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Title: F-R-I-E-N-D-S “I’ll be there for you” Date Completed: April 2024 Design: Lord Libidan & GrumpyStitcher Count: 18 Canvas: Lavender Colors: 7 Pop Culture: Friends When working from home, like many of us, I turn the TV on in the background, and at the moment Friends is playing on repeat non-stop. It's no surprise then…
This post was originally in XStitch Magazine Issue 25: Black, and has been adapted. As the riddle goes; a newspaper. As the joke goes; a sunburnt penguin. As the embroiderer says; cross stitch. The history of cross stitch is fairly well known at this point. Pieced together from enduring stories, and surviving samplers, most people…
Whenever I start a new cross stitch, I always reach out to my collection of DMC threads. Its something all of us cross stitchers do. Once we find the right thread for us, we stick to it. But considering that selecting the right thread is crucial for bringing your projects to life, I wonder if…
Many lists of threads include DMC 868, a dark brown color, often described as discontinued. But did it ever exist? No. It's simply an urban myth. But why do some people seem to be sure that the thread did exist? Are You Sure? DMC directly has confirmed that the thread does not, and has never…