Charts, patterns and everything needlepoint
It’s time for Kwanzaa, the weeklong celebration of African American culture and heritage. While cross-stitch isn’t a traditional African craft, it’s still a great way to illustrate the symbols of the celebration.
Maria Merlino designed this chart of a Kwanzaa Read More ...
Adding a border to a simple cross-stitch project is a fun way to make it look a little different and more special.
If you’re making a design into a card, a border can give it more emphasis, or just make Read More ...
I decided the end of the year should be about finishing projects, because I am pretty terrible about starting things and not finishing them.
And then I saw this cross-stitch pattern and decided if I were going to start another Read More ...
Just because Christmas is here doesn’t mean we have to be done with winter stitching (because the actual winter season just started, right?).
Check out this adorable snowman and penguin cross stitch pattern from Tiny Modernist.
These sweet characters have Read More ...
This time of year tends to bring to mind the importance of family, and this sweet Family is Forever cross stitch pattern is a great reminder that can hang on your wall all year.
The sample in the free pattern Read More ...
I love cross-stitched flower patterns, and this one is stunning.
The French Poppy Cross Stitch from Peacock and Fig features a flower outlined in black with slightly offset colors, giving the design a watercolor effect.
This wee pattern measures 2 Read More ...
As New Year’s Eve nears, it gets me thinking about how much I don’t want to go out.
So this sloth cross-stitch pattern really speaks to me.
It’s found on imgur and was designed by user iamtherealkorbindallas, based on a Read More ...
This time of year in particular I feel like I am living on coffee and good intentions.
If I had time to do any cross-stitch, I might want to cross stitch this pattern, which describes the correct order of things Read More ...
Little Christmas (or any holiday, really) patterns are so fun to stitch up because you can use them on gift tags, make holiday-themed bookmarks, add them to cards or lots of other projects.
Hancock’s House of Happy has some really Read More ...
Do you know about Stitch People? It’s a concept that allows you to stitch portraits of people complete with details that make them look like themselves.
Stitch People has a sweet Christmas sampler you can download (email required) with Rudolph, Read More ...