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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Funny Jewish Cross Stitch Patterns

Non Stop Stitch is an Etsy shop based in Ukraine with a dizzying quantity and variety of cross stitch patterns.

They tend to the cute/whimsical and colorful, with lots of flowers, animals, fantasy designs and some classic Ukraine inspired motifs.

How about this super sweet Ukrainian boy and girl design? With folk inspired clothing and adorable animals, these characters can be stitched together on one piece or separately. The images were designed by Nadiia Nagorna. The boy measures 50 by 96 and uses 22 colors and blends, while the girl is 62 by 94 stitches and uses 27 colors and blends.

Both projects involve full and half cross stitches, as well as backstitch and French knots. They are classified as intermediate patterns.

The largest category on the site is Christmas patterns, with more than 200 options, ranging from cute animals to ornaments, Santas, snowmen and more. There are also plenty of patterns for both Easter and Halloween if you like seasonal stitches.

In addition you’ll find lots of animal designs, from bears and foxes to cats and dogs, mice and elephants, birds, bunnies and bugs. And extensive flowers and plants section includes pretty bouquet cross stitch patterns, stitched wreaths and seasonal scenes, as well as food cross stitch patterns, like a swag of chili peppers, mushrooms on a postage stamp, persimmons and cherries.

The fantasy and magic category leans heavy on whimsy with cute dragons, a one-eyed monster with dragonfly wings, a mermaid listening to music, and a green bearded river spirit covered in lily pads.

And that’s not even to mention other sections like food and drinks, houses and landscapes, lighthouses, people/babies/dolls and more. There’s so much to choose from there’s no way to really categorize it all, so why don’t you head over to Non Stop Stitch and do some scrolling. I’d love to hear if you make one of their patterns!

[Photo: Non Stop Stitch]

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