The thing that drew me to The World in Stitches’ Etsy shop was all the bright and cheerful color. The shop, which is based in the UK, has a header (as of this writing anyway) that shows four different colorful Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: Mamida Pattern
Here’s a little peek into the process here at CraftGossip (at least for the cross stitch site): I come up with a general idea of what kind of pattern roundups I want to write, whether that’s seasonal or something else Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: Stone Street Stitchworks
If you’re a fan of ornamental folk cross stitch designs, you’ll want to check out Stone Street Stitchworks, an Etsy designer based in Houston, Texas.
According to their shop description, they feature designs with an “ornamental country style” inspired by Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: Goffin Design
Even though their patterns cover a wide range of seasons, holidays and motifs, there’s just something about the designs from Etsy seller Goffin Design that evokes spring to me.
The colors are bright, fresh and cheerful, whether they’re used to Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: Notforgotten Farm
Notforgotten Farm is an Etsy shop dedicated to primitive needlework patterns and supplies. Based in Virginia, the shop has patterns for counted and uncounted cross stitch, embroidery, punch needle and appliques, as well as a couple of hand-sewing patterns. They Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: Stitches Sew Beautiful
Super detailed, full coverage cross stitch designs are what you’ll find at the Etsy shop Stitches Sew Beautiful. Many of the designs are created from digital art (with permission from the original artist, of course) making the designs incredibly detailed Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: Whoopicat
If you’re a fan of art nouveau, art deco or the arts and crafts period in design, have I got a treat for you today. Etsy seller Whoopicat is based in Michigan and makes glorious stitched reproductions of classic designs, Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: Anabella’s Shop
Anabella’s Shop is an Etsy store based in North Carolina that features a vast array of classic samplers, more modern cute projects, fabric, floss and other supplies for stitchers and sewists.
Since we’re here to talk about cross stitch, let’s Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: Lola Crow Cross Stitch
If you’re looking for cross stitch patterns with a gothic twist, you can find them at Lola Crow Cross Stitch. This Etsy seller based in Oregon describes their shop as having “adorably unusual cross stitch patterns” and I have to Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: Lagodargentoshop
Lagodargentoshop (styled as one word on Etsy though I think it would more properly be Lago D’Argento Shop, but that’s not up to me, now is it?) is a cross stitch pattern shop on Etsy that’s based in Italy described Read More ...