Designer Spotlight: So Easy Pattern

So Easy Pattern is an Etsy storefront that has both cross stitch patterns and machine embroidery patterns. There’s plenty of snark but also cute stuff, landscapes, holiday patterns and more. Let’s check it out!

The biggest category in the shop is funny cross stitch, which covers everything from those snarky projects I just mentioned to a sampler of icons and phrases from the TV show Friends, feminist slogans and more.

Since I generally share a pattern from the biggest category I picked this one about smiling while you still have teeth, which is frankly pretty good advice. This design is 131 by 125 stitches, and uses 10 colors. It comes out to 9.36 by 8.93 inches, or 23.77 by 22.68 cm on 14 count fabric.

The next biggest section is holiday, which is almost entirely Christmas cross stitch patterns, with a couple of Halloween ones thrown in. As a knitter I love the Christmas sweater series you’ll find here, which are small enough to be used as holiday ornaments if you want (I would want).

Next up is nature cross stitch, which is full of full-coverage designs that include mountains, trees, the beach, the moon, that kind of thing.

If those look too complex for you, check out the beginner cross stitch section, which is mostly patterns with text (exclusively or with simple flowers).

In addition to all those categories, you’ll also find animals, patterns for baby and weddings, florals, letters, wreaths, anatomical designs (these are things like hearts, lungs and uteruses with flowers blooming out of them) and bookmarks.

And if you happen to also be into machine embroidery, as of this writing the shop has more than 100 embroidery machine patterns, ranging from seasonal stuff to snarky birthday greetings, images from TV shows and a range of cute rainbows to use on different projects.

Check out all the offerings from this fun shop over at So Easy Pattern.

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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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