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Some cross stitch designs make you think, “That’s lovely.” Others have you rummaging through the thread drawer before you’ve even finished looking at the photograph. If traditional samplers, decorative borders and stitching with a sense of history are your weakness, Read More ...
A little Christmas pudding stitched onto a gift tag feels like a present before anyone has even opened the parcel. There’s the rounded brown pudding, a generous helping of white icing and a tiny holly topping. All the festive charm, Read More ...
There’s something very satisfying about a Christmas project that fits in the palm of your hand. A little hoop, a few favourite thread colours, and suddenly you’ve got a decoration that feels far more personal than anything picked up in Read More ...
There’s something rather irresistible about a Christmas gonk. The oversized hat, the little nose, the beard doing most of the work. They manage to look festive without needing so much as a facial expression.
This free Christmas gonk cross stitch Read More ...
There’s something about an elephant that makes it almost impossible to resist in stitched form. Perhaps it’s those oversized ears, or the way a little curled trunk can give a handful of stitches so much personality. Put one on a Read More ...
I don’t know why a vintage red truck with a Christmas tree in the back became an iconic Christmas cross stitch pattern, but you might be surprised by how many of them I found. Let’s take a look at a Read More ...
Sometimes it can be hard to distinguish yourself as a cross stitch designer. Most designers do holiday designs, they often do florals, have text designs that are a little snarky. But if you can find a niche you love and Read More ...
Hanukkah is a great reason to pull out your cross stitch fabric and thread and stitch up some fun seasonal cross stitch patterns.
If you have trouble spelling Hanukkah (I know I do!) you’ll want to stitch up the How Read More ...
If you’re looking for a ton of easy cross stitch designs to use for Christmas projects, look no further than Claire Crompton’s The Ultimate Cross Stitch Christmas Collection, which includes more than 500 charts for tiny stockings, angels, ornaments Read More ...
Stitching Housewives offers a ton of cute, sort of country feeling cross stitch patterns with different themes I don’t quite understand but they’re super cute so let’s get into it.
One section is called Dapper Doodads, which it looks like Read More ...