Designer Spotlight: Cross Stitch for You

If you’re looking for fun options for temperature cross stitch projects, whimsical animals or J.R.R. Tolkien inspired art, Cross Stitch for You is, well, for you.

The biggest category in the shop is Tolkien art, much of it featuring quotes and images from the books. This one isn’t entirely representative of the options, but I do like this colorful depiction of a hobbit hole in the Shire.

It calls for 34 colors, and of course you can change up the flowers if you want them to be different colors than what is shown. The design is 8.43 by 8.79 inches, or 21.41 by 22.32 cm on 14 count fabric, with a stitch count of 118 by 123 stitches. I love how it’s almost round, and you could certainly cut off the edge of the tree if you want to keep it circular.

The next biggest category is cats, which seems appropriate. There are cat samplers, and snarky, murderous cats, cats on a bookshelf and outlines of cats with designs inside them.

Next up is Halloween, which includes more cats, holding a seance or doing spells. There are dancing skeletons, a sampler of cute ghosts, plants in skulls and fogs doing Halloween things.

You’ll also find Star Wars and Harry Potter inspired art, Christmas designs, patterns inspired by Disney, graduation and Valentine’s Day projects and more.

And back to those temperature projects for a minute. There are lots of different options including a circle stitch with hearts and stars, making each moth a glass or putting it in a jar, making the year in the shape of a cat or a skull, or stitching each day as a tiny block that looks like a calendar (though the full effect is a bit like a periodic table, too).

Check out all the fun and geeky stitches at Cross Stitch for You.

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Temperature Cross Stitch Patterns

Summertime is beach time, which also means it’s seagull time. Let’s stitch up some of our favorite scavengers of the shore.

This little seagull stamp from Easy Patterns Only is super cute and fun to stitch for any lover of the sea. At 23 by 27 stitches, it uses six colors and measures 1.64 by 1.93 inches or 4.17 by 4.9 cm on 14 count fabric.

I also love this silly little seagull from Stitchissimo. This one is 24 by 35 stitches and uses five colors. On 14 count fabric it’s just 1.7 by 2.5 inches, or 4.4 by 6.4 cm.

Go for a more traditional flying gull project with this one from Silverberry Designs. It uses six colors and measures 2.21 by 4.43 inches (5.6 by 11.3 cm) on 14 count fabric with a stitch count of 31 by 62.

Use seagulls to share your love with this pattern from Yellow Birdie Stitches. Share it with the person you love more than a seagull loves chips (you could change it to fries pretty easily if you prefer the American term). It’s 63 by 60 stitches and uses 10 colors. On 14 count fabric it comes out to 4.5 by 4.25 inches, or 11.4 by 10.9 cm.

And speaking of fries, Happy Sloth Patterns offers this seagull with a face full of chips. It uses nine colors and is 60 by 49 stitches. On 14 count fabric that’s 4.3 by 3.5 inches, or 10.9 by 8.9 cm, which fits nicely in a six-inch hoop.

Or stitch up some carousing gulls with this pattern from Non Stop Stitch. It looks like these seagulls are about to get into a fight! The design uses 22 colors and blends and measures 145 by 75 stitches. That’s 8.94 by 4.31 inches, or 22.7 by 10.95 cm on 14 count fabric.

For a more stately seagull sailor, check out this pattern from Mansarda Cross Stitch. This one combines cross stitch and an embroidered background, though you could leave that out if you don’t do embroidery. It calls for 20 colors and one blend, and measures 83 by 88 stitches. The sample was worked on 56 count linen 1 over 2, but you can use regular Aida fabric if you prefer.

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