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There are officially 500 different colors of DMC 117 Mouliné Spécial thread. But... That's not the whole story. The US DMC website lists only 489, there are some region-specific "exclusive" threads, and there are Étoile, Coloris, Color Variations, Light Effects, and even some Special Embroidery threads available. So let's dive in and work out…
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…
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…
I'm a big fan of keeping your craft space neat, tidy and organized. At any time, you might just want to go through your kit to find that one item you brought 5 years ago and will get around to using. In the past we've covered how to store cross stitch threads, and went into…