The tagline for the Etsy shop of the Kosher Seller is “I make silly little cross stitch patterns,” and that’s a pretty good way of putting it.
This small shop has a geeky, snarky and Jewish twist, and their little Read More ...
Year of the Snake Cross Stitch Patterns
Lunar New Year for 2025 marks the beginning of the year of the snake. Snakes are intelligent and strong-willed, and they can be sneaky and jealous. Let’s celebrate the year of the snake with some fun cross stitch patterns!
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The White, Black and Red History of Cross Stitch
I will admit that I don’t know all that much about the history of cross stitch. I know it’s an offshoot of embroidery, which has been around for thousands of years, and that cross stitches were used in conjunction with Read More ...
Blackwork Embroidery Patterns
I don’t share a lot of blackwork embroidery content over here because it’s not a technique I’ve ever tried, and it is a little different from cross stitch because it uses different patterns to form the design, which can include Read More ...
10+ Folk Cross Stitch Patterns
Step into a world where artistry intertwines with tradition, where delicate stitches create timeless masterpieces on fabric canvases. Welcome to the captivating realm of Folk Cross Stitch Patterns, where heritage meets creativity, and each stitch tells a story.
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85 Free Cross-Stitch Fonts
Cross-stitching is a timeless craft that allows people to create beautiful, intricate designs by stitching small X-shaped stitches onto fabric. One of the most important aspects of cross-stitching is choosing the right font to use on your pattern. Fonts can Read More ...
Get Started Stitching Blackwork with These Free Designs
I was looking around for some new free cross-stitch patterns to share and I came across these great free blackwork designs from Peppermint Purple.
Blackwork isn’t exactly cross-stitch, but it uses the same tools and some of the same stitches, Read More ...
Blackwork Embroidery Inspiration
I’ve never done blackwork embroidery before, but it’s such a striking crafty that I’m always intrigued when I see it.
Wandering around Pinterest the other day I found this post from Craftster, showing a blackwork background behind a large E. Read More ...
Extravagent Blackwork Motif
Imaginesque posts so many fun blackwork motifs – I don’t know how she comes up with so many new ideas, but she does. This time I have shared the image that shows what the motif looks like used as a Read More ...
Log Cabin Blackwork
I have probably mentioned a hundred times before this, but I am particularly enamored of blackwork. So, I really like the little charts that Imaginesque posts. They are great for so many purposes – filling in backgrounds, bookmarks borders, small Read More ...