Gorgeous Butterfly Cross-Stitch Chart

April 21, 2017 by Sarah White 4 Comments

I don’t usually share cross stitch charts from Russian or Eastern European websites, because I’m pretty sure they are all copyright violations, but at least this one has some kind of credit on it, and it’s really just too pretty to pass up, so I hope you’ll indulge me this one.

Are the butterflies back where you live? We have been seeing some the past couple of weeks, and it’s just so fun.

Keep butterflies nearby all year when you stitch this pretty butterfly pattern from Michaela Learner, which made it to that site via the Cross Stitching Guild Facebook page. It’s so colorful but easy to stitch. You might even choose multicolored yarn for the butterfly wings to make it even easier. As it is this chart uses only eight colors, so no big deal either way.

[Photo: Michaela Learner via Kunigunda Kincsei.]

Looking for more Butterfly themed cross stitch patterns and charts? Check out these butterflies we found on Etsy.

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Mora says
April 22, 2017 at 6:14 am
I suggest that you change the link to the Facebook page where it was originally posted.
Mora says
April 22, 2017 at 6:18 am
Or contact the designer via Etsy to ask which source had her permission to post the chart.
https://www.etsy.com/people/michaelalearner
Aisha says
October 27, 2020 at 3:59 pm
What are the measurements of this one?
Sarah White says
November 3, 2020 at 4:58 pm
I don’t know but the grid looks to be about 85 stitches square.

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How to Store Embroidery Needles

I have a complicated relationship with my embroidery needles. Which is a fancy way of saying I don’t really take care of my needles at all. Even though I know I have embroidery needles to use for cross stitch and sewing, needles that are certainly still in their packages, I can rarely find them when I need them.

So when I saw this post from Crewel Ghoul about how to store your embroidery needles, it hit close to home for me.

It doesn’t really say anything I didn’t already know, but it is good advice that might also serve as a reminder for you to take better care of your needles when you cross stitch or do other hand-sewing projects so that you’ll be able to find your needles again when you need them.

It would help me a lot if I had a dedicated place to keep needles I’m not using, including the needles that are still in their packages from when I bought them. You’d think I would keep them with my embroidery floss but apparently you would be mistaken about that.

Another good idea for me is to have a place to put needles I’ve been using when I am done with them. Because goodness knows I’m not going to put them back in the package. (Which may actually be a good thing because then I know which one I’ve been using and which ones are fresh. Not that I replace my needles regularly, but still.) I own pincushions but I don’t really use them for anything, which is silly.

Check out the post at Crewel Ghoul to see all the options available for storing your embroidery needles properly. I’d love to hear what you do, especially if you have a better system than I do (which, honestly, would be any system at all).

[Photo: Crewel Ghoul]

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