Designer Spotlight: Box and Fox

January 24, 2024 by Sarah White Leave a Comment

When I look at the designs of Box and Fox on Etsy, the first words that come to mind are lush and floral.

This designer has more than 1,000 (1,000!) patterns on their page, so I certainly didn’t look at all of them, but I still stand by that assessment of their work and almost no matter where you look in their pattern categories you will find the same thing.

I think the word lush applies to the fullness of the designs and the color choices used. I feel like there’s more jewel tones and darker, more saturated colors than you often see in cross stitch designs. There are pastels and even monochromatic designs, too, but there’s just something about these — they’re pretty, colorful, modern designs (with some more vintage designs thrown in, too) that look like they’d be a lot of fun to stitch.

And I mention floral because when I visited there were a lot of floral designs on the front page, but there’s also just a lot of flowers and plants in these designs. You’ll find them with cats. And with (or on) butterflies. In large scale projects and minis. A lot of the vintage designs are florals, too.

There are a few seasonal designs for the new year (including a few Chinese zodiac animals), Valentine’s Day and Christmas. There are also several designs related to astrological signs (including a set with the signs as cats, which are super cute).

It was really hard for me to pick the pattern I wanted to share in a photo, which I guess is a good sign that there’s a lot of great stuff there! But I came back to this floral design that looks like sunflowers and echinacea or coneflower plants. It’s not as bold in color as some of the other ones but I still really like it!

This design is 120 by 140 stitches and uses 8 colors. It’s 8.5 by 10 inches (or 21.7 by 25.4 cm) when stitched on 14 count fabric.

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Designer Spotlight: Cross Stitch Foxy

Cross Stitch Foxy has a huge selection of cross stitch patterns perfect for gifts or using in your own home decor. As of this writing there are more than 900 patterns listed, so there’s no way I can cover them all, but let’s take a quick peek at some of the options.

As with many cross stitch designers, Cross Stitch Foxy has a lot of holiday themed patterns, including Christmas, Halloween and Easter and St. Patrick’s Day. There are patriotic American patterns, feminist patterns and so much more.

Since we’re heading into the Christmas season as I write this, I thought I’d highlight one of the more than 100 Christmas listings in the shop. These Christmas mugs would be cute to have hanging in your kitchen or anywhere else all winter long.

The full pattern is 86 by 101 stitches, which comes out to 6.1 by 7.2 inches, or 5.5 by 18 cm, when stitched on 14 count fabric. It calls for 19 colors. Of course you could also stitch a single mug if you’d rather, or put them into individual frames.

One thing that is fun about Cross Stitch Foxy’s projects is that the intention is that to some extent you can use what you have to make the projects. None of the projects include single stitches of a color, and colors can be replaced with the colors you have or use blends made up of colors you already have, making the projects more cost effective and environmentally friendly. Of course for holiday patterns you’ll want some holiday colors, but there’s wiggle room to use the threads you already own, which is nice.

In addition to the categories I already mentioned, there are many other patterns, including a wide selection of seasonal gnomes, patterns with cats and dogs, food and drink patterns and a nice collection of flowers and plants, just to name a few. There’s probably something for everyone in this store, so go check it out at Cross Stitch Foxy on Etsy.

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