Are you the sort of person who is always forgetting their phone or wallet when they leave the house?
Maybe you need to stitch yourself a reminders list to hang near the door you use when you leave the house. Read More ...
Check out This Amazing Cross Stitched Wonder Woman
Did you see the Wonder Woman movie? Lots of crafters have been inspired to make things with a Wonder Woman theme since the movie came out, and I wanted to share this great Wonder Woman cross stitch pattern with you. Read More ...
Stitch a Simple Pineapple
Pineapples are a fun motif for crafting because they are an interesting texture in real life that’s fun to translate into stitching, and in the islands they are a traditional way to welcome visitors.
Adding a pineapple cross stitch design Read More ...
A Butterfly Bookmark for Your Summer Reading
I love summer for a lot of reasons, but this particular summer has been great because my daughter is old enough to read by herself, which means I’m getting a lot more reading time for books I actually want to Read More ...
The “Secret” to Finding Great Cross Stitch Patterns
There are a lot of cross-stitch patterns online. There are even a lot of free cross-stitch patterns online. Some of them aren’t great, and some of them are clearly copyright violations (because someone took a picture from a book and Read More ...
Celebrate Ice Cream Month with Cross Stitch
July is Ice Cream Month, with good reason, and stitching this sweet treat sounds like a nice way to occupy your time when it’s hot outside.
Here are a few free cross-stitch patterns for ice cream to get you started: Read More ...
A Cross Stitch Project Made for Summer
Once the Fourth of July has passed, it feels like we’re really deep into summer, which is a lovely place to be.
Why not capture that feeling of sunshine and summer bounty in cross stitch?
Some Thoughts on Floss Coverage in Cross Stitch
I’ll admit this is something I never really think about, but do you use different numbers of strands of floss in different projects or different parts of a project? Unless the pattern says otherwise, I default to two strands, but Read More ...
Harry Potter Cross-Stitch Patterns
Attention all wizards, witches, and Muggles alike! Grab your wands, dust off your brooms, and prepare to embark on a magical stitching journey with our enchanting collection of Harry Potter cross-stitch patterns. Though we may have missed the 20th Read More ...
Wear Cross Stitch on Your Clothes
I love large-scale cross-stitch projects, because they are such a different way of seeing the craft, which is usually rather dainty.
Über Chic for Cheap has two projects where she added cross stitch to a sweater or shirt: a heart Read More ...