Since I started stitching I've only really used two brands of aida. A no-name brand that came free with a magazine (and was TERRIBLE quality) and a well-known brand. However thanks to my local sewing store being shut, I picked up someone else's aida. The problem was the aida was completely different. In the past,…
When I first started with cross stitch, Etsy was around, but it just didn't have anything in the way of cross stitch on it. However, in the last years, there has been an increasing number of people and brands selling cross stitch patterns on Etsy, alongside tools and threads. But is it a force for…
If you look to buy DMC threads, you'll often find that the price will vary. This isn't just an inter-country thing either, the prices of threads vary massively depending on where you live in the world. On Facebook recently someone asked why this was, and I jumped in with an answer. It turns out, that…
When you think of cross stitch, even as a seasoned cross stitcher, you probably think of a sampler. In fact, you probably think of one sampler in particular. You may have had to explain what cross stitch was to people in the past, and used it as an example, or probably stitched one yourself, but…