Cross stitch
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 […]
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 […]
Cosmo Threads Cross Stitch Tools – Conversions, Checklists, PCStitch Files
I’ve been working with Cosmo threads for a few years now, but only the ‘Seasons’ line of variegated threads. They’re absolutely gorgeous but it’s harder to work them into designs regularly. So I recently started working with the main line of Cosmo threads and found a lack of resources online to get started. Naturally, I […]
Cross Stitch Gift Card Stocking Tutorial
What’s a Gift Card Stocking? Ok, first off. What is a gift card stocking anyway? It’s pretty much what it sounds like. A Christmas stocking like you would put on your mantle and fill with goodies for the holiday. But small sized just large enough for a gift card. A mini stocking. You can sew […]
Cross Stitch Tarot Bag – Adding Embroidery to Sewing Patterns
Hello! Welcome to another issue of I have no idea what I’m doing. In which I attempt to follow someone else’s tutorial and adapt it to make a cross stitch tarot bag. Hopefully by outlining my method for adapting cross stitch to this tarot bag tutorial it will inspire you to turn some of your […]
Cross Stitch Bookmark Finishing Tutorial
Why Cross Stitch a Bookmark? You can make bookmarks in a ton of different ways, as we’ll discuss shortly. So why then cross stitch a bookmark? Are cardboard ones not good enough? Of course they are. Cardboard is fine. And plastic. Or metal. Whatever type of bookmarks you normally use. But as a cross stitcher, […]
Tea Bag Cross Stitch Scissor Fob Tutorial
I’ve been enjoying making scissor fobs, and even made a tutorial for some cute geometric ones. But then I thought: what if I made one to look like a tea bag? So I did. Aaand here we are. Welcome to my brain. I’ve already discussed in that tutorial what scissor fobs are and why you […]