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The Best Gifts For Cross Stitchers

The Best Cross Stitch Gifts Guide

We all know how hard it is to buy gifts for hobbies we don't know much about. So here's an updated cross stitch gift guide on what to buy the cross stitcher in your life. They're arranged by price from lowest to highest so you can find the perfect gift for any budget! Updated for…

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Read more about the article Panther Cross Stitch by Lord Libidan
Panther Cross Stitch by Lord Libidan

Panther Cross Stitch by Lord Libidan

Title: Hunted Date Completed: July 2023 Design: Lord Libidan Count: 16 Canvas: Black Colours: 2 Pop Culture: Animals & Black   When Mr X Stitch came to me and told me that the next issue of the XStitch Magazine was going to be themed "Black" I was a little stumped. There had previously been an…

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Childs cross stitch kit being completed (Source: Etsy.com)

Why Do A Little Yay With Every Stitch

This post was originally in XStitch Magazine Issue 19: Yay, and has been adapted. If you've read any of my Libidan lectures before, you can probably tell a few simple things about me; I love cross stitch, I love tea, and I love Japan. Therefore, when a colleague gave me a reading suggestion recently, it…

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Cross Stitch Shoulder Rose Tattoo by Tattoodo (source: pinterest.com)

Whats Ink Got To Do With It?

This post was originally in XStitch Magazine Issue 18: Mixtape 4, and has been adapted. On the surface, cross stitch really doesn’t have much to do with ink. Threads are dyed, fabric is dyed, and whilst there are some modern pens that some use to grid, these are chemicals rather than inks. Sure, some print…

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