Designer Spotlight: The Kosher Stitcher

The tagline for the Etsy shop of the Kosher Seller is “I make silly little cross stitch patterns,” and that’s a pretty good way of putting it.

This small shop has a geeky, snarky and Jewish twist, and their little cross stitch patterns are a lot of fun.

The reason I knew I had to share this shop with you is this collection of The West Wing inspired cross stitch patterns. But they don’t say “What’s next?” or “bring me the finest muffins and bagels in all the land.” These are inspired by the Daughters of the American Revolution episode, which is such a deep cut I’d forgotten about it until we started rewatching the series recently. So if you need to stitch up a Francis Scott Key Key or a design to honor Marion Cotesworth Haye, this shop can hook you up.

Probably my favorite pattern of theirs, though, is the progressive Pride flag with a Star of David in the center, which the designer says “sends a powerful message of solidarity, acceptance, and celebration of diversity within both the LGBTQ+ and Jewish communities.” This is blackwork, not strictly cross stitch, but it’s such a lovely design and message I couldn’t resist sharing.

The design calls for 11 colors and can be stitched on 14 count fabric, but it might be easier to work on 28 count evenweave over 2 because of where some of the stitches end. It’s considered an intermediate pattern but if you have done blackwork before it shouldn’t be hard. On 14 count Aida or 28 count evenweave it comes out to 9.875 by 7.75 inches (25.08 by 19.69 cm).

In addition to this design there are other fun Judaica cross stitch patterns, a geeky section with a heavy emphasis on Doctor Who and teh video game Portal, and some funny, snarky sayings.

For a shop that only has 24 patterns as of this writing, there’s a fun variety of stuff, so go check them out at The Kosher Stitcher on Etsy.

[Photo: The Kosher Stitcher]

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Fourth of July Cross Stitch Patterns

Stitch with Coffee is an Etsy shop that is almost completely devoted to holiday designs, with the exception of a series of designs that feature the exploits of a tuxedo cat named Tuxey. It’s also almost completely devoted to cat designs, as we’ll see.

Because I happen to own a tuxedo cat (her name is Haru) we definitely have to spend some time talking about those patterns Haru means spring, so it seems appropriate to share this one of the cat in a field of daisies. The pattern measures 91 by 52 stitches and is all full cross stitches with a little bit of backstitching. It doesn’t say how many colors are used but I think it’s six or seven.

I love the look of it on this sage colored 28 count linen but you can use whatever you like.

The largest category in the shop is for Halloween, and here, too, you’ll find a lot of cats (I also have a black cat so you know I love that, too). There are cats doing potions, a skeleton cat, Frankencat, Dracula cat, cats in pumpkins, a cat witch flying a broom and more. There are also some ghosts and other patterns that don’t involve cats, but I can’t stress enough that there are a lot of cats in this shop (maybe it should have been called Stitch with Cats instead of Stitch with Coffee!).

In the Christmas section there are still more cats: in sweaters, with antlers decorated with holiday lights, in stockings and a cat snowman. There are not Christmas patterns that don’t feature cats.

There are a couple of Valentine’s Day patterns that don’t feature cats, but they still predominate here. You get the idea.

If you like cats every day of the year you’re sure to enjoy this shop. And if you like cats every month of the year, make sure you check out their calendar series, which features cats doing seasonal things like watching a snow globe, being a leprechaun and waving a flag surrounded by fireworks.

Check out all their designs at Stitch with Coffee, and let me know if you see something that catches your eye!

[Photo: Stitch with Coffee]

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