It's fun to watch the tabloids catch up with the crafty stuff we've been raving about for ages. Here's a little piece in London's Evening Standard called "Fingers cross-stitched, you might just have found your new creative side" (oh dear) that takes a gander at some fabulous x-stitch talents.
Nice to see the brilliant Mr X Stitch in there, as well as favourites Urban Cross Stitch and Inge Jacobsen's stunning Stitched Magazine Covers. Cross stitch win!
Hmm... After long hours of diagnosis we have come to the conclusion that crafty marvel Steotch has a severe case of cross-stitch fever. Symptoms include prolific sampler stitching, unexpected outbreaks of thread and the craft-obsessiveness to sit down and stitch a likeness of Dr Gregory House.
Unfortunately there appears to be no cure but you can check out new specimens in the Steotch Etsy shop. It's definitely not lupus.
Marvel-lous big screen superheroes rule, as Hollywood takes on comic book crowd the Avengers; Captain America is on his way, our screens are full of the hammer-swinging of Thor and Iron Man has had two outings.
Celebrated in cross stitch this line up of Avengers, from WeeLittleStitches, is enough to make any comic geek scrabble for the needle and thread. Complete with Ant Man and a wing-hatted Thor, it's pixel perfect.
There's more impressive stitching over at the WeeLittleStitches blog.
[via Comics Alliance]
Accessorise that plain outfit your favourite facial hair with a set of moustachioed cross stitch buttons from Not on the High Street seller Magasin.
If you're not one for facial-hair fabulousness there are plenty of other cross stitch beauties to choose from too. The rise and rise of cross stitch continues.
Fancy seeing your stitching in London's Science Museum? Well now's your chance. Join Stitch London's Stitched Science project by creating a 'Stitched Specimen' and they'll show it off for a whole weekend.
Stitch London have teamed up with the Science Museum for a craft-meets-science event showcasing handmade specimens from all over the world for their event on June 25 to 26. You can use knitting, sewing, crochet or any other kind of stitching to create your 'Stitched Specimen' and every piece is guaranteed a place.
People are stitching science celebs (crochet a Brian Cox?), knitting neurons and cross-stitching Concordes, and items are being sent from as far away as Australia to join the display. They also need your blue and green plastic bags (in return for some rather lovely badges).
They'll be displaying the splendiferous Stitched Selves from last year's Stitch Yourself event too.
Deadline for sending in items is June 17 so get stitching with your science hat on. Full details over at Stitch London.
A group of forty South Tyneside crafty artists, aptly named The Materialistics, have created awesome textile renditions of famous works of art.
From Munch's The Scream, Hokusai's Wave, and Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring to Warhol's Marilyn the pieces have been created using knitting, cross stitch and embroidery to amazing effect.
You can see more of the impressive pieces over at The Guardian's craft section.
Up for a crafty challenge? Embroidering on eggs sounds impossible but this how to on Embroidered Eggs from TerraSavvy proves it can be done and is easier than you think.
The tutorial includes advice on which eggs have the thickest shells for less egg-based breakage. Eggshellent craft.
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