Sirious Stitches does a lot of great deep dives into different cross stitching techniques and genres, and I’m so glad they do because it sometimes opens my eyes up to things that I didn’t even know existed.
Such is the case with this post of ways to make dimensional objects with crochet. Sure, I knew about things like biscornu and have seen boxes and other shapes made with cross stitch, but I guess I didn’t realize there were so many options for ways to add a three dimensional element to cross stitch.
You definitely should make some time to scroll through the post because it’s super inspiring. I kept going, “oh I need to try that,” or “I need to make one of those!” while I was reading, and you probably will, too.
The general categories of dimensionality included in the post are:
- single pieces of fabric that are folded and stuffed (like the tea bags shown in the photo above)
- two pieces of fabric sewn together and stuffed (that’s biscornu, to give just one example)
- using pieces of cross stitch to wrap cardboard or plastic to make boxes or other forms
- wrapped plastic canvas, which is the same idea but with plastic canvas inside instead of cardboard
- wrapped cardboard designs, which are similar to the above but make sort of exploding boxes or bags where the sides open out
- wrapped Styrofoam
- cross stitch with fabric elements such as making baubles or adding beads
- using the stitching itself to make 3D designs (or the illusion of 3D)
- stitching on plastic canvas
- layering elements to give a 3D look
- stitching on perforated paper
- other 3D sculptural techniques
Like I said, there’s a lot of ground covered here, and it’s a post full of photos that should get you excited about what’s possible with making a cross stitch project look 3D.
Why are we still talking about it? Head to Sirious Stitches to see all the inspiring ideas.
[Photo: Sirious Stitches]
