How to Fix Mistakes in Cross Stitch

I’ve just recently started what for me is the biggest cross stitch project I’ve ever attempted (the Baby Yaga House from Happy Little Mouse) and I know that there are going to be some mistakes in it.

It uses a lot of colors, and there are a lot of similar colors, and the symbols are kind of small and I have old lady eyes, etc.

I think for the most part I will just let mistakes go, because it is such a colorful pattern and the colors are so similar in a lot of places. Unless I just completely mess up and put a stitch where there shouldn’t be a stitch at all, I don’t think I’ll try to correct any/many mistakes as I go.

I know not everyone has this kind of attitude about mistakes in cross stitch (or other crafts, for that matter). But if a mistake is something I wouldn’t even notice unless I was comparing the stitched project to the chart, I am not going to worry about it.

If you’re the type who wants their projects to look exactly as the chart intended, though, you’re going to need to know how to fix mistakes. Notorious Needle has a great blog post on this subject, giving you a couple of options for how to fix a miscounted or mis-stitched stitch, as well as ways to try to prevent mistakes in the first place.

The advice is solid, and there are definitely projects where it would be more important that every stitch is made in the color it was intended, so it’s good to keep these tips handy should you need them for a project like that.

You can read the post at Notorious Needle.

How do you feel about fixing mistakes in your cross stitch? Are you a by the chart stitcher or are you willing to let some things go? I’d love to hear about it!

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I’m going to go ahead and admit that I totally missed Toy Story 4, so it took my by surprise when Toy Story 5 came out, but let’s celebrate with some Toy Story cross stitch patterns.

This sweet design including Woody, Buzz and Jessie is from The Xstitch Shop, and they actually have a few different Toy Story options. This one says it is for intermediate stitches, probably because of the size and number of colors, but the sales page doesn’t say how big it is or how many colors it uses. It’s still cute, though!

If you’ve got a fan of Jessie in your household, this collection of Jessie themed icons is super cute to stitch. The design is from Mercury Stitches and it measures 97 by 144 stitches. that comes out to 6.9 by 10.3 inches, or 17.6 by 26.1 cm, and uses 11 colors. It has full and half cross stitches, as well as back stitching and French knots.

Share the love of friendship with this sweet Woody and Buzz heart hands cross stitch pattern from Pixell Patterns. This design uses eight colors and is shown worked on 14 count fabric, but the notes don’t indicate how bit is is (based on a finished project photo, though, it looks pretty big).

And for the Buzz Lightyear fans, of course we have to have a “To infinity and beyond” pattern, so here’s one from Silver Lake Stitches. This design is super cute on blue fabric, but use whatever you have. It measures 78 by 92 stitches, which comes out to 5.6 by 6.6 inches, or 14.2 by 16.7 cm, on 14 count fabric. It calls for 14 colors.

Or if you want to go beyond the core three main character toys, check out this project from ThreeOOne Patterns, which includes our main toys as well as Bo Peep and her sheep, Bullseye the horse, the Slinky dog, Rex, Ham, the Potato Heads and an alien. The design is 310 by 80 stitches, which comes out to 21.14 by 3.5 inches, or 53.7 by 8.9 cm, when worked on 14 count fabric. It uses 65 colors. Or pick out your favorite characters to make a smaller project.

All those characters and a few more are found on the mini Toy Story character sampler from Knotalot UK (only part of which is shown above). This one uses 31 colors and measures 134 by 108 stitches. It includes whole and fractional stitches, as well as back stitching. On 14 count fabric stitching the whole thing would make a project that’s 9.57 by 7.71 inches, or 24.31 by 19.59 cm.

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