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Home Sweet Home Cross Stitch Sampler (Source: Pinterest)

There’s No Cross Stitch Like Home Sweet Home

This post was originally in XStitch Magazine Issue 28: Home, and has been adapted. When it comes to cross stitch, we owe much of our existence to other hobbies. Be that threads from sewing, samplers from embroidery, or fabric from coffee growing. But there is one thing that is truly cross stitch’s own; the home…

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Origin Of The Cross Stitch Species

This post was originally in XStitch Magazine Issue 27: Flora, and has been adapted. There I stood, clutching three random threads I had no need for; but they simply looked so pretty that as a result I NEEDED to have them. I still have two of those threads, never used now sitting in my collection,…

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Simpson Three Eyed Blinky Fish Cross Stitch by Lord Libidan

Simpsons Blinky Cross Stitch by Lord Libidan

Title: Blinky Fish Date Completed: September 2024 Design: Lord Libidan Count: 14 Canvas: Sky Blue Colors: 3 Pop Culture: Simpsons   Hot off the tails of another sky blue aida project, my Bender NFT cross stitch, and just before I start another big project (which will be a Japanese print similar to mySnow At A…

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Discontinued DMC 3684 next to DMC 902

Why Do We Keep Discovering DMC Threads?

We've just updated our DMC thread tracker inventory sheet to include a few threads like the super rare thread 974, the limited edition DMC 127, and the rather odd Secret Perfume threads, but this raises a rather interesting question; why do we keep discovering DMC threads? Our recent post on aging DMC threads came at…

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