Designer Spotlight: Cross Stitch Traveler

If you’re looking for some funny cross stitch patterns to stitch for your snarkiest friend (even if that’s you!) you need to check out Cross Stitch Traveler on Etsy.

You’ve got to love a storefront where the “snarky-funny” category is 560 items deep (compared to a total of 961 items in the whole store as of this writing).

I couldn’t possibly give you a full rundown in the few hundred words I have here, but there’s lots of fun sweary, sarcastic, work humor and generalized snarkiness.

If there’s a cat involved you know I’ll find it so I had to share “She believed she could, but her cat was asleep on her lap so she didn’t.” This one features a great blend of sass, pretty flowers and a cat, and it also just looks fun to stitch. It uses 11 colors in a size of 123 by 131 stitches. That comes out to 8.75 by 9.5 inches, or 22.3 by 23.8 cm on 14 count fabric.

But of course there’s lot of other great stuff beyond the snarky and funny section, so let’s check some of that out, too.

In the holiday section you’ll find Christmas and Halloween patterns, and there’s still some snark in here, as well as cats in pumpkins and wrapped up in Christmas lights. There are pretty flowers and plants and a few floral frames you can use to stitch up your own sentiments such as a birth or wedding announcement or just add your own text of whatever sort.

The quotes section overlaps a bit with snark (and you’ll find some fun workplace humor here if you want to stitch up something for a Secret Santa or other office gift exchange) but also has some sweet and funny content. And the animals, birds and insects section is filled with cats, butterflies and bees, birds and other creatures (and even a few dogs).

Find all this and more at the Cross Stitch Traveler’s page on Etsy.

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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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