Princess and the Pea

I've always loved the story of The Princess and The Pea. There is so much texture and warmth in this piece. Thank you Alejandra408

Glamorous retro girl cross stitch

Stitched by gableknits

Isn't this amazing? I love it when crafters create amazing, updated stuff for cross stitch. And I especially love it when they share the pattern with all of us, for free! Here's the free pattern - thanks so much, gableknits!

Gorgeous stitches

Stitched by glazedangel101

Look at that stitching! I love it when you peeps are imaginative and embroider in double lines with different colors... I feel like I could stare at these lovely textures all day. Bravo glazedangel! Oh, and yes, that's from a Sublime Stitching pattern.

Tamales + French knots = heart attack

Stitched by crf_kitty

Oh good lord, I think I just had a heart attack. My Hispanic heart swells with pride at the mere mention of tamales - but the fact that crf_kitty thought so much of tamales that she immortalized them in ALL FRENCH KNOTS makes me so outlandishly happy I could die. Just look at those knots. I dare you not to want tamales now.

Embroidery and block printing

Block printing + embroidery / Estampado + bordado, originally uploaded by ~ tilde ~.

What a lovely combination of block printing and embroidery. The image and the stitching work really well together in this 'folklore' piece. Simple and beautiful and the limited use of colours underlines the simplicity.

Cute girl

embroidery, originally uploaded by hanies.

How cute is this? Love the tree and the skirt in particular! :-)

Totally awesome

Stitched by s. jane!

For once, I have nothing to add. Because "totally awesome" describes it perfectly. :)

Variegated loveliness

Photo by stashheap

Because sometimes, we like it variegated. And all nice and neat, on little cards.

Stitching in Arabic

basmallah diwaniyah (Islamic cross stitch Pattern), originally uploaded by Ereena.

I love Arabic script and to see it in stitched form is absolutely lovely. Despite the fact that I can't read it and only just make out a few of the letters..

After finding this I searched Flickr to see if there was more embroidery in Arabic. Not a lot, sadly. But let this be an open invite to anyone who does embroidery in Arabic or any other non-Latin alphabet to get in touch. I'd love to showcase it.

Your ship comes home

Stitched by glazedangel101

Oh. wow.

She embroiders

Stitched by mary's granddaughter

Oh wow. So amazingly detailed and delicate. And just a tiny bit creepy and perfect. Gorgeous!

Bug shirt

Stitched by LittleBeeThatCould

Is this shirt not adorable? And I can't think of any young boy that wouldn't want bugs on his shirt. I want bugs on my shirt! Right now.

Abe Vigoda is alive

Stitched by tinyairplanes

Oh my goodness. First William Shatner, and now this? Abe Vigoda was SO my favorite curmudgeon on Barney Miller. I just wanted to hug him. Awesome work, Ms. Virbitsky!

And of course, these embroidered portraits bring to mind the amazingly talented Ms. Hart. I finally saw a few of Jenny's portraits in person last week and I almost passed out from their sheer amazingness. Keep the portrait spirit alive, peeps!

You've been Rick Rolled

1. by jenniwaterloo

Cave painting inspired

Stitched by crazybutcute

Doesn't this cave painting look perfect on linen? And, against that fabric backdrop? Wonderful!