One of the fun things about cross stitch is all the different surfaces you can stitch on. Of course regular cross stitch fabric is the most common, you can stitch on anything with holes (and even sometimes on things without Read More ...
Make Your Cross Stitch into an Iron On Patch
A while back I made a little rainbow cross stitch pattern and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it, so I turned it into a patch. My idea was that it could be used on a jacket Read More ...
How to Dye Cross Stitch Fabric
When I was learning to cross stitch as a kid, there were not a lot of options when it came to the color of cross stitch fabric. Other things may have been available, but in that age before the Internet Read More ...
Make Your Hoops Prettier to Use as Frames
It’s popular to use embroidery hoops as frames for cross stitch projects, but a plain wooden hoop isn’t really that interesting as a way to present your hard work to the world.
Luckily it’s pretty easy to embellish an embroidery Read More ...
How to Make a Cross Stitch Banner
I grew up Catholic, and I remember when we did our first communion each child had a banner with their name and some religious symbols or other things on it, and for some reason that’s what this cross stitch banner Read More ...
How to Turn a Photo or Drawing into a Cross-Stitch Pattern
One of the most common questions I see online when it comes to designing patterns is how to turn a photo or drawing into a cross stitch pattern. It’s not actually that difficult, especially if the project isn’t too detailed, Read More ...
Teacher Cross Stitch Patterns for Back to School
You might not want to stitch up a teacher cross stitch pattern for the first day of school to give to your new teacher, but if you start on these now they’ll be ready for the holiday season or whenever 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 ...
Cross Stitch Tip: How to Blend Colors of Floss
The other day I posted about a Mardi Gras cross stitch pattern that included a couple of different blends of floss.
This actually isn’t something I’ve ever done when cross stitching (I’m still pretty basic when it comes to the Read More ...
Stitch a Rabbit for the Year of the Rabbit
Here’s another pretty rabbit cross-stitch pattern to stitch up for Lunar New Year.
This year of the rabbit cross stitch pattern is worked in four colors, and I love the floral design in the negative space on the rabbit’s body. Read More ...