Wear Cross Stitch on Your Clothes

I love large-scale cross-stitch projects, because they are such a different way of seeing the craft, which is usually rather dainty.

Über Chic for Cheap has two projects where she added cross stitch to a sweater or shirt: a heart and a floral design.

I like looking at both of the projects together because one is done on a smooth fabric while the other is more textured, which makes the stitching that much easier — it’s just like regular cross stitch.

The heart pattern shows how to print out the design, pin it to your shirt, do the stitching and then remove the paper so you have just the cross stitch remaining. It’s a great tutorial for stitching on any kind of fabric that doesn’t already have squares.

Have you ever stitched on a garment or another piece of fabric not made for cross stitch? I’d love to hear about it.

[Photo: Über Chic for Cheap.]

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15 Ugly Christmas Holiday Sweaters To Cross Stitch

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]

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