Links to Cross-Stitch, Embroidery and Other Needle-crafts

Please note: If it has a waratah then its an Australian or New Zealander site.
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Beading

BeadNet   is a directory of bead-related web pages; the most comprehensive and up-to-date gateway to all bead sites out there in cyberspace.
The Bead Fairy Page:


Blackwork and Hardanger

The Blackwork Embroidery Archives  A collection of blackwork patterns and designs provided by Paula Katherine Marmor
Nordic Needle Home Page


Embroidery Stitches on-line

Classic Stitches Home Page  Homepage of Classic Stitches magazine: stitch glossary, free charts, monthly competitions with wonderful prizes (one of which found its way to me) and much more.
Johanna's Embroidery Page
The Heritage Shoppe Designs and Patterns, Resources, Embroidery Stitches & Essays, Fine Handsewing & Embroidery Forum
waratahSharon's On-line Stitch Directory    Excellent step by step instructions for all your favourite stitches... and then some!


Needlepoint

A guide to Needlepoint  Excellent on-line booklet.
Art House Design  The Needlepoint Company of Ireland.
Beaded Needlepoint Design Group   Beautiful Beaded Needlepoint Fabergé Egg Kits.
Needlepoint at The Mining Co.


Tatting and Lacemaking

Dreams of Lace  wonderful feature...The Pattern Surfer... a tool for finding tatting patterns on the WWW.
Handprint Press  on-line instruction book on Needle Tatting
waratahKersti's Tatting Page  Informative site link to the E-Tatters mailing list, free patterns, a history of tatting and lots, lots more.
waratahMallee Lace makers   Bobbin Lace
Marks Tatting Page   Tatting graphics for your web page! Mark's got so much to see here that you'll spend hours wandering through his site.
Tattered  Wonderful site with all kinds of information on the art of tatting.
Tatting Treasures  Lots of lovely free patterns for you to browse.
The Tatting Bug
The Tatting Needle


Machine Embroidery

waratahSecrets of Machine Embroidery Free projects, techniques, design links and computer help for machine embroidery


Threads and Fabric

DMC
Ginnie Thompson Flower Thread
waratahGumnut Yarns
Kreinik Manufacturing Company
waratahMadeira Australia
Rainbow Gallery
The Caron Collection
Wichelt Imports
Zweigart/
       Thread Conversion Charts
       A Primer on Embroidery Needles by Needlecraft Showcase


Washing and Blocking

Martha Beth Lewis  Washing and Blocking of Needlework


Software

Organized ExpressionsTM
Stitch Painter Standard and Stitch Painter Gold
Stitch Crafts Gold   by Compucrafts
waratahStitchCraft  by Crafted Software
Cross Stitch Professional
Easy Cross, Easy Cross de luxe
Cross-Stitch Designer, Pattern Maker for Cross-Stitch.
X-Stitch Designer
PCStitch
PatternMaker Pro, X-Stitch Master Elite
WIN-Stitch


More Links

Introduction to a Victorian Woman's World    Interesting site that includes needlework projects from 19th century women's magazines.
waratahAbsolutely Quilts and Crafts
Aion Needlecrafts   Christine-Anne's British Needlecrafts site
waratahAnne's glory box
Auntie-Dot-Com
waratahAustralian Contemporary Textiles
Cameo Rose's Stitchers Studio
Celtic Cross Stitch  generate your own FREE chart using their online Celtic Alphabet chart generator.
Clara Fitzgerald's Needlework Index
Cross-Stitch at the Mining Co
Cross Stitch Pal's Homepage
Cross Stitch Traders
Elizabethan Costume Page
waratahEmbroiderers Emporium celtic x-stitch
Embroider the Web For those interested in cross stitch, hardanger, needlepoint, silk ribbon embroidery, or samplers.
Examplar's Stitching Page
waratahHighland Country Stitches
waratahIntercraftmarket   Handmade craft by Australian craftspeople, free projects and articles.....
waratahJean Fletcher's Needlework Page  Stumpwork
waratahJoseph White Textile traders
Kathleen Dyer: Counted Cross Stitch, Needlework and Stitchery Page
Lacis
waratahMail Order Needlecrafts   Cross-stitch kits with an Australian flavour
Martha Beth's Needlework Home Page
Needlecraft showcase.
Needlework FAQs
Needlework Lessons by Kay Montclare
rec.crafts.textiles.needlework Home pages
Ribbon Embroidery
Ribbon Embroidery FAQ
Sewing World
Shakespeare's Peddler  Lots of informative articles.
waratahStadia Handcrafts
Stitch On Line  An On-line magazine of Embroidery and Other Needlecraft...
waratahThe Crewel Gobelin  
The EMBROIDERY MALL
waratahThe Fox Collection
The Mileux Costume site:   Historical, Science Fiction & Fantasy costume.
The Needle arts
The Needleworker
Wonderful Stitches WWW  Decorative patterns and designs for needlepoint, cross-stitch and other forms of decorative stitching.
Xstitch Buddies

Designers

waratahAllyson's Needlecraft   Australian Cross-stitch
Black Swan Designs  Cross-stitch
Châtelaine  Silk ribbon, hardanger,
Debra Bergmann  Cross-stitch
Dragon Dreams  Cross-stitch
waratahGerry Buckley Cross-stitch Design    Cross-stitch
HH Designs   Candlewicking
waratahJulie Oliver's Oztralia  Cross-stitch
Just Nan   Counted Thread Work
Lesa teeleDesigns   Hardanger patterns...
Mirabilia Designs   Cross-stitch
Monika Carrie Design  Specializing in blackwork designs
Nostalgia Needlework  Cross-stitch, Counted Thread, Needlepoint, Petit Point
PMJ Fiberfarm  Cross-stitch
waratahSarah L. Ricketts   cross-stitch
waratahStitchcraft Home page  Australian Cross-stitch Software
Stoney Creek Collection   Cross-stitch
Teresa Wentzler  Fantasy cross-stitch
The Drawn Thread
Thistle Needleworks  Cross-stitch, Canvas work, Needlepoint
2 busy stitching  Cross-stitch
Told in a Garden Web site  Cross-stitch
waratahWombat Creek Designs  Tricia Hood's unique Aussie cross-stitch designs
Wooly Dreams Designs  Cross-stitch and Needlepoint




:-)   So, you've got this far. Perhaps you are wondering if I actually stitch anything?


All links updated 6.12.2000

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