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The books arrived safely and promptly. I will be back for more. Flo,
Canada.

I have made two of your quilting patterns and had to write to say how easy they are to follow. Thank you. Sharon, USA


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France


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Free Project and Tutorial Index

Written and Designed by Janet M. Davies 

Projects

Applique Butterfly and Toadstool
The butterfly design could be used for many types of stitching styles beside applique

Needle Pads
Great needle holder using up all those scraps of fabric.

Knitted Fingerless Gloves
Keep the back of your hands warm while stitching or at the computer etc.

Fat Quarter
Plastic Bay Holder
Great storage for recycling.

Patchwork Paua and Gumby Cat
Throws for that chilly evening.

Quilted Peace Bag with Dove
For the hippy in you.

Koru Quilted Placemat
A touch of New Zealand.

Quilted Feathers and Flowers
Pot Mitts
Traditional quilting motifs.

Needlework Easter Egg
Three easter eggs stitched in silk.

Needlework ANZAC Poppy
Lest We Forget

 

Other Free Things

Free Desktop Calendar
Monthly desktop calendar featuring Janet's stitching.

Stitch Related Word Searches
Free quilting and needlework related word searches.
 

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Tutorials
(with lots of photos)

Free Applique Circle Tutorial
Make circles easily

Applique and Quilting Tips
We are forever learning.

Needlework Hints and Tips
General information.

Buttonhole Stitched Edging
Step by step

Using Press 'n Seal
How to get design lines onto your fabric.

Blackwork Needlework
Geometrical fillings that bring designs to life. Blackwork is more technical with it's design than its looks. But still easy to stitch.

Casalguidi Needlework
Casalguidi is an Italian embroidery with a style all of its own. Raised textured embroidery with vibrant colours and it’s own character.

Canvas Needlework
Stitched on a hard canvas grid.

Colbert Needlework
If you like Blackwork embroidery then you will love the counted filling stitches used in Colbert embroidery, that comes from France.

Goldwork  Needlework
Goldwork contains metallic coils, threads, braids and beads to create a "piece de resistance".

Hardanger  Needlework
A Norwegian cut and woven embroidery.

Miscellaneous  Needlework
Embroidery with a mixture of styles. Also Shadow, Jacobean, Cutwork, Smocking, Wessex and Drawn Threads etc.

Mountmellick Needlework
This Irish Mountmellick embroidery is over
flowing with traditional embroidery stitches used to the max.

Naversom Needlework
A Pulled and drawn fabric embroidery from Sweden. An open lacy look is given to the fabric.

Pulled Thread Needlework
Designs with fabric threads pulled in formation to give an open lacy effect.

Raised Elizabethan and Padded Needlework
With the use of Needle Lace the designs are raised up off the fabric to enhance it’s beauty.

Schwalm Needlework
Schwalm is a German embroidery of yester year, with cut and pulled thread lacy fillings that delight the viewer.

Stumpwork Needlework
Structural designs make Stumpwork embroidery sits on top of the fabric and within it.

The instructions in JMD Designs retail pattern packs are a lot more
detailed than what is given here in tutorials above.

The designs/patterns on this page may be used for free,
for your personal non profit use only. They are not to be put in other websites. You may link to this page using a URL though.

 

       
 


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