Designer Spotlight: Tidy Patterns

Every now and then I come across a shop I want to promote just because their patterns are colorful and cheerful. That’s what caught my eye when I found Tidy Patterns, an Etsy shop based in Switzerland that showcases the patterns of designer Noussa Creation.

The shop includes more than 400 patterns as of this writing, and a lot of them are quite colorful.

Of course I was also drawn to the patchwork inspired designs, since I love the combination of quilting and other crafts. Many of these look like mandalas or something you would see in a kaleidoscope, but there’s also a mandala section that includes some more (and some less) literal interpretations of the idea of a mandala.

This shop is very well organized, with sections including nature, proverbs and quotes, famous people, geometric designs, holidays, birds and butterflies, animals, cats and dogs, flowers, art, cartoons and games, monuments and towns, drinks and food, babies and kids, hobbies (which right now only includes a set of knitting and sewing motifs, which I of course love) and blackwork.

I really wanted to share this shop, though, because of the cool melting Rubik’s Cube inspired design. This stunning pattern uses 41 colors of floss and measures 140 by 135 stitches. It looks like a challenge but one that I’m sure would be well worth the effort!

The holiday section has a mix of Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Christmas, Easter and St. Patrick’s day designs, with a few seasonal or monthly designs thrown in. There’s even one for the holiday slide into the end of the year, wishing people a happy Hallothanksmas.

These designs are all a lot of fun and you should definitely check out the Tidy Patterns shop on Etsy if you like colorful patterns that might stretch your skills. As of this writing the shop offers bulk discounts when you buy three or more patterns and also 10 or more patterns at once.

[Photo: Tidy Patterns]

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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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