Daniel Kornrumpf embroiders portraits in amazingly lifelike detail. He stitches in a way that imitates brushstrokes. Above is "diamonds on my neck. diamonds on my grill" on linen. Link -via Swiss Miss | Artist's Webs...

Penguin, the publishing house, asked crafter J...  ...produce three covers from their classic novels in embroidery . After two months of work, she completed wrap-ar...

Mos Eisley on Tatooine seems like a more pleas...  ...Craftster user GeekySweetheart made this piece of embroidery

Sure, you could have an ordinary wall tentacle...  ...w, it needs to be in a traditional craft, such as embroidery embroidery using a technique called stumpwork. That involve...

NASA and Etsy recently held a contest to send selected items of artwork into space. Although voting was supposed to close on Nov. 19, the polls appear to remain open. The grand prize winner gets $500 to spend in Etsy s...

Etsy seller It's a Stitch makes all sorts of crafts, but her embroidered items are special treats, such as the above Futurama-inspired piece. She's also embroidered diagrams for popular chemical compounds, like caff...

As news-gathering departs from paper form and is conveyed instead through the television and internet, the newspaper becomes a nostalgic and old-fashioned object. I describe the beauty of the ritual experience of...

Aubrey Longley-Cook made an animated video of a running dog by embroidering fifteen individual frames. Pictured above is one of them. At the link, you can view the animated .gif file that is the final product. You...

Catherine McEver has lately been embroidering slices of bread. How do you embroider Wonder Bread? Very, very carefully. How long do they last? I have a couple of slices that are over four years old that look just...

Olympia Le-Tan makes handbags that look like books, with covers embroidered to resemble classics. What a neat way to show off your literary taste! Link to pictures. Link to artist's site. -via Boing Boing...