of the best cross-stitch patterns present in the blogs of our friends embroidered with very simple and stylized christmas trees.

On the Blog-dmc threads there is a border of stylized Christmas trees by the colors red and green and edged with fine gold or silver thread embroidery.

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Are you looking for a free program that allows you to create cross-stitch embroidery patterns? Are you using the Linux operating system? KXStitch is an open source application that allows you to create cross stitch patterns and charts. You can create patterns from scratch on a user defined size of grid, which can be enlarged or reduced in size as your pattern progresses. Continue reading…

Welcome to the appointment with the best cross-stitch patterns of cherries published by our embroidery friends. Artedelricamo has selected for you many other free cross-stitch embroidery patterns with cherries.

On the Mausimomsfreebies Blog’s it is available a free cross-stitch embroidery pattern of a sampler with letters and cherries.

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A great resource of free cherries cross stitch patterns  are usefull to decorate household linens. These fruits are favorite for stitchers that paint with needle and thread tablecloths, pot holders, oven mitts, kitchen towels and more. These red fruit with bright green leaves full of fun your kitchen.

Artedelricamo share with you some of the best cross-stitch patterns of cherries proposed on blogs of our embroidery friends:

On Creatiblogs it is available a cross-stitch embroidery pattern with red cherries surrounded by a green geometric pattern. Continue reading…