Test the incredible CRICUT JOY: the mini cutting and writing machine for creative, artistic and "do it yourself" hobbies!
We have just discovered this great device to create your own stickers, labels, greeting cards, sewing patterns, fabric transfer designs, etc.! Have this tiny cutting and writing machine at home, which will literally transform your creative and manual activities by allowing you to personalize any medium in an almost professional way.

Video tutorial: how to frame your own diamond painting for cheap with a wooden frame! In this 30-minute video, blogger Stitcherista gives tips and tricks for preparing and framing your diamond embroidery work for cheap using a wooden frame purchased online. The article contains the entire French transcription, with links to all the products she recommends.

Here is a cultural sharing on proverbs, adages, quotes, song lyrics , etc. relating to needlework in general and the world of embroidery in particular.

With for each text its author, its date if known, and a source to find out more.

(Last updated 02/15/2021)

Here is the compilation of all the free patterns that we present on our Facebook page (for cross stitch embroidery, but you can also use them for diamond painting).

We indicate the names of each site or blog or store concerned, the web link to the page concerned, and the direct web link to the grid to download.

UPDATE 2021: find all our free cross-stitch charts on our Pinterest account !

UPDATE 2024: testing of all links, and provision of archives for disappeared sites whose files we were able to find.