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New Free Pattern on About.com
I’m excited about this designer profile on About.com. You will be too when you see the fun mini-sock pattern based on a popular quilt block that’s part of it. Social Bookmarking Related posts:Sunburst Mosaic Ornament — Free Needlep...
Sunburst Mosaic Ornament — Free Needlepoint Pattern
This ornament, is based on a variation of the Log Cabin quilt block. It has a “scrappy” look, using different threads from my stash for each bar. The design is easy to vary. If you make it from all Scotch Stitches instead, the ornament ...
Beginner Needlepoint Project Book Out this Weekend!
One of the harder things I’ve done in needlepoint is advance from doing Tent Stitch to feeling confident in making different stitches, using different threads, and trying new color combinations. That’s why I’ve designed this new se...
Two Needlepoints and a Quilt
Talk about cross pollination, the idea for CyberPointers new book (now available to order as a download or CD) was to make needlepoint ornaments inspired by classic quilt blocks. This needlepoint quilt block inspired a quilt! Peg Dunayer designed th...
Hurray for Hearts – Needlepoint Stitch Sampler eBook Now Available!
Looking for a way to learn some new stitches and to use up threads from your stash? My new ebook, Heart Sampler, is now available here and in my ebook store. Throughout the article you will see three of the hearts I’ve stitched using this plan....
Needlepoint Ebooks Premiere!
That’s on the cover of Celebrate! The ebook version of the Come Stitch with Me needlepoint sampler from 2008. It has been expanded with additional ideas for using the stitches and information on how to develop a color scheme This cover is from...
Great Finishing Idea — Log Cabin Pillows
Log cabins in various forms are one of the most popular quilt patterns. I’ve used the often in my own design work, but I hadn’t thought of them as the basis for finishing. Log cabin quilts are based on a central block, usually small, but ...
Patchwork Blocks for Needlepoint & Cross Stitch - eBook Sneak
This charming needlepoint (it’s also a Twinchy) is one of about 50 in my first ebook, released July 1, 2009. This book is designed to be springboard for your creativity with many modelstitchers making their own interpretations of the blocks in...
Quilt Barns — a Computer Chair Visit
You may be stuck at home, in front of the computer. It may be rainy or cold. Or you may have worked hard on the yard or house all day and are in need of a little vacation. Whatever the reason, I’m here to help with a little tour of a completely...
Pine Trees Mini-Sock
Christmas quilts are a fine tradition, warming children on that Night of Nights while they wait for the wonders of the morn. Pine tree quilts, such as the inspiration for this mini-sock, were a common kind of Christmas quilt. This pattern is designed...
