If you need a quick overview of cross stitching basics because you’re still learning, need a refresher or want to teach someone else how to cross stitch, there’s a great collection of tutorials and tips at the DMC website.
Free Cross Stitch Chart – Venice Waterway
This Venice waterway is very pretty but I must admit I don’t recall it being so green and full of life as depicted here. Perhaps this is more of a summer photo? Venice Waterway Cross Stitch Pattern. Read More ...
How To Embroider on Paper
This is a technique that isn’t strictly cross stitch, but you could do it in cross stitch if you wanted to.
Embroidery on paper isn’t difficult, you just have to create holes to sew through, so it takes a little Read More ...
Cross Stitch for Left-Handed People
As a knitter, I know that there can be a big difference in how handcrafts work depending on which hand is dominant for you. My daughter is left-handed, too, so I have to think about this when I’m teaching her Read More ...
An Easy Way to Make Your Own Cross Stitch Charts with Text
If you’ve ever wanted to add writing to a cross stitch design or make your own cross-stitch charts that include words, it can be a pain to figure out how to draw the letters you want in a way that Read More ...
Baby Feet to Cross Stitch
Is there anything cuter than baby feet? What better way to celebrate a new little one than by stitching up some sweet little feet?
There’s a sweet pattern at My Cross Stitch Patterns for a birth record cross stitch pattern Read More ...
Watermelon Cross Stitch Patterns
There are a lot of fun, made up holidays out there, and one of them is coming up this week. Aug. 3 is apparently National Watermelon Day, so why not celebrate by stitching up some watermelon-themed cross-stitch charts?
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More Cross Stitch Olympic Symbols
I realized after I published my post yesterday about a cross-stitch Olympic rings chart that Cut Out and Keep actually has some other Olympic-themed charts you might want to check out:
Cross Stitch the Olympic Rings
The Olympics are almost here, and it’s a lot of fun to incorporate crafting into the celebration. I mean, you’re going to be watching a lot of TV anyway, right? So why not stitch something Olympic-themed while you’re at it? Read More ...
Stitch a Simple, Sweet Little Bicycle
I love this little bicycle cross-stitch chart from Make it Yourself magazine.
It’s a pretty small chart and only uses three colors. It’s the perfect design to stitch up and hang in a six-inch hoop, and it would be the Read More ...