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thread plastic rings (source: DMC)
If you've ever inherited a stash of cross stitch supplies you'll know that you're both super lucky, and super confused. You see, most people cast off those little thread top labels, meaning you no longer know if the threads you have are generic, or specialist. Being able to identify these threads, or a too-good-to-be-true online…
Hair Color Cross Stitch Thread Table by Lord Libidan
We have a lot of people using our skin tone thread image to replace skin tones in cross stitch patterns. However, we also get a lot of requests for hair colors too. So without further ado, we present the best hair colors for replacement in cross stitch patterns. Just pick your hair type (blonde, brown,…
Octopus Tea Cross Stitch Pattern by LoLaLottaShop (Source: Etsy)
With websites like Etsy, eBay and a whole host of other sites selling cross stitch patterns, you could be fooled into thinking all of these cross stitch patterns are going to great to stitch. But the frank, and sometimes disappointing truth is that some, even most, are bad patterns. Whilst that might not seem too…
MacStitch Screenshot with example Pikachu pattern
I was on a facebook group the other day and I heard a seller of pattern software say "designers will make you think they spend 100 hours on a pattern, but you can do it yourself in 30 seconds!" Whilst this sounds like a great sales pitch, it put my back up. You see, whilst…