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Designer Spotlight: Stitch Riot Designs

September 12, 2024 by Sarah White

For cross stitch projects with a ton of pop culture references, check out Stitch Riot Designs on Etsy. This Oklahoma-based designer sells charts that are heavy on TV show and movie references, music-themed projects and snarky quotes.

You can get a whole bundle of Taylor Swift patterns, a set of patterns of the card decks from the original Microsoft Windows solitaire game, or find quite a lot of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” patterns.

There’s such a wide variety of fun stuff that hits so many fandoms I don’t even know what to highlight, so if you like a particular TV show or movie and would like to see your favorite quote or character in cross stitch, this is a good place to look.

I see patterns ranging from “Bluey” to “Firefly,” “Supernatural” to “Beavis and Butthead.” For movies you’ll find Monty Python, Barbie, Star Wars and The Crow, among others.

But it’s not all pop culture on this storefront, either. There are holiday patterns, pet memorials, projects for nurses and moms, too.

Because I’m a child of the ’80s and I love The Princess Bride, I decided to highlight this As You Wish cross stitch pattern because I love it so much. There are color options that use either three or four colors, and of course you can pick your own colors to suit your decor if you don’t like the red and gold look.

The pattern is 122 by 77 stitches, which comes out to 8.71 by 5.5 inches (22.1 by almost 14 cm) on 14 count fabric. This would be a fun one to do for a wedding or anniversary gift.

With all this I’ve only scratched the surface of the fun stuff you’ll find at Stitch Riot Designs, so head over to their Etsy shop to check it all out. As of this writing they offer 10 percent off when you buy three patterns, 15 percent off of four and 20 percent off of five pattern purchased at the same time.

[Photo: Stitch Riot Designs]

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All About Stitching on Perforated Paper

I recently wrote a post on my blog about using a stitchable journal cover and I mentioned that you can make your own stitched cover for a journal by using perforated paper instead of buying a stitchable notebook.

I have to admit, though, that I’ve never used perforated paper for cross stitch myself. I definitely want to because I think it would be great to use for bookmarks that don’t fray and have a little more stability, for example.

Sirious Stitches has us covered, though, because they did a deep dive into all things perforated cross stitch pattern that is worth the time to read through.

The post mentions that a lot of people use perforated paper for cross stitch because they buy an ornament kit that uses it. I’ve never seen these (or at least never noticed that that is what they were) but it’s a great idea to make small projects like ornaments in this way. It also talks about the pros and cons of using cross stitch paper, where to buy it and how to make your own. 

Making it yourself is an awesome idea because if you already have a pattern in mind you can just make holes in your paper where you need stitches to be and leave the rest solid. This would be ideal for making greeting cards, for example.

In addition to kits and sheets you can often find the paper pre-cut into different shapes you can use to make your own designs, no real pattern required.

The post also includes tips and advice for how to stitch on perforated paper that you’ll want to check out before you try your first project.

I’m super intrigued by the idea of using perforated paper for cross stitch and will probably be trying it out soon. Have you used it before? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Check out the post over at Sirious Stitches for more information.

[Photo: Sirious Stitches]

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