Charts, patterns and everything needlepoint
Some relationships are constant texting and digital communication, while others are a little more old school.
Whether you’re the friend who still writes real letters, or your best bud is a teacher, this is the design for those relationships that Read More ...
Sometimes you can find cross-stitch patterns in unexpected places. I have found designs that were made for melty beads or charted knitting designs that would work just as well in cross stitch.
And this design, Keep Calm and Teach On Read More ...
Sometimes we need to say no to things to be able to say yes to other things. Even when the other things are sitting at home and cross-stitching.
If you need a reminder that it’s totally fine to say no Read More ...
I was looking around on Pinterest the other day and I saw a photo from the Instagram feed of Seker Etamin, which is a really cute idea for using a bit of cross stitch.
It looks like the flamingos Read More ...
I’ll admit I haven’t watched any but the first Toy Story movie (and my daughter was so creeped out by the misfit toys that crawled around on legs she has no interest in watching more) but I know a lot Read More ...
As I write this I’m sitting in my daughter’s school, next to windows that open onto their little butterfly garden. There are several butterflies flitting about on the butterfly bushes, and I don’t know if there is much more summery Read More ...
Avocados are super trendy both as a food product and a crafting motif. If you love avocados as much as you love cats, you’ll want to stitch up this Avocato cross stitch pattern.
Designed by ringcat and available on Read More ...
June is Pride Month, and while it’s not all about the rainbows, of course, this time of year you do tend to see a lot more rainbows about.
This Love Rainbow cross stitch pattern from Stitching the Night Away was Read More ...
I love monstera leaves as a craft motif. They’re so graphic and pretty and evoke summer in the tropics but are really pretty in lots of different kinds of decor.
Mari Bori Embroidery on etsy has a mostera leaf cross Read More ...
It’s pretty common to use the same colors in a cross stitch project as those that are used in the chart, but sometimes you might want to change a color or two in a design.
It’s not always as Read More ...