Helpful Resources
3D Cross Stitch Spotlight – Various Ways to Make Dimensional Stitches
Bit of a different article this month — rather than a tutorial I wanted to do a bit of a spotlight of all the different ways people have come up with to make 3D cross stitch. There’s a lot of ways to tackle the three-dimensional shape, and hopefully these examples will give you some inspiration. […]
Custom Cording From Embroidery Thread
I’ve been wanting to make custom cording for a long time and just have never set aside the time to do so. Like with many of my explorations, making an article/tutorial on how to do it is a great incentive for me to make it finally happen. And now you have a reason to try […]
Beaded Scissor Fobs: How to Make Your Own
Today I wanted to go over how I make my beaded scissor fobs. This is just one way to do things, and the way I’ve found works for me. But feel free to adjust for your own needs as well. If you don’t want to go out and buy all the materials in bulk to […]
Grime Guard / Q-Snap Cozy: Make Your Own With a Fat Quarter
Hello stitchers! Today we’ll be talking about how to make a grime guard for your Q-Snap. There are plenty of tutorials for these out there already but I do a poll on my Patreon every month for what I should write about, and this is what was voted on! So I’m going to try and […]
Blended Threads: Creating New Floss Colors With Tweeding
If you’ve been around the cross stitch community long enough you’ve probably run into blended threads. They used to be quite frequently used in larger detailed patterns, I don’t seem to see this technique used as much nowadays except in certain pattern styles. Today though I wanted to discuss what blended threads are and how […]
Streaming Setups for Crafts: Share your Cross Stitch With the World!
Today I wanted to put together a resource that I wish I had when I was starting out streaming. Some examples of stream setups and how to best capture crafts on camera while chatting live with other crafters. Whether you cross stitch, or do some other art or craft and just stumbled across this article […]
Blending Filament – Adding Sparkle to your Embroidery Thread
Here on my site I’ve discussed a fair amount of metallic thread brands used in cross stitch. From DMC’s Mouliné Étoile to lesser known brands like Bijoux and Accentuate. You can get metallic threads in SO many different colors, and even variegated metallics! But what if instead of hoarding a pile of various colored metallic […]
Can You Cross Stitch on a Plane? Let’s Check Airline Regulations!
Here’s a question I (used to) see a lot. Can you cross stitch / do embroidery on a plane? Well the answer varies incredibly. It varies from country to country, of course. But also from airline to airline, and airport to airport! Generally speaking, though: Within the US, yes. Probably. Internationally, results may vary. Disclaimer: […]