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DMC complete thread card (small)
Finding gifts for the people in your life that like things outside of your normal is hard, and so we've put together 7 awesome gift ideas for cross stitchers. Fun Needle Keeps - from $5 The great thing about needle keeps, other than how cheap they are, is the awesome volume of different designs.…
Epic Pokemon Perler by mininete by mininete (Nete Hangel) (source: dailydot.com)
Today we're going to talk about something slightly different. For two reasons. Firstly, we talking about how craft can help people, how it can enable the worst situations in life to seem a little more acceptable. And we're not talking cross stitch. Well, we kind of are, you see the thing that made me interested…
Spiderman Glow In The Dark Cross Stitch by stitchFIGHT (source: mrxstitch.com)
Glow-in-the-dark threads are a fantastic way to make any cross stitch that little bit more special. However there is one constant when using glow-in-the-dark, and that's green. Or more specifically the green glow. But why green? Why are glow-in-the-dark threads green? Let's start by looking at the facts; glow in the dark thread is green.…
dmc light effect threads (source: DMC.com)
Let's face it, you've used metallics at some point, but you've not touched it in a LONG time, right? Simply put, specialty threads are hard to use. But they don't have to be. With a few simple changes to the way you work, metallics suddenly become super easy and a fantastic way to make your…