A Couple More Quick-Stitch Easter Projects

Yes, it’s almost Easter already, and it might not seem like you have time to craft anything else, but these tiny projects will change your mind.

First, OK, this is not cross stitch, but you could probably do cross stitch if you really wanted to. Aren’t these embroidered plastic Easter eggs amazing, though? Check out the full tutorial (power tools included) at the Glitter in my Tea.

And if you happen to have any cross-stich gift tags handy, you can stitch up some super sweet bunny tags like this one from StoryPiece. It’s a simple project thanks to the use of variegated thread, which makes it look really interesting without a lot of work. Use it as a gift tag, a bookmark, or just a tiny bit of decoration!

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Easter Bunnies Free Cross-Stitch Pattern

It’s back to school time where I live, which I always feel like is a great time to learn a new skill or take a deeper dive into something that you might not have learned a lot about before.

Usually when we are learning new hobbies we only know what we know. We learn the terms that we encounter, the skills that come up in the projects that we want to make. It’s not that we don’t care about other basics or different approaches, we just learn what we need to know to make what we want to make.

And that’s totally fine, but sometimes it’s a good idea to go back and review the basics or learn the things you might have missed the first time.

In that spirit I share this post from Caterpillar Cross Stitch all about basic cross stitch terms that every stitcher ought to know.

Did you know that the little bundle of thread you use for cross stitch is called a skein, for example? Or the difference between grid size and design area in a pattern? Or that working complete stitches one at a time is known as the English method? (I didn’t know that one! Apparently doing half of the stitch across the row and then coming back and finishing it is the Danish method. Who knew?)

There’s also a little bit about getting started with confidence that might be helpful at any skill level.

So what I’m saying is, even if you feel like you know a lot about cross stitch already, head over to Caterpillar Cross Stitch and check out their list of terms and make sure you know them all. If nothing else you’ll feel a little smarter, either because you already knew them all or you learned something new!

And if you do learn something new, I’d love to hear about it.

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