Title: Futurama Slurm Can Date Completed: December 2023 Design: Lord Libidan Count: 14 Canvas: Plastic Colors: 9 Pop Culture: Futurama It's been a while since I've been able to show off some of my own cross stitch pieces. I've been working on a few secret projects, and some patterns for the Xstitch Magazine, but…
Whenever I think of Christmas and cross stitch; Scandinavian designs come to mind. In fact, I’ve supplied patterns to numerous magazines like Xstitch and Lakeside Needle Crafts Winter Cross Stitch Book on the very same style. But we don’t hear all that much from Scandinavian stitching. Where did the style come from, why is it…
This post was originally in XStitch Magazine Issue 21: Tropical, and has been adapted. The famous words of “We pillage plunder, we rifle and loot” may soon have to add cross stitch to that list too! When it comes to pirates, Hollywood sure has done a number on them. Much like Vikings, who don’t actually…
This post was originally in XStitch Magazine Issue 20: Mystery, and has been adapted. When it comes to cross stitch, there are many mysteries. From simple ones like “what do those dots on DMC labels mean?” to complicated issues like “what’s the best dithering pattern when making your own cross stitch designs”. But something that…