Cross Stitch Spotlight: MIYA Stitch

If you’re a fan of gnomes, fandoms, Halloween and all around cute cross stitch patterns, you’re going to want to check out MIYA Stitch. With more than 470 patterns as of this writing, there’s a lot of fun stuff to choose from in this Ukraine based shop for people with all sorts of favorite styles and subjects.

The largest category in this shop is gnomes, so let’s start there. Many of these are seasonal, such as fall, Halloween, Christmas, St. Patrick’s Day and other holidays and season.

Because the shop is Ukrainian I can’t resist sharing the Ukrainian gnomes, done up in yellow and gold and decorate with Ukrainian flags and sunflowers. The design is 114 by 76 stitches, which comes out to about 8.2 by 5.5 inches, or 21 by 14 cm, on 14 count fabric. This design uses 12 colors and blends.

Coming in just behind gnomes, with more than 80 patterns, is the “fandom” category, which includes everything from Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings to Anne of Green Gables and Super Mario. And that’s just on the first screen. You’ll also find characters from Good Omens, the Little Prince, Star Wars and more.

There’s also quite a lot of Halloween cross stitch patterns, which trend more to cute than creepy. There’s a goose in a pumpkin, a frog doing witchcraft, magical ghosts, potion bottles and more.

There are a lot of landscapes, animals (in particular cats), designs with female characters, houses, Christmas designs and more. In the “simple” section you’ll find a script alphabet, some cute coffee cups and some personalizable designs.

One of my favorite collections is the steampunk designs, which include steampunk-inspired designs of things like a clock, coffee grinder, motorcycle and gramophone. Of course my favorite of those is the steampunk sewing machine.

There’s even more fun stuff I haven’t mentioned like Christmas patterns, seascapes and more. Head to MIYA Stitch on Etsy to check out all the fun designs.

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Non Stop Stitch is an Etsy shop based in Ukraine with a dizzying quantity and variety of cross stitch patterns.

They tend to the cute/whimsical and colorful, with lots of flowers, animals, fantasy designs and some classic Ukraine inspired motifs.

How about this super sweet Ukrainian boy and girl design? With folk inspired clothing and adorable animals, these characters can be stitched together on one piece or separately. The images were designed by Nadiia Nagorna. The boy measures 50 by 96 and uses 22 colors and blends, while the girl is 62 by 94 stitches and uses 27 colors and blends.

Both projects involve full and half cross stitches, as well as backstitch and French knots. They are classified as intermediate patterns.

The largest category on the site is Christmas patterns, with more than 200 options, ranging from cute animals to ornaments, Santas, snowmen and more. There are also plenty of patterns for both Easter and Halloween if you like seasonal stitches.

In addition you’ll find lots of animal designs, from bears and foxes to cats and dogs, mice and elephants, birds, bunnies and bugs. And extensive flowers and plants section includes pretty bouquet cross stitch patterns, stitched wreaths and seasonal scenes, as well as food cross stitch patterns, like a swag of chili peppers, mushrooms on a postage stamp, persimmons and cherries.

The fantasy and magic category leans heavy on whimsy with cute dragons, a one-eyed monster with dragonfly wings, a mermaid listening to music, and a green bearded river spirit covered in lily pads.

And that’s not even to mention other sections like food and drinks, houses and landscapes, lighthouses, people/babies/dolls and more. There’s so much to choose from there’s no way to really categorize it all, so why don’t you head over to Non Stop Stitch and do some scrolling. I’d love to hear if you make one of their patterns!

[Photo: Non Stop Stitch]

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