I love the look of this hand-lettered cross-stitch design from One Artsy Mama. Like many people, she’s been taken by hand lettering and decided to draw out a design in pencil on cross-stitch cloth, then stitch it using cross stitch Read More ...
“She Persisted” Cross Stitch Projects
It’s always fun to see something from popular culture make it into the world of crafting, and the statement “nevertheless she persisted,” which became a rallying cry for women recently, seems an especially appropriate sentiment for stitching.
Haley at the Read More ...
Lego Batman Cross Stitch Patterns
I’m not sure why a website that sells Halloween costumes has a blog that’s full of craft ideas, but HalloweenCostumes.com does have such a blog, and in celebration of the new Lego Batman movie, they’ve made some Lego Batman Read More ...
Stitch These Hearts and Arrows as a Sweet Last-Minute Valentine
Of course hearts are fun to cross stitch and use in other kinds of art all through the year, but I couldn’t resist slipping in one more quick little, super cute heart project before Valentine’s Day.
A Valentine for Tetris Lovers
Tetris was probably the last video game I played with any regularity, which dates me quite a bit but also shows you why I’m the perfect target for this Tetris themed Valentine cross stitch.
The pattern features a heart made Read More ...
Check Out these Fantastic Cross-Stitched Planets
I really feel like I’ve written about this before, but I can’t find it so I guess not. Even if I have, it’s really cool, so, worth checking out again.
Artist Navid Baraty is on an interstellar mission to stitch Read More ...
Stitch a Peacock Purse with Half Stitches
The pattern is kind of old, but thanks to a blog post over on KBB Crafts & Stitches I learned about this gorgeous little peacock purse cross stitch pattern from Craft Ideas.
To be accurate, it’s actually half stitch, worked Read More ...
Stitch a Rubber Duckie to Decorate Your Bathroom
I don’t know who comes up with these things, but as I write this, today is Rubber Duckie Day. So why not celebrate by stitching up a little yellow duckie to decorate the bathroom, or anywhere else for that matter? Read More ...
These Cross-Stitched Home Items are Works of Art
Swedish designer Ulla-Stina Wikander gives old household objects amazing new life by covering them with cross stitch.
Items such as rolling pins, trays and teapots are transformed with cross-stitch fabrics she’s purchased over the years. She started covering household items Read More ...
Cross Stitch Basics: How to Read a Chart and Keep Your Place
This time of year is ripe for starting new projects, and possibly new hobbies, or even just for trying new methods of doing things you’ve been doing with less success in the past.
I am the worst, for example, when Read More ...