As a knitter, I have rather a weakness for fiber-bearing animals of all sorts, but I have a particular soft spot for alpacas and llamas and am so happy they are on trend right now.
This sweet alpaca cross stitch Read More ...
A Cross Stitch Pattern for Everyone Who’s Played Too Much Tetris
I’ll admit that I have, at times in my life, been rather addicted to Tetris. I played a lot of it on the Nintendo back in the day, and I’ve been known to lose much precious productive time to the Read More ...
An Adorable Corgi to Cross Stitch
A friend of mine just got a corgi puppy, and I have to say it’s pretty darn adorable. I didn’t even know I liked corgis until I saw a puppy one.
If you’re a fan of corgis or you know Read More ...
Make an Easy Cross-Stitched Pincushion
Have you ever seen the Clover pincushion maker? It’s a cool tool that makes it easy to make a pillow-like pincushion, which Stitched Modern used to make a cute cross-stitched pincushion covered with stitched polka dots.
Of course you could Read More ...
Going Back to Embroidery Basics
Much as I love cross stitch, I really like using embroidery as a gateway to getting people interested in stitching because it is more free-form and there’s not really a “right” way to do it.
I’ve been writing a lot Read More ...
Learn to Embroider the Fern Stitch
Cross stitch and embroidery look great together and can easily be used in the same project, so it’s worthwhile to know a little bit of both if you like stitching and drawing with thread.
Pam Ash Designs has a great Read More ...
How to Cross Stitch a Key Chain with Plastic Canvas
I was wandering around Pinterest, as one does, and I saw a picture of cross-stitched keychains.
I started looking for more, and found some that looked like kits where there was a plastic part that surrounded the cross-stitch fabric, and Read More ...
Stitch Little Lambs for a Sweet Pincushion
I love this idea for a sweet little pincushion that kind of combines a bunch of crafty disciplines, including cross stitch, sewing, and maybe even knitting or crochet since the subject is sheep.
Kathleen at Floss & Fleece designed this Read More ...
Stitch a Mom Tattoo Design
A long time ago I knit a bag with a mom tattoo design on the side. I kind of love that graphic design and I think it’s really fun for gifts for funky moms.
Don’t Eat the Paste has a Read More ...
A Sweet Spring Bunny to Stitch
This sweet spring pattern was designed for the first birthday of the Snowflower Diaries blog back in 2014, which is long enough ago that it’s like it’s a brand new pattern now. 😉
It features a bunny in a dress Read More ...