Designer Spotlight: One Seo

The designer behind Etsy shop One Seo says they design patterns “inspired by mythology, nature, folklore, and the magic found in everyday life.” Let’s take a closer look.

As of this writing the shop has almost 100 patterns, including medieval and gothic designs, wheel of the year patterns, animals, flowers, samplers and patriotic designs.

It’s fun and unusual that the biggest category in this shop is Valentines. The patterns have a kawaii feel with a gothic twist, like a grim reaper holding a heart shaped balloon or a black rose.

This one isn’t a Valentine’s Day pattern but I wanted to share the floral folk art pattern, which I feel like is a little more representative of the vibe of the shop. This botanical sampler includes 12 flowers, so you could make it your own monthly stitchalong.

It uses 28 colors and measures 200 by 200 stitches. That makes the full design 14.3 inches or36.3 cm square when sticthed on 14 count fabric. I love how working it on black fabric gives the project a stained glass effect.

The sampler section (which is where you’d find these flowers) is another large one in the shop, and it includes everything from traditional looking village and hose designs to an LGBTQ-colored Quaker sampler, instructions on how to cook ramen and a sampler of matchboxes representing different countries.

Other categories include animals and nature, folklore, kawaii and art deco designs. There’s also a category called special independent days, which features patriotic designs and a few things specifically made for the 250th anniversary of American independence, which is being celebrated in 2026. (As an American I’m finding it hard to want to celebrate but the designs are nice.)

Check out all the offerings at One Seo on Etsy. And let me know if you’ve got a favorite designer I haven’t featured here that I should know about!

[Photo: One Seo]

I was recently approached by Alyssa, the cross stitcher behind the Etsy shop Stitchonomy, to take a look at her cross stitch pattern subscription club, known as The Pattern Club.

I took a look around and there’s a lot of cute stuff and fun options you’ll want to check out, especially if you love themed patterns that are small, easy to stitch and fun to combine.

The Pattern Club combines cross stitching with a social network. When you open the site you’ll see a news feed and have the ability to share updates much like you would on Facebook. You can see who is online, have buddies and post your own updates and photos. The community aspect is a little sparse right now but that should only grow.

The stitch along hub is the place to find the most recent patterns and information on the current stitchalong. As of this writing the Book Lover’s stitchalong was happening, with little designs like Peter Rabbit, a skull for Hamlet and keys for Jane Eyre as well as authors including Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens and Jane Austen.

Other pattern collections include European designs, Halloween, ocean life, an allotment garden and more. Alyssa tells me there’s a new theme every month that either she picks or members in the community suggest. You can stitch just the patterns you want or put them together to make a larger collage.

The Stitchanomini vault gives you access to all of the previous patterns, and new patterns are released daily through the stitchalong. You can download individual patterns (most of them are 19 by 19 stitches) as PDFs or Pattern Keeper files. The PDFs include a color and black and white chart as well as a floss list.

Another cool thing you can do is build your own pattern collages from all of the squares that have been released. The collage configurator allows you to add patterns of your choosing to a grid ranging from 2×2 patterns up to 4×4. You can scroll through all the current patterns or search by theme and size to make a project that suits your needs. (Above is an example I made kind of at random but you get the idea.)

If you want to check it out, you can grab a three-day free trial and see all the pattern options. Membership is $7.99 a month, or if you pay for a year at a time you’ll get two months free. In addition to the patterns in the club, members receive discounts on patterns and supplies purchased through the shop within the club. Annual members get access to three paid/retired stitchalongs and lifetime members receive all retired patterns.

If you check it out I’d love to hear what you think!

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