Designer Spotlight: StitchxFinch

I generally don’t share Etsy shops that are as small as this one — it only has 24 patterns as I write this — but I did want to share it just because there’s a story behind it for me.

When I came across this shop in my scrolling, I saw this pattern for a little bird dressed like a cowboy. This caught my eye because it’s a finch that looks sort of like a character from the app Finch.

If you don’t know about Finch, it’s a self-care app where you set up different tasks that you do for yourself (the baseline is literally surviving the day, but also things like brushing teeth, making your bed, etc.) and as you do more things your little finch avatar grows and you can give it outfits and toys and it goes on adventures and it’s adorable. It also really helps people who struggle with mental health and doing the basic things, because it feels like you’re taking care of something else instead of just taking care of yourself.

Anyway, this little guy is 50 by 50 stitches, and comes out to 3.57 inches or 9.07 cm on 14 count fabric. And it’s a pretty good example of the style of the patterns StitchxFinch does.

There are cute little frogs and cats and a cow getting abducted by aliens. There are adorable little animals wielding knives for some reason. A flying pig. Anne of Green Gables. The Grim Reaper watering a plant. There’s a whole range of designs even with this small selection, but the vast majority of them involve little animals in some way.

If you like this style of cute little critters, check out StitchxFinch on Etsy. And especially if you or someone you know uses the app Finch, does this little one remind you of that?

[Photo: StitchxFinch]

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30 + Bird Cross Stitch Patterns

If you love patterns for frogs and sardines, animals, food, flowers and more, Happy Cross Stitchers has got you covered. With more than 1,600 patterns as of this writing, you’re almost guaranteed to find something you like.

I don’t know if I’ve missed something that cross stitch patterns featuring sardines are showing up everywhere (this is the second designer I’ve seen with them in the past month or so) but Happy Cross Stitchers has 60 sardine cross stitch patterns. They also have 200 patterns with flowers, and even more than that in their biggest category, which is animals.

Many of the animal cross stitch patterns have a modern nursery feel to them, like this set of four modern boho animal patterns featuring what I’m interpreting as owls, a moose (or it coulr be a deer), a donkey and a cow. Each individual pattern is 100 by 100 stitches and they use six or seven colors. The designs will come out to 7.1 inches or 18.14 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric.

There’s also a large number of Christmas cross stitch patterns, with lots of trees, little houses, Santas and word art. There are lots of bunnies, eggs and chicks in the Easter section.

The modern designs include lots of colorful, graphic florals. There are also well over 100 butterflies, many of which at least look like they could be inspired by real butterflies (though none of them are labeled as to what kind of butterfly they are).

You’ll also find plenty of cute and often funny cat and dog cross stitch patterns, though there are a lot more cats than dogs represented. And then there’s the food section, with patterns for fruits, different kinds of toast, a jar of pickles, doughnuts and more.

And that’s not even all there is in this store! I guess all this is a long way of saying there’s a lot of fun patterns at www.etsy.com/shop/HappyCrossStitchers on Etsy and you should go browse because you’ll probably find something you like. And if you do, I’d like to hear about it!

[Photo: Happy Cross Stitchers]

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