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Go Back to Basics with Common Cross Stitch Terms

August 29, 2025 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

It’s back to school time where I live, which I always feel like is a great time to learn a new skill or take a deeper dive into something that you might not have learned a lot about before. 

Usually Read More ...

Crow Cross Stitch Patterns

August 23, 2025 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

In all my years writing about cross stitch, I don’t think I’ve ever had a post dedicated to crow cross stitch patterns. That’s a shame, because crows are cool, and they’re a great motif to use in the fall that Read More ...

Printable Cross Stitch Sheets Make it Easy to Cross Stitch on Clothes

August 9, 2025 by Sarah White

Lately I have been feeling like all of my clothes are looking a little worn or feeling a little tired. I don’t want to buy new clothes, though, so there’s been a lot of mending, altering and adding special touches Read More ...

How to Manage a Large Piece of Cross Stitch Fabric

July 30, 2025 by Sarah White

I am known to be really paranoid when it comes to cutting cross stitch fabric for a project. I will math it out, count, recount, think about it, worry, decide it needs to be bigger than math plus my already Read More ...

Cross Stitching on Wooden Blanks

July 22, 2025 by Sarah White

One of the fun things about cross stitch is all the different surfaces you can stitch on. Of course regular cross stitch fabric is the most common, you can stitch on anything with holes (and even sometimes on things without Read More ...

Make Your Cross Stitch into an Iron On Patch

July 12, 2025 by Sarah White

A while back I made a little rainbow cross stitch pattern and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it, so I turned it into a patch. My idea was that it could be used on a jacket Read More ...

Do You Park Your Cross Stitch Thread? Try The Royal Roads Method

July 6, 2025 by Sarah White

I have not done a lot of big cross stitch projects, but sometimes even with small projects it can be hard to decide exactly where to begin and how to work through the chart if you’re working with multiple colors. Read More ...

Reasons to Love Small Cross Stitch Designs

June 21, 2025 by Sarah White

This post is inspired by a post I saw over at Caterpillar Cross Stitch about why small cross stitch patterns are great, but I can tell you my own stories of cross stitching woes, too.

I have always been a Read More ...

Are Thread Bundles Worth the Money

June 13, 2025 by Sarah White

I recently came across a post from Lord Libidan talking about embroidery floss packs and whether it’s worth the money to buy a set of threads all at once instead of one skein at a time.

With the closure of Read More ...

Check Out This Great Method for Framing Cross Stitch

June 7, 2025 by Sarah White

When you put all the time and energy you do into making a great cross stitch project, it’s worth taking the time to frame it in a way that will make it look its best.

Often for smaller designs we’ll Read More ...

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