Designer Spotlight: Cross Stitch By Coconut

If you love little cross stitch patterns, you’re going to have a lot of fun looking through the more than 150 designs on offer from Etsy seller Cross Stitch by Coconut.

The largest category on this Japanese designer’s shop is for gift tags, which of course could be stitched up as minis or in little collections in a frame instead. There are Christmas tags, military-themed projects, cats, other cute animals, fireworks and more in these collections.

Another large category, and the one that first caught my eye, is bookmarks. Here you’ll find lots of cute little bookmark designs, including Alice in Wonderland theme, dinos, mermaids and more. These little crabs shown here would be perfect for a summer reading bookmark.

The pattern uses just two colors and easily fits a two-inch wide bookmark blank (or a piece of regular cross stitch fabric cut to fit). The design is 26 by 85 stitches, or 1.86 by 6.07 inches (4.7 by 15.4 cm). This would be so cute on pale blue or off-white/sand colored fabric.

In addition to gift tags and bookmarks, there are other little patterns focusing on holidays (mostly Christmas and Valentine’s Day); animal designs, many with a Japanese twist; and an array of alphabet fonts you can use in any of your cross stitch projects.

In addition to the individual patterns, the shop also offers a few pattern bundles, including animal patterns, bookmarks and an array of 1.5 inch/3.8 cm mini cross stitch patterns. There are also a few Christmas themed mini bundles (the spooky Christmas mini collection might be my favorite.

Check out all this shop has to offer at Cross Stitch by Coconut.

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[Photo: Cross Stitch by Coconut]

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Summer is the time for sweet treats, whether eating them or stitching them. This collection of patterns is full of designs that are good enough to eat. Almost.

This year of ice creams from Simone Balman Art is lots of fun, and you could also stitch up these treats individually if you’d rather. The full piece is 210 by 300 stitches, though it’s not full coverage. It uses 25 colors and comes out to 13.6 by 20.1 inches, or 34.5 by 51.2 cm, as shown on 14 count fabric.

These mini Popsicles from Mariana Gonclaves ART as super sweet and quick to stitch. These would also be a fun border to another summer project. The full design is 43 by 46 stitches, which is 3.1 by 3.3 inches, or 7.8 by 8.3 cm, on 14 count fabric.

Sam X Stitch has this fun sweet treat sampler, which again would be fun to stitch as individual pieces (maybe on napkins?). In all it calls for 18 colors and measures 153 by 153 stitches. That comes out to 10.93 inches or 27.75 cm on 14 count fabric.

Another great sampler is this one with ice cream and other sweet treats from Cute Patterns by Maria. At 119 by 132 stitches total, working the full pattern would be about 8.6 by 9.4 inches, or 22 by 24 cm on 14 count fabric, and it uses 33 colors. You can also stitch individual designs, which range in height from 35 to 45 stitches, and in width from 11 to 28.

This collection of four sundae patterns from Stichrovia would be fun to make for a kitchen or a teen’s room. Each pattern is around 40 by 50 stitches, so they should fit in a four or five inch hoop if worked on 14 count fabric.

Or stitch up one of the treats from Stitch Chart Studio‘s collection of seven ice cream cross stitch patterns. These range in size and in number of colors needed, but most would fit in a five or six in hoop (and one in a four inch hoop).

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