All posts containing finished cross stitch.
Blackwork Teacup (Source: Royal School Of Embroidery)
This post was originally in XStitch Magazine Issue 17: Adventure, and has been adapted. Here I sit, with a blank screen in front of me, tea in my hand, about to write this piece. What many people don’t know about me is that I’m an obsessive tea drinker. I’ve tried over 2000 teas in the…
Futurama Slurm Can Animated Example next to Cross Stitch by Lord Libidan
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…
Nordic Cross Stitch by Modern Folk Embroidery (Source: modernfolkembroidery.com)
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…
mini pirate cross stitch samplers by Lord Libidan (source: xstitchmag.com)
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…