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And St. Nicholas Too!

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St. Nicholas is a symbol of the spirit of Christmas, of goodwill, and of the goodness of the holiday season.

And, as any child knows, he’s the one who brings the toys on Christmas! This design is nicely sized and will make a great project for the holidays. The free chart is available from Abby Gaelle.

Looking for more Christmas Cross Stitch patterns? Check these out on Etsy.

Comments

  1. St Nicholas is celebrated in the Netherlands on December 5 or 6. He doesn’t bring the Christmas presents but the Sinterklaas day presents, with his helper Zwarte Piet (black pete)

    Santa Claus brings the Christmas presents, Santa was originated LONG after Sinterklaas.

    (I am Dutch so know about Sinterklaas lol)

    Just FYI 🙂

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Designer Spotlight: Cross Stitch with Art

Cross Stitch with Art is a Ukraine-based Etsy shop with more than 1,000 patterns covering a wide range of subject matter, from sarcastic (and stabby) animals to jokes about mental health, tarot cards, holiday designs and a lot more. 

The funny and adult humor section is by far the largest, with lots of snarky word art designs, often with a floral wreath thrown in for extra cuteness. There’s a bit of swearing in here, too (as well as in other sections). 

My favorite place because I love that there are enough of these sorts of patterns to warrant their own section, is the Chaotic Animal Society. I feel like this is a type of cross stitch pattern that I share often, but it is a bit of a trend right now, too. 

This one is a racoon in its bathrobe drinking a coffee and reassuring us that nothing is under control. That’s pretty relatable. The design is 86 by 91 stitches and uses 9 colors. It comes out to a little less than 6.5 inches or 16.5 cm square on 14 count fabric. 

There are also a ton of mental health quote patterns (here again with plenty of snark as you might imagine, but also some sweeter ones, too); Halloween, Christmas, Valentines and other holiday patterns; nature patterns divided into animals and flowers and landscape designs; BookTok patterns and more. 

There’s a nice collection of made up tarot cards including the antisocial butterfly, a reading dragon and a rainbow haired unicorn doing yoga. You’ll find feminist designs, Celtic knots and tree of life patterns, blank frames you can add your own sentiments to and a bunch of fonts to help you do just that. 

Even though that covers a lot of the chaotic fun happening in this shop, there’s really a lot to see so you should head over to Cross Stitch with Art on Etsy and see it for yourself!

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