Last fall I came across this cross stitch pattern for a sea turtle and I talked myself out of sharing it right away because tropical animals don’t feel like a “fall” thing, but now that it’s summer again, let’s take Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: Happy Sloth Patterns
You know a little bit what you’re in for when you see the header for the Etsy shop Happy Sloth Patterns, whose tagline is “dumb patterns made by an idiot human.” Which at least implies there’s no AI to be Read More ...
Cross Stitch Cards for All Occasions
I have never stitched a greeting card, but I kind of like the idea of it. It’s a card and a gift all in one, and hopefully one the recipient will hang onto for years to come.
This collection of Read More ...
Cross Stitch Ice Cream and Frozen Treats
Summer is the time for sweet treats, whether eating them or stitching them. This collection of patterns is full of designs that are good enough to eat. Almost.
This year of ice creams from Simone Balman Art is lots of Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: Non Stop Stitch
Non Stop Stitch is an Etsy shop based in Ukraine with a dizzying quantity and variety of cross stitch patterns.
They tend to the cute/whimsical and colorful, with lots of flowers, animals, fantasy designs and some classic Ukraine inspired motifs. Read More ...
Seagull Cross Stitch Patterns
Summertime is beach time, and that means it’s the perfect season to stitch up some seagull cross stitch patterns — those favorite scavengers of the shore, in chart form
This little seagull stamp from Easy Patterns Only is super cute Read More ...
Silverberry Designs: Cross Stitch Patterns for Game Nights, Pride & More
I was directed to a cross stitch pattern from Silverberry Designs for a recent post I was working on, and I knew that I needed to share them with you for one reason: cross stitch Clue.
Silverberry Designs is an Read More ...
Fourth of July Cross Stitch Sampler Patterns
Looking for Fourth of July cross stitch sampler patterns? These patriotic, sampler-style charts are a great place to start if you want something more general than my America 250 picks.
Stitch up some classic July 4th symbols, from the Statue Read More ...
Unique Stitch Crafts: Travel & Christmas Stocking Cross Stitch Patterns
Unique Stitch Crafts is a Turkish Etsy shop with two clear specialties in their cross stitch patterns: travel-poster designs for cities and national parks, and an enormous collection of Christmas stockings — more than 100 of them.
By far the Read More ...
Juneteenth Cross Stitch Patterns
Juneteenth is a celebration in the United States that marks when enslaved people living in Texas (specifically, Galveston, via what’s known as General Order No. 3) finally got the word that they were free. It happened on June 19, 1865, Read More ...