Square Flat Ornament: Cross Stitch No Glue Finishing Tutorial
It’s time to revisit this flat ornament tutorial! A while ago I put together a step-by-step featuring a round flat ornament. Though the assembly concepts are the same, a lot of you reached out asking about making square ones, or even other shapes. Plus it’s been nearly FOUR YEARS since I wrote that one, so […]
Pattern Design Challenge: Randomly Generated Color Palette
So I usually do more informative/tutorial type cross stitch articles here. But this month I threw some sillier, fun options into the mix for my Patrons to vote on, and this is what they chose; a pattern design challenge. Well, technically, they voted for me to take a break this month because they’re awesome. But […]
Top 10 Nice to Have Cross Stitch Accessories and Supplies
There are SO many tools and cross stitch accessories being marketed at us nowadays. And most of them are not at all required to actually do the craft. But let’s be honest, these things exist for a reason and many of them provide some quality of life improvements. So let’s talk about some of them […]
Washable Pens: Will They Still Wash Out in 20 Years?
Have you ever used one of those washable pens for your fabric crafts? I’m talking about those water soluble markers often marketed at those who do hand embroidery, sewists in general, and other manner of fiber artists. The generic blue pen most of us have seen in a sewing stash by now. Probably. I discussed […]
Biscornu Bottoms: Use Up Those Fabric Scraps
I don’t usually do anything special for my bicornu bottoms. Typically it’s just a blank piece of the same fabric I stitched the top with. Maybe something small in the corners. But as they tend to sit on my desk as pin cushions I don’t want much on the backside that will just be hidden […]
Learning Hardanger as a Cross Stitcher
I’ve been meaning to try learning hardanger embroidery for a long time now. And there’s a high probability that if you’ve stumbled across this article you’re either looking to learn it as well, or you’ve never heard of it but are now curious. Either way, I must warn you: This is not a tutorial. I’ve […]
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 […]
Color Swapping Cross Stitch Patterns : Conversion Tips
Today I wanted to talk about color swapping, a way to customize your cross stitch patterns to better suit your preferences. A good way to both express yourself creatively and work through your stash. What does it mean? How do you do it? SHOULD you do it? Well a lot of this is very subjective […]