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Book Review – Just Stitch Halloween

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Stitch through the witching hour with the annual Halloween issue from Just CrossStitch! This spooktacular issue is brimming to the top of the cauldron with over 60 projects, including framed pieces, bookmarks, pincushions, gift tags and the ever-popular assortment of ornaments.

  • Pumpkins and pincushions! A seasonal scene graces the top of a handy pincushion box, complete with a drawer for pins! Stitch grinning jack-o’-lanterns, curling vines, a friendly witch and more in the Fun With Pumpkins pattern.
  • Colorful creatures! Stitch with bright colors in the whimsical patterns included in Making a Brew. Each of the three hanging ornaments features fun monsters hiding in a Halloween-themed tea set and making friends with spiders.
  • Trick or treat! Capture the essence of Halloween night with Tunnel of Trees, a striking design of costumed children making their way to lit houses beneath orange leaves and a pale, full moon. Plus, you won’t want to miss featured designs from some of our favorite designers along with new creations from upcoming cross-stitch artists! Download (or subscribe!) today!
  • Looking for more fun Halloween Cross-stitch patterns and charts? Check out these Halloween-themed Cross stitch designs on Etsy.

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Strawberry Cross Stitch Patterns

My favorite thing about mid to late spring is local strawberries. Strawberries are fun as a graphic element, too, because they’re an interesting shape and cheerful color. Let’s stitch some strawberry cross stitch patterns.

Craft Club Co AU has this cute kind of retro strawberry pattern with a pink checkerboard background. The pattern pages doesn’t give a lot of details but it looks like is uses at least 7 colors and it says it will fit in an 8 by 10 frame when stitched on 14 count fabric.

For a classic farmhouse look, check out the strawberry pattern from Largodargento Shop. This one reminds me of little wild strawberries, and it has a bit of a mandala design with other geometric shapes.

Speaking of classics, you can also stitch a strawberry alphabet sampler from Curious Carrie Designs. It is 54 stitches square, which comes out to 3.86 inches or 9.8 cm square. It calls for 8 colors and was stitched on 32-count linen. Keep it flat or turn it into a biscornu stitched with flowers and bees.

This strawberry pincushion from The SubRosa Design is super sweet and of course could be framed instead of using it as a pincushion if you’d rather. This one is 93 stitches square, or about 5.3 inches/13.5 cm square stitched on 36 count linen as shown.

This graphic, slightly abstract strawberry design from Box and Fox is so much fun and would be great to have on your kitchen wall or in your breakfast area. It measures 98 by 141 stitches, which comes out to 7 by 10 inches or 17.78 by 25.58 cm on 14 count fabric. The design uses 6 colors.

Don’t let the mice get your strawberries! This oddly cute design from Tourmaline Pattern measures 95 by 94 stitches and uses 16 colors. I love the look of it on black fabric, because it really makes the mice and the flowers pop. On 14 count fabric this comes out to 6.7 inches or about 17 cm square.