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Freebie: Dear Jane

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I have stitched some serious cross stitch before but nothing as labor intensive as this piece entitled Dear Jane from Martine Rigeada at aufildemartine.fr. The free pattern is available for download in five parts. Although she did the pattern in red, you could chose any color or mix it up. I’m wondering if I could do this on a large quilt. Have a quilt inside a quilt, so to speak.

You can download this amazing freebie HERE.  tine Rigeaufildemrtineade

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Comments

  1. Hi, could you please give me an idea how many skeins of DMC threads it would take to do the Dear Jane Crosstitch on18 count fabric. Hoping you can help , I am sending this from Australia . Cheers vicki

  3. I am getting ready to start mine. So beautiful! Maybe I will get the courage to start my pieced Dear Jane.

Have you read?

Designer Spotlight: Embrovia

Embrovia is a cross stitch designer with a lot of funny designs, plenty of ghosts and cats and other fun things for you to stitch. Let’s take a closer look. 

I love the story of this shop, which I hope is true and not made up by AI, that it’s run by a husband who made cross stitch designs for his wife and then opened a shop. We’re just going to believe it’s true, OK?

The biggest category on their storefont is called “funny,” and that makes sense because there are a lot of funny designs here. From a duck with a knife to a dog on a toilet, there are lots of options here to stitch for that person on your list with a slightly off sense of humor. 

When I saw this caution: floor is lava design I knew that was the one I needed to share with you all. It uses six colors and measures 130 by 135 stitches. On 14 count fabric that comes out to 9.3 by 9.6 inches, or 23.7 by 24.6 cm. It only uses full cross stitches. 

Another big section is the one devoted to cats. This includes some more realistic looking cats, cat ghosts and superheroes, cats in coffee cups (or with coffee cups) and cats at computers. Other animals also feature in their designs, including bunnies, dogs, birds, capybaras, butterflies and more. 

There’s a pretty collection of floral patterns, and a nice set of patterns designed to be stitched on dark canvas (mostly black or red). Rounding out the offerings are designs focused on gaming, mountains, abstract/modern designs, patterns and mandalas and designs for the nursery. 

Check out all their fun designs at Embrovia on Etsy. 

Have a favorite shop you’d like to see in the designer spotlight? Let me know in the comments or click on “suggest a craft” at the top of the page and tell me about it!

[Photo: Embrovia]