Rainbow Heart Cross Stitch Pattern

It’s the season of hearts, and this rainbow-colored heart is a cute one for Valentine’s Day or any other time.

This is a good pattern for new stitchers because it’s small — just 42 by 42 stitches — and a lot of fun with all the different colors.

Of course you could make it a solid-colored heart if you’d rather, or use a multicolored thread to make it more interesting without having to change thread so often, but the multicolored look is really a lot of fun.

To find the chart visit this page at Fandom Stitchery (where you will find other cute little free patterns, too) and as of this writing the chart is in the third row.

[Photo: Fandom Stitchery.]

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Valentine's Day Bookmarks to Cross Stitch

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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