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 ...
Happy Fourth of July from Tiny Modernist
This design is a few years old but it’s a really cute one if you’re looking for a Fourth of July cross stitch pattern.
Tiny Modernist has a collection of cross stitch freebies, and if you scroll down a Read More ...
Fourth of July Greetings
This little Happy 4th of July pattern from Alita Designs would be a great holiday greeting card, or add it to a little frame to use as part of your door wreath for the celebration.
The design is worked in Read More ...
Summer Time is the Perfect Time for Stitching Ice Cream
Ice cream is just cute. I don’t know why that is. Maybe it’s the combination of colors and deliciousness and that it’s something that makes most people happy. Or maybe it’s just me.
Whatever. This free ice cream pattern from Read More ...
Stitch a Simple Father’s Day Card
It always seems like Father’s Day sneaks up on me, and it often happens to fall during our vacation (which is probably why I forget about it; I’m busy thinking about other things).
If you’ve left off making something for Read More ...
Stitch This Easter Egg Sampler for Spring
This Easter egg ornament cross-stitch project from Fave Crafts is darling! It features little bands of different designs in pastel colors and great details like working in little pink seed beads and using cording around the outside of the egg. Read More ...
Stitch a Gingham Heart to Show Your Love
Heart shapes are a great design element any time of year, but especially around Valentine’s Day. It’s fun to see hearts combined with other classic designs, like this gingham heart cross stitch design from Felt Magnet.
Designed by Karen Read More ...
Personalize this Sweet Valentine’s Day Cross Stitch Pattern
Stitch People has a really cute free cross stitch pattern for Valentine’s Day that you can easily personalize for your favorite couple.
The pattern shows a man and a woman but you could easily change it to two men or Read More ...
Stitch a Pretty Winter White Flower
I love the little cross stitch freebies from Country Living magazine, and they have a new one each month that are all collected on the same cross stitch freebies page, with the newest ones at the top.
This month’s Read More ...
This Valentine Raccoon Might Steal Your Heart
There are lots of different Valentine’s Day themed cross-stitch patterns out there, but I think this is the first one I have seen that involves a raccoon.
It’s not something I would have thought of, but I have to admit Read More ...