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Designer Spotlight: Tourmaline Pattern

August 31, 2024 by Sarah White

The Ukrainian Etsy shop Tourmaline Pattern is the place for you if you like animal patterns with a lot of whimsy and a touch of snark.

You know it’s going to be good when the categories include things like ghosts, silly goose, witchy cross stitch, mushrooms, snarky, gunny, cottagcore and goblincore.

Let’s go back to silly goose for a second just in case you’re wondering what that’s about. The goose can be found wearing a flower hat, carrying a Christmas present while wearing a scarf, posing scandalously in a watermelon patch and dressed up like a punk rocker, among other things.

I love a good mushroom pattern, but these are pretty silly, too. They include a racoon and a frog in mushroom hats, mushrooms feeling some different emotions and magic mushrooms being visited by ghosts.

Speaking of ghosts, there are ghosts dressed as cowboys, in flower crowns and taking selfies. There’s not a Halloween section outside of the ghosts, but there are also Easter, Valentine’s Day and Christmas themed cross stitch patterns, if you’re into that.

The snarky section includes some things I wouldn’t share here, but I couldn’t resist pulling out the Nessie cross stitch pattern that says “I don’t believe in humans.” This one looks great on black cross stitch fabric. The pattern is 54 by 43 stitches and uses nine colors. If you stitch it on 14 count fabric it will come out to 3.8 by 3 inches, or 9.7 by 7.8 cm.

In addition to all that, you’ll also find a collection of fun (and again, sometimes snarky) cross stitch bookmark patterns, which are great to stitch up as holiday gifts for the readers in your life. These include cats, the silly goose again, ghosts, snarky sayings, fruits, planets and more.

As of this writing you can buy any three patterns and get 40 percent off, or buy five patterns for 50 percent off, so if you like this style you can stock up.

Check out all their designs at Tourmaline Pattern on Etsy.

[Photo: Tourmaline Pattern]

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Bookmark Cross Stitch Patterns

It seems like there’s no end to the available options when it comes to cross stitch bookmarks, which is a good thing because they’re perennially popular to stitch as well. This time I thought I’d share some colorful cross stitch bookmarks to get you ready for the new school year or to make meeting your reading goals a little more fun. 

I love these retro floral designs from The Stitch Patterns. This set of four patterns is rated as very easy, and each bookmark measures 2.5 by 6 inches (or 6.35 by 15.25 cm) on 14 count fabric. 

These cute ones that look like mosaic tile would also be fun to stitch. This set includes five designs from EmbroSTyle Designs, and they call them folk art but they mostly look like old mosaics to me. Either way, the bookmarks are 25 by 101 stitches, and to stitch the full set uses 12 colors. 

If you’re looking for more of a challenge, you can stitch up a work of art with this set of 16 bookmarks designed to look like famous paintings. Stitch some sunflowers or a great wave or a starry night. Most of these are between 14 and 20 colors (the great wave is only 8) and the bookmarks are totally covered with stitching at a count of 35 by 100 stitches. Grab this set from Sunset and Sea Design.

Or how about some bookmarks inspired by books (or by movies inspired by books)? This set of Lord of the Rings bookmarks includes four landmarks from the books/movies. Each one is 35 by 115 stitches and uses between 8 and 17 colors. You can find them at byCountryMagicStitch.

These don’t quite all fit the description of being colorful bookmarks to cross stitch, but a few of them do, and speaking of book-themed bookmarks I had to share this set from Mama Geek inspired by Heartstopper. There are seven designs in all that should be quite familiar to readers (or viewers of the series). 

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