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Read more about the article What To Do Once You’ve Finished Your Cross Stitch
childs play charity auction cross stitch quilt 2011 (source: spritestitch.com)

What To Do Once You’ve Finished Your Cross Stitch

You buy a cross stitch pattern or kit, you stitch all day and night, you embellish, fix mistakes and wash your cross stitch (or maybe ask yourself do you need to wash your cross stitch) and you finally finish. You step back and admire your work and then... and then... and then you're not sure…

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Read more about the article Double Eye Tapestry Needles – Perfect For Blending Cross Stitch
Standard tapestry needles next to double eye tapestry needles (Source: Pinterest)

Double Eye Tapestry Needles – Perfect For Blending Cross Stitch

Considering we use them so much, cross stitch needles or tapestry needles to give them their rightful name, are staples for our craft. Therefore, when I spoke about the best types of cross stitch needles in a previous post, I thought I had all of them covered. For a while, I thought there were no…

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Cross Stitch Gauge and Rule by Yarn Tree (Source: Stitched Modern)

Are Cross Stitch Identification Cards Worth Getting?

I rarely talk about tools of the cross stitch world on this blog; we try to stay impartial at all times, however, that changed last year when I just HAD to tell you about tiny travel scissors. You can get them from loads of brands, so we weren't playing favorites, but since then we've had…

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