An Easy Way to Make Your Own Cross Stitch Charts with Text

If you’ve ever wanted to add writing to a cross stitch design or make your own cross-stitch charts that include words, it can be a pain to figure out how to draw the letters you want in a way that will look nice in stitching.

I ran into this problem recently when I wanted to stitch a word but wasn’t having a lot of luck converting a font I liked to cross stitch.

Though the number of fonts is quite limited (six, to be exact), the free cross stitch writing tool at Stitchpoint is a good place to start. Choose the font you want, select the letters you need and whether you want them to be lowercase or uppercase. You can even use special characters or add stylized hearts to your chart if you want.

Of course the size is limited to the small size used in the tool, but for a lot of purposes (birth records, wedding-related charts, etc.) small is fine.

Have you ever used a tool like this? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

[Photo via Stitchpoint.]

Looking for more fonts? Check these out at Fontbundles.com

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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.

[Photo: Cross Stitch Foxy]

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