I’ll admit to not taking as much care as I should when finishing cross stitch projects. Just like blocking in knitting or crochet, taking the time to finish a cross stitch project right means it will look its best, whether Read More ...
Ways to Display Your Cross Stitch Projects
I think most of the time when we make cross stitch projects, we are pretty conventional in how we choose to display them. We might mount them on a board of some sort, or show them in a frame.
Sometimes Read More ...
How to Keep Your Place in a Cross Stitch Chart
I love to help my fellow cross stitchers to make this craft easier and more enjoyable, so I love sharing tips when I come across them that will make it easier to have success.
When you’re working a small project, Read More ...
How to Finish off Thread on a Cross Stitch Project
I’m usually not all that interested in making the back of my cross stitch projects very clean. I know it’s a nice thing to do, but I tie knots in my threads when I start stitching, and sometimes I’ll tie Read More ...
A Cute Idea for a Cross-Stitched Scene
I was poking around on Etsy recently, as I do, and I came across this cute little cross stitched scene made to go in a mint tin.
The one I saw was this seasonally appropriate ghost tin, but the Read More ...
Ways to Make Your Cross Stitches Neater
When we start cross stitching, most of the time we are just focused on getting the needle into the correct hole in the fabric and keeping our tension even so that our stitching looks good. But over time you might Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: StitchxFinch
I generally don’t share Etsy shops that are as small as this one — it only has 24 patterns as I write this — but I did want to share it just because there’s a story behind it for me. Read More ...
How Old is that Thread Anyway?
Not too long ago I cleaned up my cross-stitch floss (which was desperately needed, I assure you) and it got me wondering about the age of some of the threads in there.
I’m not a consistent cross-stitcher by any means, Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: Tidy Patterns
Every now and then I come across a shop I want to promote just because their patterns are colorful and cheerful. That’s what caught my eye when I found Tidy Patterns, an Etsy shop based in Switzerland that showcases the Read More ...
Tips to Make Cross Stitch More of a Habit
This is the cross stitch page, so of course I’m talking specifically about cross stitch here, but these ideas for making cross stitch more of a habit really work for any craft or hobby that you want to deliberately spend Read More ...