If you like your cross stitch projects with a literary twist, you’re sure to love the Etsy shop of Mrs. Peggoty Arts. This shop based in Italy describes itself as being “where art meets literature and other incredible things.” Let’s Read More ...
A Cute Idea for a Cross-Stitched Scene
I was poking around on Etsy recently, as I do, and I came across this cute little cross stitched scene made to go in a mint tin.
The one I saw was this seasonally appropriate ghost tin, but the Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: Black Waltz Stitching
Black Waltz Stitching is a great Etsy shop to visit for your last-minute Halloween cross stitch needs, but they have lots of other cute stuff, too. Let’s take a virtual trip to this New York based shop to see all Read More ...
Ways to Make Your Cross Stitches Neater
When we start cross stitching, most of the time we are just focused on getting the needle into the correct hole in the fabric and keeping our tension even so that our stitching looks good. But over time you might Read More ...
Stitch up a Sweet Diwali Greeting
I try to share cross stitch patterns for lots of different holidays and occasions, even if they aren’t something I’m that familiar with. Thanks to the large Indian population where I live, I have learned a little bit about Diwali Read More ...
Harvest Cross Stitch Patterns
We love our Halloween and Thanksgiving cross stitch patterns here at Craft Gossip, but if you want some projects that fit in the in-between holiday time or that are more generally fall themed, these harvest cross stitch patterns are a Read More ...
Boba Cat Cross Stitch Patterns
This all started with me browsing some of the sites I look at for patterns and content to share, and I found the Boba tea cat cross stitch pattern from JPCrochet.
This adorable project has a cat in the Read More ...
Horror Movie Cross Stitch Patterns
After sharing some cute Halloween patterns the other day, let’s go in the other direction with some cross stitch patterns inspired by horror movies.
You can stitch up an actually still kind of cute Ghostface from Scream with this pattern Read More ...
Designer Spotlight: StitchxFinch
I generally don’t share Etsy shops that are as small as this one — it only has 24 patterns as I write this — but I did want to share it just because there’s a story behind it for me. Read More ...
How Old is that Thread Anyway?
Not too long ago I cleaned up my cross-stitch floss (which was desperately needed, I assure you) and it got me wondering about the age of some of the threads in there.
I’m not a consistent cross-stitcher by any means, Read More ...