One of the most classic cross stitch gifts I can think of is to make a cross stitch birth announcement. These patterns that include the name, birthdate and sometimes other information about the new little one come in all sorts Read More ...
How to Turn Your Cross Stitch into a Patch
I know a lot of people like to decorate their jackets, bags and other things with patches, and there are all sorts of place to buy them, but isn’t it more fun when you can make your own? Showing off Read More ...
How Many Strands of Floss Should You Use?
In all my time doing cross stitch, since I was a little kid making projects for the county fair, I have pretty much always used two strands of floss to stitch. No matter what kind of project I was making, Read More ...
Blue Crab Cross Stitch Pattern from Ardith Design
The other day I came across a list of cross-stitch designers that I hadn’t seen before, and I decided I would start picking some of them at random to share their page and a pattern or two from them with Read More ...
Arthur-Inspired Cross Stitch Patterns
My daughter loved the TV show Arthur when she was growing up, and the other day I came across what I assume is an Arthur-inspired cross stitch pattern that sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole looking for Read More ...
Stitch a Retro Sampler with Badass Cross Stitch
Badass Cross Stitch has been doing a year of stitch over on their Patreon account, and the new sampler is so pretty and looks like a lot of fun, too.
Talking about the project on Instagram, they called it Read More ...
Find the Right Font for Your Cross Stitch Project
While there are a lot of cross stitch patterns out there with words on them, sometimes you can’t find just the right word or phrase that you want to include on your cross stitch project. Or maybe you like the Read More ...
Sock Themed Cross Stitch Patterns
I will admit this theme for a roundup, sock themed cross stitch patterns, is a little bit niche. But as a person who does a lot of different kinds of crafts, I love it when they can come together and Read More ...
How to Grid Cross Stitch Fabric
This is one of those things in cross stitch that I know is so important and helpful but that I rarely do, or at least not well enough for it to be totally helpful.
Gridding your cross stitch fabric is Read More ...
Fourth of July Cross Stitch Patterns
It’s the time of year when American crafters pull out their red, white and blue supplies and make all the things for the Fourth of July. With all the patriotic holidays from Memorial Day to Labor Day, you can stitch Read More ...