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1. Crazy Quilts and Crazy Quilting Crazy quilts and their history is a fascinating area of quilting. The style offers a constant design challenge, balancing the texture of lace, braid, buttons and beads against all those irregularly shaped pieces of different weights textures and tone...
2. Needlework Samplers The rich history of needlework samplers is hinted at in commercially produced patterns of today but often they are seen as nostalgic decorative pieces. Their historical role has been as a method of recording information. Samplers, are always a record...
3. Beadweaving for Beginners Beadweaving is an art form that grows in popularity every year. There are dozens of different styles and techniques of beadwork that one can master and apply to fashion, home decor, and more. In this introduction to beading, we will discuss the origi...
4. Bead Embroidery -- Awesome Artists Do you like to stitch with beads? Make art quilts, wall hangings, cloth dolls and jewelry? In this lens, I focus on my favorite technique -- BEAD EMBROIDERY, the art of sewing beads to a backing. I profile some of the best bead embroidery artists arou...
5. Free Cross Stitch Patterns Cross stitch can often be an expensive hobby, but it doesn't have to be!  There are plenty of free cross stitch patterns on the internet and from a large variety of designers.  These free cross stitch charts give you the opportunity to try...
6. Arabic Islamic Cross Stitch Patterns for Download If you're looking for new patterns for your next cross stitch projects, look no more 'coz here at IslamicXStitches.com, we have produced beautiful Arabic Islamic cross stitch patterns for you to stitch. You can download these charts immediately and s...
7. Indian Shawls There are many differnt types of shawls all around the world, but did you know that there are more than 6 made in India. Shawls are used for many different things. Find out more about shawls as you read this lens.
8. Needlework Needlework is a term which embraces many forms of hand embroidery. In the past crochet, knitting, tatting, and lace making also fell in this category. Alongside the traditional interpretation this term can also embrace embellishment techniques applie...
9. Islamic Cross Stitch Patterns - Crocheting, Cross Stitching Islamic Cross Stitch Patterns - Crocheting, Cross Stitching. Beautiful Islamic cross stitch patterns. Beautiful Arabic Islamic Cross Stitches. You can download these charts immediately and start stitching them today. Great Arabic cross stitching proj...
10. Pirate Garb and Sailors Slops Pirates of the Golden Age of Piracy were sailors and as such, they wore clothing suitable for the job of operating a tall ship. Most had been farmers, laborers, blacksmiths and such who hit on hard times or were pressed into service aboard ship. olde...
11. Easy Book Binding Tutorial I was asked to present a workshop for a local artist's guild and I didn't have the time or the money to have it bound or saddle stitched at the local copy shop. So I folded the pages myself and stitched it by hand. Here's how.
12. Lilypad - Electronic Textiles Lilypad - Make your T-Shirt, hat or other apparel into a intelligently reacting garmetn that blinks, beeps or does other thins in reaction to the outside wordl or your movements: an idea with unlimited possibilities! Leah Buechley has develped kits of...
13. The Wonderful World of Sewing and Quilting If you are an experience sewer or quilter, or just a beginner, I will give you all kinds of tips, tricks, hints, and projects just for you. Have fun. We can all learn new things from each other, so don't be afraid to leave a blurb for me and others.
14. Valuable Handmade Quilts Quilts are a symbol of many emotions for many people in America, you can date the quilt by the pattern. When you research the various quilts through the decades, you will be surprised to know many quilts tell stories of slavery, womens struggles, and...
15. Quilting,The Fabric of Our Lives When life gives you scraps...make a quilt!  As an avid crafter, I always have remnants of more than just fabric!  Silk flowers, foam and felt, paper, ribbons...I'm such a pack-rat, I don't throw much of anything away. The same principle appl...
16. On Becoming an Art Therapist I was nearly 30 years old when I left my publishing job to take the first steps toward a career in art therapy. It's been a winding path filled with unexpected transformations in my artistic, spiritual, and professional identities. My blog The Unfol...
17. Cross Stitching a Relaxing and Challenging Hobby I am Jeff's wife and this is my first lens. Cross Stitching is a passion of mine. It is a medium of artful expression that grows with experience, from the most basic of stitching of a printed pattern to creating your own design. There are so many v...
18. stitchbaby's Zazzle Gallery Showcase great looking embroidery on hats and caps, tote bags and more! I made this page because I work hard on my Zazzle gallery and my designs, and wanted a fun way to reach new people like you. Here's the link to my Zazzle Gallery. Head on over and look...
19. HOT Embroidery LOOKS Now Affordable! Over a Million embroidery designs are within your reach. My question to you is........ what boring jacket are you going to grab first?
20. Debs Cross Stitch Shop I love cross stitch. I have been cross stitching for about 25 years now and would love to be able to stop working full time and just cross stitch all day long. In the real world though I suppose I must settle for a few hours each night. I have my own...