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Sweet Cross Stitch Stitches of Friendship

September 7, 2011 by Connie Barwick

Ah, sweet stitches of friendship – over at Lili.Hr there’s a new free chart posted that celebrates Amitie, aka Friendship.

There are loads of French blogs with free cross stitch charts out there. I don’t parlay voo francais (or spell it very well), but I have learned that if I search for “Grilles gratuites”, I find all sorts of fun projects to stitch. I also make use of Google Translate to help with communication with blogs I like that aren’t written in my native tongue.

If you have a favorite French (or German, Spanish or any other language) cross stitch blog you’d like us to our blog readers, please use the comments section below or, if you are shy, you can always suggest a Link using the “Send us Gossip” form.

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Comments

  1. sarajessica says

    September 7, 2011 at 12:47 pm

    That is such a great tip! In spanish it’s punto cruz I believe and in italian punto croce.

  2. conniebarwick says

    September 7, 2011 at 1:11 pm

    Adding those to my search terms Sara! Thanks!

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Designer Spotlight: Haunted Frames

Cute spooky and fantasy cross stitch patterns is how the designer behind Haunted Frames describes their shop, and I have to agree with them. These designs are cute and Gothic and a little bit spooky all at once. There’s a heavy focus on book themes, which you know I am a fan of, so let’s get into it. 

Stopping first in the books section, there are lots of designs that are literally on book shapes, but if you know my love of both books and cats, you’ll know I had to share the Midnight Book Cart cross stitch pattern. As the name suggests it’s a design with a witchy book cart, complete with a spiderweb, bats flying out of a book and what it describes as a ghost cat (though I would have to make a black cat instead of a white one since I have a black cat, and that fits with the vibe). 

The design is 65 by 97 stitches and is worked in 17 colors. It’s shown on 16 count fabric, which makes it 4.1 by 6.1 inches, or 10.3 by 15.4 cm. 

I also love the winter themed little free library design, which would be perfect to stitch up for the little librarian in your life (or to drop at a neighborhood book space). 

Projects with a book theme make up the majority of the patterns that are categorized in this shop, but you’ll want to scroll through all their patterns to see what else is available, since it doesn’t look like everything is in a category. You’ll find castles and dragons, more cats of course, some more obviously Halloween and Christmas themed projects and those that would suit for spooky season or any other time of year. 

If cute and dark is your aesthetic, you’ll want to check out all the patterns at www.etsy.com/shop/HauntedFrames, which you can find on Etsy. 

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