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.

Do you want to decorate your home linens embroidering ghosts, pumpkins, bats and witches for Halloween? Artedelricamo has selected for you some cross-stitch patterns dedicated to Halloween . You can customize with a needle and colored threads individual placemats, pot holders, aprons, tea towels and pillows.

The patterns are very simple to do so you can also engage and encourage your children to embroider pictures, postcards, gift cards to your friends.

You can also embroider and cross stitch on Aida cloth bags of using the free embroidery patterns proposed below, to be used to offer sweets for Halloween. Continue reading…

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 a flower square is very easy to do. You can use this pattern to decorate kitchen towels, potholder, oven glove or dishrags. Download the pattern.

In the Slipcoveryourlife Blog there is a very little free cross stitch pattern with an Orange Moped.

On Cross Me Not Blog there is a free cross stitch pattern for baby witth Shaun the Sheep.

In the Sublime Stitching,  a Flickr Embroidery Group, there is a really original embroidered postcard. The embroidery pattern was published in the same group. Sunnysidey added to the pattern of the doll some colorful flowers.

Anna from Mochi Mochi Land followed up her Resisty the Resistor toy with Captain Capacitor. She has included the knitting pattern for free to make your own capacitor toy.