It’s apparently National Puppy Day, but of course we can celebrate our furry friends every day, all year long. If you’ve got a puppy or a dog you want to make in cross stitch, check out these puppy cross-stitch patterns. Read More ...
Easter Word Art Cross Stitch Patterns
While some of these patterns aren’t completely made up of words, the words are a main part of the design in these fun Easter word art cross stitch patterns.
These first ones are basically word art, though, so we’ll start Read More ...
How to Make a Cross Stitch Pattern into a Bag
The other day I was looking at spring and Easter cross stitch patterns, as one will do this time of year, and I came across this cute cross-stitched bag pattern from Durene J Cross Stitch.
The design features two little Read More ...
Easter Bunnies Free Cross-Stitch Pattern
Decorate your home for Easter with these cute little bunnies – you can use plastic canvas to turn them into charms, keychain pendants or even fridge magnets!
The free pattern designed by Nadezda Gavrilenkova uses the DMC color palette, Read More ...
All about Cross-Stitch Needles
I do cross stitch from time to time, but I haven’t ever given much thought to the supplies I use to do it. I have always used whatever I happened to have access to, including whatever needle was nearby.
That Read More ...
Book Review: Whimsical Cross Stitch
I don’t get my hands on cross stitch books all that often, but I visited my local library recently and saw this one that I wanted to share with you.
Whimsical Cross-Stitch: More than 130 Designs from Trendy to Read More ...
Celebrate Pi Day with Cross Stitch
Pi Day is a geeky math holiday (said with the utmost love) that happens every year on March 14 (because the date is 3.14, the beginning of the number for pi).
If you want to celebrate Pi Day, or just Read More ...
How to Stitch Partial Stitches in Cross Stitch
When you are just starting out in cross stitch, it’s a great idea to stick to patterns that only use whole stitches. That means that you’ll be working a full and full-sized X, from one hole in the fabric diagonally Read More ...
Celebrate International Women’s Day with Cross Stitch
March 8 is celebrated each year as International Women’s Day, a day about fighting for women’s equality and inclusion and raising awareness about gender discrimination. It’s also a fine day to celebrate feminist icons and women who have blazed Read More ...
Easter Chick Cross Stitch Patterns
There are so many cute characters and images that are available for stitching in the spring. These spring chick Easter cross stitch patterns are (mostly) easy, colorful and cute and great to display in the springtime.
If you’re a beginner Read More ...