Charts, patterns and everything needlepoint
Small cross-stitch patterns that beginners typically start with are easy enough to understand: the picture looks like what you are stitching and you just make your project look the same.
But when projects get bigger and include more colors and Read More ...
This little tree cross stitch design from Hawthorne Tree Designs is super cute. It’s one of her free charts, and it’s particularly adorable with the addition of a button shaped like an owl living in the tree.
Either way it Read More ...
As much as I love/am delightfully intimidated by big cross stitch projects, there’s something so fun and sweet about little cross stitch patterns. I end up wanting to add them to everything, from table linens to skirts.
I don’t actually Read More ...
Adding words or initials to cross stitch projects is an easy way to make them unique, but sometimes good looking cross stitch fonts are hard to find.
The Arlo font is a freebie at Spruce Craft Co. I don’t know Read More ...
I don’t know why cupcakes remind me of summer. They just look like the perfect little festive thing for this time of year, less fussy than a whole cake but still a lot of fun.
These cute little cupcakes are Read More ...
Little projects are especially great for this time of year, and these little spring and summer designs from Cross Stitcher are cute little designs that would be great to use on greeting cards, samplers or with other little designs.
The Read More ...
The other day I shared some wedding related cross stitch patterns, and I like this mirrored swan pattern as a less obviously wedding gift project.
The free pattern from DMC features two swans, hearts and flowers, and is considered Read More ...
This time of year it seems like flowers are cropping up everywhere, so they might as well be on your project list, too.
I don’t know what time of year Scottish thistles bloom, but it seems like anytime would be Read More ...
It sometimes feels like spring is over after Easter but there’s technically more than a month left until the season changes, which is plenty of time to indulge in some more spring stitching.
These mini cross stitch motifs for spring Read More ...
The end of the school year is upon us, which is a great time to show your kid’s teachers you care in the form of handmade gifts.
This Love-Teach-Inspire cross stitch design from Good Life Farm (that’s actually a freebie Read More ...