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 ...
Designer Spotlight: Stitching Housewives
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 ...
Cross Stitch Ideas for Your Holiday Table
We love to make crafts to decorate our homes for different holidays, and it’s always fun to add a handmade touch to the table if you can. I specifically went looking for Thanksgiving themed cross stitch napkins and other tableware, Read More ...
How to Cross Stitch on Paper
I’ve done embroidery on paper before and it’s a lot of fun. You can use a needle to punch out a particular shape to stitch, or my favorite thing is to take a copy of an old photograph or a Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: And Wabi Sabi
The two largest categories in And Wabi Sabi’s online shop are funny and relatable quotes and whimsical animals, which I think tells you about all you need to know as to whether this cross stitch designer is for you. But Read More ...
Cross Stitch Keychain Patterns
One little cross stitch project that’s fun to make, use and give as a gift is a cross stitch keychain. There are lots of different styles of keychain you can make with a cross stitch element, so let’s take a Read More ...
Book Review: Stitch Alphabets & Numbers
I came across a post recently from Lord Libidan wondering about where all the good cross stitch alphabets have gone. While you can find lots of fonts on Etsy (and I even shared a few good cross stitch fonts recently) Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: Inkspire Studio Shops
Inkspire Studio Shops offers cross stitch patterns as well as tons of different stitch minders, scissor charms and thread organization tools.
We’ll get to all that, but since we’re mostly here for the patterns, let’s start there.
All of the Read More ...
Easy Fonts to Add to Your Cross Stitch
I don’t usually cross stitch text or add words to my cross stitch projects. Sometimes I will sign things using basic block lettering worked in backstitch (luckily my initials are pretty easy to stitch), but if you give your cross Read More ...
Mini Pumpkins and Jack o’Lanterns to Cross Stitch
I just can’t resist sharing a few more Halloween cross stitch patterns when they are as cute and quick to stitch as these!
This boo cross stitch from Luzatolye was the first little Halloween cross stitch pattern to catch my Read More ...