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Make Cross Stitched Ombre Table Numbers for a DIY Wedding

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ombre cross stitch table numbersI love it when crafty elements are incorporated into weddings and other celebrations (though I got married at a time when I wasn’t making a lot so there weren’t really any DIY parts to my own celebration).

These cross stitched ombre table numbers from Saturday Crafternoons are an easy way to make your seating arrangements a little more personal, and you can stick to the colors of your wedding if you don’t want to make them all different colors.

Her instructions offer great tips for making any letters or numbers (or any solid-color design, I’d guess) into an ombre by changing colors as you go. It’s super clever and really pretty, too.

Did you do any cross stitching for your wedding? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Saturday Crafternoons.]

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  1. I stumbled across this post because I am trying to change a pattern from solid to ombre. Unfortunately, Saturday Crafternoons isn’t a working site anymore. By chance do you remember the tips about how to create the ombre effect?

  2. This was from 2016 and I don’t actually remember exactly how it was done but I think the colors are mixed by doing part of the x in one color and part in the other as you change colors.

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Cute spooky and fantasy cross stitch patterns is how the designer behind Haunted Frames describes their shop, and I have to agree with them. These designs are cute and Gothic and a little bit spooky all at once. There’s a heavy focus on book themes, which you know I am a fan of, so let’s get into it. 

Stopping first in the books section, there are lots of designs that are literally on book shapes, but if you know my love of both books and cats, you’ll know I had to share the Midnight Book Cart cross stitch pattern. As the name suggests it’s a design with a witchy book cart, complete with a spiderweb, bats flying out of a book and what it describes as a ghost cat (though I would have to make a black cat instead of a white one since I have a black cat, and that fits with the vibe). 

The design is 65 by 97 stitches and is worked in 17 colors. It’s shown on 16 count fabric, which makes it 4.1 by 6.1 inches, or 10.3 by 15.4 cm. 

I also love the winter themed little free library design, which would be perfect to stitch up for the little librarian in your life (or to drop at a neighborhood book space). 

Projects with a book theme make up the majority of the patterns that are categorized in this shop, but you’ll want to scroll through all their patterns to see what else is available, since it doesn’t look like everything is in a category. You’ll find castles and dragons, more cats of course, some more obviously Halloween and Christmas themed projects and those that would suit for spooky season or any other time of year. 

If cute and dark is your aesthetic, you’ll want to check out all the patterns at www.etsy.com/shop/HauntedFrames, which you can find on Etsy. 

[Photo: Haunted Frames]