Book Review – Just CrossStitch

Freshen your stitching basket with the joy of spring! This latest issue of Just CrossStitch is absolutely bursting with 20+ springtastic floral designs that are guaranteed to brighten your days with vibrant sunniness and warmth.

Stitch the spring sunshine into your home with every pull of your needle and floss. You’ll love Elizabeth Spurlock’s welcoming Folk Hello design, which features bright colors to create a heartfelt and bold statement.
The best things come in small packages. Showcase hues from every color of the rainbow as you stitch the delightfully diminutive Meadow Pincushions. This pair of pincushions use three strands of floss over one Aida square to provide a palette of rich, deep colors.
Celebrate Easter with elegant eggs and whimsical bunnies. The Ornate Easter Egg features stunning jewel tones that are reminiscent of a richly gem-encrusted Faberge egg, while Daisy, a charming yet playful Easter bunny, wishes you a hippity-hoppity Easter with kloster blocks, beads, herringbone stitches and eyelets.

You can download this magazine here.

Looking for more Easter themed Cross Stitch Patterns and Charts? Check these out on Etsy.

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10+ Folk Cross Stitch Patterns

If you’re a fan of detailed and colorful cross stitch patterns, Design for Cross Stitch might have a pattern you want to try. This Etsy shop is based in Spain and has more than 50 designs with a focus on animals, holidays and landscapes.

I’m just going to start with the first pattern that caught my eye when I visited the site, which is this Sakura by the Lake project. This pattern is 200 by 200 stitches and the whole background is stitched, so it’s definitely not for a beginner, but it’s stunning and would be amazing to make for someone who loves Japan. Despite the detail it only uses 24 colors. Worked on 14 count fabric it will measure 14.64 inches, or 37.19 cm.

There are a few other landscape designs, including a canal in Venice and a few cabins in the woods.

The shop also has some cute animal cross stitch, with big, round faces and often holding a warm beverage. Holiday projects focus on Christmas and Halloween. Most of the patterns have a cute, chibi-like feel, but there are some that are more detailed and realistic as well. Take for examples the flower patterns, which are full of details and soft colors.

You’ll also find some fun bookmark cross stitch patterns with a watercolor feel, as well as some that look kind of like paint pouring turned into stitches.

If this sort of stuff sounds like fun to you, check out their Etsy store at Design for Cross Stitch.

Do you have a favorite cross stitch designer who I haven’t featured yet? Let me know in the comments or share more about them by clicking on “suggest a DIY” at the center top of the page and let me know the details. I’d love to share the designers you’re enjoying with a wider audience.

[Photo: Design for Cross Stitch]

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