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Fraying Fabric – Various Ways to Deal With It
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Fraying Fabric – Various Ways to Deal With It

September 13, 2025October 5, 2025 Siri0Tagged Fabric, Resource

How annoying is fraying fabric for you? Some fabrics definitely fray more than others, and some people don’t mind fraying while others can’t stand it! What do I mean by fraying? When the edge of your fabric starts to unravel or come apart while you’re trying to work with it! The good news is there’s […]

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Kool-Aid Dye – Coloring Cross Stitch Stitch Fabric At Home
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Kool-Aid Dye – Coloring Cross Stitch Stitch Fabric At Home

September 11, 2020October 16, 2023 Siri0Tagged Cross stitch, dyeing, Fabric

Last month I posted about how I colored some aida with tea! It turned out pretty well, actually. I also dyed some fabric with Kool-Aid though, so I wanted to document my results with that as well. 🙂 As before, This is not a tutorial. I am not an expert and have little experience dyeing […]

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Dyeing Cross Stitch Fabric at Home – With Tea!
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Dyeing Cross Stitch Fabric at Home – With Tea!

August 14, 2020January 9, 2024 Siri0Tagged Cross stitch, dyeing, Fabric

July’s Pixel Stitch RPG quest was about dyeing some fabric. This is something I’ve been meaning to try for years and just never got around to. It still feels daunting, but seeing everyone else give it a try for the first time really helped inspire others to try. Including myself! This is not a tutorial. […]

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Fabric Organization For Cross Stitch
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Fabric Organization For Cross Stitch

February 26, 2020August 4, 2025 Siri0Tagged Cross stitch, Fabric, Organization

Frequently we see people asking how to store their embroidery thread. I’ve been asked the same many times, to the point I put together a blog post outlining my thread storage method. Sometimes we see people with questions on how to keep track of patterns. Maybe a few will ask where to store their hoops, […]

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Siri is a nerdy cross stitch designer passionate about teaching others about this craft!

Learn to cross stitch with over 200 designs from Stardew Valley!

Only Available on Fangamer.com

If you'd prefer a text/photo based blog, or want to see the full color spreadsheet, it's available here:
https://sirithre.com/design-challenge-colors-ive-never-used-before/

There's also 100+ articles on my site about other finishing techniques, cross stitch basics, and advanced tips. 

Here's some more links if you'd like to join the Pixel Stitch Discord:
https://discord.gg/0exJsMDZjx8rK0XG

🌈Social Media 🌈
Discord: https://discord.gg/0exJsMDZjx8rK0XG
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sirithre/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sirithre/
Website: http://sirithre.com/
Newsletter: https://sirithre.com/newsletter/
Etsy: https://sirithre.etsy.com/
Ko-Fi (Free patterns!): https://ko-fi.com/sirithre/

🌟Contents🌟
0:00 - Intro
1:06 - Spreadsheets
6:26 - Unused Colors
8:38 - Pixel Art
13:43 - Stitching
15:14 - Finished Piece
17:05 - Outro
Cross Stitch Challenge: Designing With Colors I've Never Used Before!
If you'd prefer a text/photo based tutorial, I have one written up here:
https://sirithre.com/framing-tips-for-cross-stitch-inexpensive-at-home-finishing-techniques/
There's also 100+ articles on my site about other finishing techniques, cross stitch basics, and advanced tips. 

Other links mentioned in the video:
The StoryGraph craft books challenge: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/8890d6da-58da-4f48-8eb7-0f377b4bd75a
Zelda Pattern: https://sirithre.etsy.com/listing/525684012/zelda-cross-stitch-pattern-breath-of-the
Fabric was Picture This Plus Crystal Dapple, which doesn't seem to be available anywhere now.

Flat Fold Tutorial: https://sirithre.com/flatfold-no-glue-cross-stitch-finishing-tutorial/
Flat Ornament Tutorial: https://sirithre.com/square-flat-ornament-cross-stitch-no-glue-finishing-tutorial/

Here's some more links if you'd like to join the Pixel Stitch Discord:
https://discord.gg/0exJsMDZjx8rK0XG

Or if you're interested in the Pixel Stitch RPG:
https://pixelstitchrpg.com

🌟 Materials 🌟
Disclaimer - Amazon links are affiliate links
Comic Book Board - https://amzn.to/3ZoUDyw
Adhesive Board - https://amzn.to/4qr2FC9
Sewing Clips - https://amzn.to/3OfXsQ5


🌈Social Media 🌈
Discord: https://discord.gg/0exJsMDZjx8rK0XG
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sirithre/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sirithre/
Website: http://sirithre.com/
Newsletter: https://sirithre.com/newsletter/
Etsy: https://sirithre.etsy.com/
Ko-Fi (Free patterns!): https://ko-fi.com/sirithre/

🌟Contents🌟
0:00 - Intro
2:15 - Fabric Prep
8:56 - Board Prep
12:46 - Lacing
21:01 - Back in Frame
Reframing My Cross Stitch (Using the Lacing Technique)
Another episode of Stitchopoly, even though I don't think anyone cares as much as I do. 🤣
I'm having fun though.

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Website: http://sirithre.com/
Newsletter: https://sirithre.com/newsletter/
Etsy: https://sirithre.etsy.com/
Ko-Fi (Free patterns!): https://ko-fi.com/sirithre/
Learning Embroidery from a Board Game? #Flosstube
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sirithre

Cleveland based IT nerd and #CrossStitch designer.
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Here's what I ended up making with all the colors Here's what I ended up making with all the colors I've never designed with before. In case you missed the article/video, I put together a spreadsheet of all the colors that I have used over the last 10 years of designing cross stitch patterns, and then challenged myself to stitch with the colors I've never used in a pattern before.

...plus 310, because they were all very pastel and would've just melded together otherwise, lol.

How did I do? What would you have made with these colors?
I just wish I still had all of these as skeins rather than bobbins so I could do a proper thread bouquet.
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#CrossStitch #CrossStitchFinish #ThreadBouquet
Another month, another ~30 hours of stitching done Another month, another ~30 hours of stitching done.
Swipe to compare to the beginning of the month. -->

Slightly under an hour a day this time, but that's only tracking cross stitch. I did a good 30+ hours of sewing as well, most of which for next month's article, so look forward to that. 👀
A look at my UFO pile. Some of these being 20+ yea A look at my UFO pile. Some of these being 20+ years old at this point. 🙈 Because let's be real, we all abandon projects from time to time and you should never feel bad about it.  And we should really normalize it more.

If you're new to the craft and don't have any old WIPs and still manage to finish everything you start -- great! But it may happen one day and it's okay. Let it happen. Life's too short to keep working on a project that you're not feeling. 

Maybe you'll pick it back up one day. Maybe you won't. Either way there's no harm in letting them sit unfinished. 
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#CrossStitch #CrossStitchProgress #CrossStitchWIP #CrossStitchProject
A small color palette for April -- But hopefully i A small color palette for April -- But hopefully it says spring well enough. ;) April's cross stitch pattern definitely has a floral theme, but probably not the flowers you're thinking of. ;)

Definitely excited for warmer weather and getting the garden going this year though.

My garden kinda flopped last year, and we're still mostly focusing on getting the inside of the house the way we want it, but I still want to put at least a bit of work into our yard. 🤔

Do you have any fun garden plans this year?
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This months' YT video is a behind the scenes of ma This months' YT video is a behind the scenes of making this months article -- in which I challenged myself to design a cross stitch pattern using all the DMC thread colors I've NEVER designed with! 

 Over 10 years of pattern design I've used a ton of colors, some more than others. So I put together a spreadsheet of all the colors my patterns call for and singled out those that are never mentioned. 👀

This reel shows the time lapse of the design but if you'd like more commentary on my decisions and so forth, please check out the full video! 🥰
Or check out the article on my website if you'd like to see my full spreadsheet of colors!
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