Designer Spotlight: StudioHMP

Classic old world cross stitch designs and finished pieces are what you will find at Ukraine-based Etsy shop StudioHMP.

This designer has about 60 cross stitch designs as I write this, with an emphasis on classic samplers, florals, birds and geometric designs.

The colors are often muted pastels, which gives the projects even more of a peaceful, classic look.

They’re not all totally traditional, however. Take this Quaker style sampler that might look rather traditional at first, but the more you look the more you see: from the text “first I drink the coffee” to the coffee grinders and post to the border made out of coffee-bean shaped motifs.

The pattern calls for five colors and you can stick with the muted palette of the original or go bolder as you like for your kitchen. It uses 194 by 196 stitches, which comes out to 13.9 by 14 inches or 35.2 by 35.6 cm on 14 count fabric. (It’s just a little bigger than 12 by 12 on 16 count if you want it to be a little smaller.)

There are a few Easter and St. Patrick’s Day designs, as well as Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving and fall. You’ll also find a collection of designs of small animals stitches into little geometric frames. These designs include animals such as a panda, turtle, racoon and hippo.

If you don’t want to stitch the projects yourself or you’re looking for a special gift for a fellow stitcher, there’s also a collection of finished cross stitch projects available for purchase. These are boxes, needle cushions, ornaments or framed designs.

The shop isn’t arranged into categories other than cross stitch patterns and finished cross stitch, so you’ll have to browse around a bit to find what you’re looking for, or do a keyword search if you’re looking for an animal, a holiday design, a sampler, etc.

Check out all this shop has to offer at the StudioHMP storefront on Etsy.

[Photo: StudioHMP]

Inkspire Studio Shops offers cross stitch patterns as well as tons of different stitch minders, scissor charms and thread organization tools.

We’ll get to all that, but since we’re mostly here for the patterns, let’s start there.

All of the patterns are in one category (called Inkspire Originals if you’re following along). There are a lot of book-themed projects and more of the designs are bookmarks than anything else. You’ll find trope bookmarks, a Reading Rainbow themed design, flowers and a super cute watercolor set bookmark, to name a few.

And while the book themed projects are by far the most numerous, I wanted to share this super cute pile of vintage Pyrex style bowls. I love the colors on this one and it should be easy to stitch because so much of it is blocks (or bowls) of a single color. This one is only available as a printed pattern, but most of them are digital.

It calls for six colors and comes out 5.6 by 6.9 inches, or 14.2 by 17.5 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric.

In addition to the bookmarks and book themed projects you’ll find a few kitchen projects and some Halloween and Christmas designs as well.

But what this shop is really about is needle minders, and there are tons of them, with all kinds of themes ranging from introverted and snarky to animal themes, food and beverages, retro designs and religious and inspiring needle minders.

If you don’t know about needle minders, these are acrylic with magnets. You stick a magnet to the back of your work, add the needle minder to the front of the work, and then it holds your sewing needle when you’re not stitching. No need for piercing your fabric or losing your needle between stitching sessions.

She also makes charms you can attach to your scissors (or use as a stitch marker if you’re a knitter or crocheter), inventory and project trackers and bags large and small to hold works in progress and other supplies. She’s also got a great collection of vintage cross stitch patterns and kits, so check out all the fun goodies at Inkspired Studio Shops.

[Photo: Inkspire Studio Shops]

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