Tips for Using Soluble Canvas for Cross Stitch

Have you ever used soluble canvas for cross stitch? It’s kind of magical.

It allows you to essentially turn any fabric into cross stitch fabric by making a grid on top of the fabric, so you can stitch a design on and then remove the grid with water, so it looks like you stitched directly on your fabric.

This is a great way to jazz up T-shirts and onesies, towels and other fabric, but there are some things you should know before you use it.

Hannah from Bobo Stitch shared 10 tips for using soluble canvas at Sew and Sew, and they’re definitely worth a read if you’ve never used this stuff before, and even if you have. One simple one that should be obvious but might not be is that you should prewash your fabric, otherwise the stitches might distort if it shrinks during washing.

If you have any tips, warnings or success stories around using soluble canvas for cross stitch, we’d love to hear them!

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35+ Sunflower Cross Stitch Patterns

Cross Stitch Foxy has a huge selection of cross stitch patterns perfect for gifts or using in your own home decor. As of this writing there are more than 900 patterns listed, so there’s no way I can cover them all, but let’s take a quick peek at some of the options.

As with many cross stitch designers, Cross Stitch Foxy has a lot of holiday themed patterns, including Christmas, Halloween and Easter and St. Patrick’s Day. There are patriotic American patterns, feminist patterns and so much more.

Since we’re heading into the Christmas season as I write this, I thought I’d highlight one of the more than 100 Christmas listings in the shop. These Christmas mugs would be cute to have hanging in your kitchen or anywhere else all winter long.

The full pattern is 86 by 101 stitches, which comes out to 6.1 by 7.2 inches, or 5.5 by 18 cm, when stitched on 14 count fabric. It calls for 19 colors. Of course you could also stitch a single mug if you’d rather, or put them into individual frames.

One thing that is fun about Cross Stitch Foxy’s projects is that the intention is that to some extent you can use what you have to make the projects. None of the projects include single stitches of a color, and colors can be replaced with the colors you have or use blends made up of colors you already have, making the projects more cost effective and environmentally friendly. Of course for holiday patterns you’ll want some holiday colors, but there’s wiggle room to use the threads you already own, which is nice.

In addition to the categories I already mentioned, there are many other patterns, including a wide selection of seasonal gnomes, patterns with cats and dogs, food and drink patterns and a nice collection of flowers and plants, just to name a few. There’s probably something for everyone in this store, so go check it out at Cross Stitch Foxy on Etsy.

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