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Check Out this Amazing Star Wars Cross Stitch Pattern

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Making cross-stitch designs on the computer makes it possible to make designs that are a lot more detailed than in the days when charts were designed by hand.

An amazing example is this Star Wars cross stitch pattern featuring tons of characters, ships and other details.

It was designed by Creatively Stitching and uses about 100 colors in a design that comes out about 40 inches square on 16 count fabric.

This super-intricate design is $21.99, which is a lot for a pattern, but well worth it for a Star Wars superfan.

You can grab the pattern on etsy.

[Photo: Creatively Stitching.]

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Comments

  1. I hope that before you decided to give free advertising to this Etsy seller you checked to see if they had obtained a license from Disney to sell this cross stitch chart.

    Given how closely Disney guards their property I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that this chart violates both copyright and trade mark laws. I don’t think this website is in the habit of promoting those crimes.

Have you read?

All About Stitching on Perforated Paper

I recently wrote a post on my blog about using a stitchable journal cover and I mentioned that you can make your own stitched cover for a journal by using perforated paper instead of buying a stitchable notebook.

I have to admit, though, that I’ve never used perforated paper for cross stitch myself. I definitely want to because I think it would be great to use for bookmarks that don’t fray and have a little more stability, for example.

Sirious Stitches has us covered, though, because they did a deep dive into all things perforated cross stitch pattern that is worth the time to read through.

The post mentions that a lot of people use perforated paper for cross stitch because they buy an ornament kit that uses it. I’ve never seen these (or at least never noticed that that is what they were) but it’s a great idea to make small projects like ornaments in this way. It also talks about the pros and cons of using cross stitch paper, where to buy it and how to make your own. 

Making it yourself is an awesome idea because if you already have a pattern in mind you can just make holes in your paper where you need stitches to be and leave the rest solid. This would be ideal for making greeting cards, for example.

In addition to kits and sheets you can often find the paper pre-cut into different shapes you can use to make your own designs, no real pattern required.

The post also includes tips and advice for how to stitch on perforated paper that you’ll want to check out before you try your first project.

I’m super intrigued by the idea of using perforated paper for cross stitch and will probably be trying it out soon. Have you used it before? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Check out the post over at Sirious Stitches for more information.

[Photo: Sirious Stitches]