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]

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Designer Spotlight: Lucky Crossstitching

Unique Stitch Crafts is a Turkish designer that has a couple of main interests in their cross stitch designs: travel and Christmas stockings.

By far the biggest category in their storefront is Christmas stockings, with more than 100 options to choose from. There are fully stitched fronts with designs classic and whimsical (like an alicorn and a pastel rainbow, or a bunny in Harlequin costume playing violin to a mushroom) and designs that just go across the cuff of the stocking. There are ornaments with a Nutcracker or Frozen theme, New York City stockings and stockings for your dinosaur.

As an example, here’s a stocking covered with mini holiday designs, which you could also use as ornaments if you wanted. The full design is 165 by 255 stitches, which comes out to 10.3 by 16 inches, or 26 by 40.6 cm on 16 count fabric. The pattern just makes the front of the stocking so you need to grab some fabric for the back of the stocking and sew it together yourself.

There’s also a large collection of travel cross stitch patterns, including national parks designs both large and mini, and travel poster style designs for many US states and cities. (There’s not an Arkansas, which is my standard test since I live there, but there is a pattern of the Mississippi River bridge in Memphis, which is technically half in Arkansas.)

If you’re more of a world traveler you’ll find more of the travel poster style designs for cities and countries, including Thailand and China, Berlin, Sydney and Marrakech.

In addition to all of that, you’ll find patterns called retro, which includes a wide range of designs, but many seem to be food and coffee related; folk art designs (lots of flowers and birds); and famous paintings translated to cross stitch. Smaller categories include Christmas, Halloween, animals, kids and castles.

Check out all the fun designs at Unique Stitch Crafts on Etsy.

[Photo: Unique Stitch Crafts]

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