Get Inspired with Mr. X Stitch’s New Book

I haven’t seen this one in person yet, but I’m super excited about the new book from Mr. X Stitch, aka Jamie Chalmers, The Mr. X Stitch Guide to Cross Stitch.

If you don’t know about him, check out this video:

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The book includes instructions on the basics of cross stitch and 20-plus lovely, modern cross-stitch designs, from a project where you’re meant to show off the back of your work (!) to a cityscape stitched with glow-in-the-dark thread. I love that flower on the cover.

There are profiles of artists who take cross stitch to new places, and tons of inspiration for stitchers of all skill levels.

You can get a peek into the book at the publisher’s website. Mr. X Stitch is British but the book is available from Amazon in the US as well.

Have you seen this book yet? I’d love to hear what you think!

[Photo: Search Press.]

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How to Stitch Partial Stitches in Cross Stitch

The other day I shared some cross stitch patterns with ornaments on them, so this time around I wanted to share cross stitch patterns that you can use as ornaments. It would be fun to do a whole tree in your craft room with cross stitch ornaments, or just add a few to your tree or give them as gifts.

These little quilt inspired cross stitch patterns from Flamingo Toes look like ornaments and fit in 3-inch hoops, which are perfect for hanging on the tree or using to decorate a gift. I love the pastel colors on these but you can use more traditional Christmas colors if you like.

This cute Christmas tree from Lagodargetoshop uses a single color and fits in a 4-inch hoop, but you could make it smaller if you wanted by trimming the last ornaments and gifts from the sides, or just stitch the tree without any other embellishments. Either way it’s a cute addition to your holiday tree.

Stitched Modern has a super cute collection of retro Christmas ornament cross stitch patterns from designer Gera. This is a printed pattern that will be shipped to you. Each pattern is about 40 by 56 stitches, or 2.9 by 4 inches/7.4 by 10 cm on 14 count fabric. To work the whole set you’ll need 20 colors of floss.

These snowflake ornaments from Our Little Handmade Home are each about 2.5 inches/6.4 cm when stitched on 14 count fabric, and they use a single color of floss. They are pretty in red but you could also do white on a blue or black background, or whatever suits your other Christmas tree decorations!

From the description it sounds like this set of vintage style cross stitch characters is presented as one large chart, but the photo from Sampler Antique Stitch shows each of them stitched up as their own little ornament, so it gets included here. You’ll find Santa and snowmen in different poses in this cute collection.

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