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Designer Spotlight: Scared Thread Design

January 4, 2024 by Sarah White

Sacred Thread Design is an Etsy seller based in Canada who offers lots of whimsical, watercolor-style designs, as well as sweary, snarky designs.

Sometimes it’s easier to write about a designer when they just do one kind of thing, but I’m going to try to cover as much ground here as I can.

There are letters in all sorts of styles, which would be so cute for a baby’s room or initials as a wedding present. A bunch of adorable animals, including what may be the cutest tarantula I’ve ever seen (not sharing the picture here for anyone who doesn’t like that kind of thing, but click on over if you want to see what I see).

You’ll find all sorts of flowers, cacti and mushrooms. My daughter would love this mushroom cross stitch pattern. There’s even cute food, signs of the zodiac (constellations, not their symbols) and tiny pixelated versions of famous works of art.

On of the biggest categories on their page is called quotes, but they’re mostly snarky commentary like “I was normal two kids ago” or “an apple a day keeps everyone away if you throw it hard enough” (note some of these are sweary).

Even all that doesn’t feel like it scratches the surface of all the goodies you will find in their shop. You can also purchase pattern bundles from them, including one that is all current and future patterns, if you happen to head over there and find a lot of things you like (I know I did!).

But I did have to choose one pattern to share a photo of, so I went with this tree cross-stitch pattern. I love the use of color — it has 35 colors in total — and just the feel of it is really nice to me. It measures 130 by 130 stitches, or 9.3 inches/23.6 cm on 14 count fabric.

If you check out their designs and see something you like, I’d love to here about it!

[Photo: Sacred Thread Design]

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Mini Pumpkins and Jack o’Lanterns to Cross Stitch

I just can’t resist sharing a few more Halloween cross stitch patterns when they are as cute and quick to stitch as these!

This boo cross stitch from Luzatolye was the first little Halloween cross stitch pattern to catch my eye. I love the pumpkin Os! At just 23 by 8 stitches and using four colors, you can stitch it up in no time. On 14 count fabric it measures 1.6 by.5 inches, or about 4 by 1.27 cm. 

Another cutie from the same designer is this jack o’lantern with a witch hat. Another four-color project, this one is 14 by 18 stitches, which is an inch by just a little more than an inch, or around 3 cm square, worked on 14 count fabric. 

If you like your minis a little bit bigger, this jack o’lantern with leaves is from White Protea Art and measures 47 by 28 stitches. That comes out to 3.4 by 2 inches, or 8.5 by 5.1 cm, when stitches on 14 count fabric. It uses nine colors. 

Or there’s also this little cutie from that same designer. I love the little leaf on top of the pumpkin. At 33 by 36 stitches, it comes out to 2.4 by 2.6 inches, or 6 by 6.5 cm, when stitched on 14 count fabric. I think it uses around eight colors. 

Template Love Create also has two mini jack o’lantern cross stitch patterns that I like (I swear I didn’t plan to do two from each of the same designers, it’s just the whimsy of an Etsy search!). There’s one that is more round and one that’s oblong, which I like because it’s different from most of the pumpkin patterns you see. The pattern listings say both are six colors (though they look like four to me) and 28 by 28 stitches, but I don’t think that can be true. Either way they both fit in a 3 inch hoop and would be a super cute little addition to your Halloween decor. 

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