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Our recent post on needle threaders has been a bit of a runaway success, however, I've had a few people ask a simple question; what about self-threading needles? I must admit, that despite owning a pack, I never actually tried them out, so I threw caution to the wind and threaded a few needles. What…
Last week we reviewed the differences between paid and free cross stitch programs and decided that whilst paid once were better, free ones held up quite well. But that doesn't tell you when you should pay for a pattern maker, and when you pay, which type is best. The first thing to discuss is…
As a cross stitch pattern designer, I strongly sing the praises of any and all free and paid cross stitch pattern generators but there is something quite obvious when looking at these generators; they aren't made equal. As a result, it often scares people away from purchasing a pattern or downloading software to make…
We've been focusing on cross stitch tools a lot lately, however, there's one in particular that I personally don't use; the needle threader. The reason I don't use them? They break. A lot. This is actually an accepted reason to shun needle threaders, even though they're helpful, and the first thing that came to your…