Mardi Gras masks are such a fun shape, and the colors are great for cross stitch projects.
This free cross stitch pattern for a Mardi Gras mask is from Ugly Ducking House and can be downloaded after you subscribe to Read More ...
A Simple Cross Stitch Bookmark for Valentine’s Day
I love stitching hearts because they are such a fun and easy shape. The other day my daughter was home from school and I was a bit burnt out from knitting (which is my normal default craft) so I pulled Read More ...
More Valentine Projects from DMC
I love the DMC website for free cross-stitch patterns for lots of holidays and themes, and I recently came across a page with a few different Valentine’s Day cross stitch patterns.
Scroll down to find three patterns including a Be Read More ...
Stitch a Spring Wreath
The sweet little flowers on this spring wreath are a great reminder that spring is coming soon.
The pastel colors are super cute but you can stitch them in any colors you like to suit your decor or mood.
This Read More ...
Stitch this Gorgeous Dragonfly
Ugly Duckling House did a free cross stitch pattern for subscribers each month last year, and while some of them look familiar, I don’t think I had seen this one before.
This lovely dragonfly cross stitch chart has kind of Read More ...
A Cute Rat for New Year’s or Any Other Time
I’m one of those people who thinks (some, anyway) rats are kind of cute. I don’t think I’d have one for a pet but I know people who have and I’m not totally freaked out by them like some people Read More ...
Happy New Year 2020 Card
If you want to stitch some new year’s greetings for someone special, check out this Merry Christmas and Happy New Year pattern from Alita Designs.
It has candles and holly on it so it has a bit of a Christmas Read More ...
Who Can Resist this Baby Yoda Pattern?
Even if you haven’t been watching the Star Wars show The Mandalorian, odds are really good you’ve seen the character known as Baby Yoda. This adorable little…whatever species Yoda is…floats around in an egg-like carriage and uses the Force in Read More ...
A Snowflake to Stitch for the Start of Winter
It always feels a little bit wrong that winter doesn’t officially start until it’s almost Christmas. It kind of feels like winter after Thanksgiving (and the weather often feels wintry long before the calendar calls it that season).
But it Read More ...
Stitch a Sweet Sleigh Full of Presents
Country Living 
magazine features a free cross stitch pattern in every issue, and they collect them on one page on their website, which sometimes makes it hard to find what you are looking for but is also kind of fun. Read More ...