Designer Spotlight: Sam X Stitch

I usually pick my designer spotlights because something will catch my eye while I’m looking for cross stitch patterns to share with you, and I don’t always remember what when I get back to them.

In the case of Sam X Stitch I did helpfully leave myself the note “modern samplers love the mushrooms.” This turned out to be essential because that pattern wasn’t on the front page of the shop so I couldn’t remember what had caught my attention.

It was these mushrooms, since we’re already talking about them. My teen is very into cottagecore and fairy/with vibes with a side of grunge, so mushrooms are very much her thing. This mushroom sampler features a bunch of different species of mushrooms, which is fun because so often you just see the red and white ones in cross stitch patterns.

This design is 153 by 153 stitches, or 10.93 inches or 27.75 cm square and uses 16 colors. If I didn’t already have a cross stitch on the go for my daughter I would definitely grab this one.

But there’s a lot more to this shop than ‘shrooms. They have more than 200 patterns including flowers, birds, insects, ocean themed projects, animals, botanicals and more. There are landscapes, patterns for Christmas and other holidays (Halloween, St. Patrick’s Day, Mardi Gras and Easter), tiles and animal prints and cute projects for the kitchen.

There are even a few in a category called “masterpieces,” which translate famous artworks into cross stitch designs.

I love how these patterns feel modern, even the ones that are vintage/Art Deco in style. There’s lots of color here, too, with floral folk art designs and Art Nouveau style flowers.

If you like animals, classic designs, folk art, flowers, bugs or birds, you’re sure to find something you want to stitch here.

You can check it all out at Sam X Stitch’s Etsy shop.

[Photo: Sam X Stitch]

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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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