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Cross Stitch Alphabet Book Launch

I'm no stranger to disappearing cross stitch alphabets. As time goes on, more and more cross stitch patterns disappear, and it bothers me! Cross stitch samplers are a major part of our history; from missing letters to museum pieces. Now, many of you know me for my collection of free cross stitch alphabets, but what…

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Read more about the article Why Cross Stitch Pattern Quality Is Tanking (And AI Slop Is Making It Worse)
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Why Cross Stitch Pattern Quality Is Tanking (And AI Slop Is Making It Worse)

I do not doubt that historic cross stitch patterns are being deleted from the internet, but at the same time, the quality is tanking too. Ironically, one of the main reasons for this is the abundance of portals that cross stitch designers can use to sell patterns. This should, therefore, suggest that curated patterns are…

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Read more about the article Cottagecore Cross Stitch – Did cross stitch just become trendy again?
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Cottagecore Cross Stitch – Did cross stitch just become trendy again?

Every month, fashionistas and trend setters around the world send around round-ups of what is hot and what is not. They've done this for years, decades even, but for the first time in a long time, cross stitch just came up. And with it, we just became trendy again.   This Isn't Our First Trend…

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Read more about the article The TikTok Trap: Why So Many New Stitchers Quit Over a Fabric Mix-Up
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The TikTok Trap: Why So Many New Stitchers Quit Over a Fabric Mix-Up

It's either an all too common video you've seen, or an all too familiar story on Reddit, Facebook, or other cross stitch communities; the new stitcher, at their wits' end, asking for help on how on earth to remove aida from their stitching. You see, they've fallen for the TikTok Trap. To be fair, this…

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