When the Christmas crafting is done, we don’t have to stop thinking about winter. In fact, the winter season has barely started in the Northern Hemisphere, so we’ve got plenty of time to stitch up projects celebrating winter and snow. Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: October House Fiber Arts
October House Fiber Arts began with spinning fiber and knitwear designs, but has expanded over the years to include a large line of cross stitch patterns. (Unrelated: they’re based in Arkansas, same as me!)
A lot of their designs are Read More ...
Mitten Cross Stitch Patterns
It’s probably the knitter in me, but I’m drawn to holiday projects that use winter wardrobe staples as motifs. Bring me all the tiny Christmas sweater ornaments, hats on snowmen, and, yes, mitten cross stitch patterns.
I’m clearly Read More ...
Review: Pokemon Cross Stitch
It doesn’t seem like the popularity of Pokemon is slowing down, and it’s always fun to stitch characters from pop culture as gifts or for yourself if that’s a fandom you belong to. My daughter never got into Pokemon, but Read More ...
Stitch All Kinds of Samplers from Long Dog Sampler
I keep picking cross stitch designers to feature at random from a list that I found online a while ago (with a few Etsy shops that I like thrown in) and it seems like most of them make lots of Read More ...
Polar Bear Cross Stitch Patterns
Polar bears might not be an animal you associate with Christmas, but they are a great choice for winter decor that takes you beyond the holidays. These polar bear cross stitch patterns are so cute, and they’d be great as Read More ...
Share Your Love of Cross Stitch with a DMC Kit
If you’re looking for a gift idea for a fellow cross-stitcher, something to drops hints about wanting for yourself, or a gift that allows you to share your favorite craft with someone else, you’ll want to check out the great Read More ...
The Grinch Free Cross Stitch Pattern
If you’ve had about all the Christmas cheer you can handle by now, thank you very much, maybe it’s time to stitch up some holiday greetings from the Grinch (and his dog).
Though he actually looks pretty cheery in this Read More ...
Colorful Cross Stitch Designs for All Seasons
When I first opened the website for Caterpillar Cross Stitch, my featured designer this week, the first thing I noticed was all the color.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been looking at lots of Christmas and winter-themed patterns, all green and Read More ...
Cross Stitch Christmas Gift Tag Patterns
Another use that could be made of Christmas mini cross stitch patterns is making them into gift tags.
It’s not too difficult to turn a little cross stitch project into a gift tag; just mount it to a paper tag Read More ...