Title: Koi Pond Date Completed: February 2020 Design: Lord Libidan Count: 14 Canvas: White Colours: 5 Pop Culture: Japan When I was approached by one of my favorite online cross stitch stores, Lakeside Needlecraft, to supply a Summer themed cross stitch design for their upcoming Summer Cross Stitch Pattern Book, my love for all things…
When it comes to starting a cross stitch, other than gridding, most people just start. But if you've found your fabric fraying whilst stitching, you probably mean to do something about it next time; but never do. Stopping fabric fraying, especially aida and evenweave, seems like a daunting task, but we have 7 ways to…
I often see people talking about stitching on linen, evenweave or monk's cloth, and people in the comments are quiet. It took me a while to work it out, but people aren't aware you can cross stitch on other fabrics. Most people see just the standard cross stitch fabrics like aida and evenweave, but you…
Over the last 13 years of cross stitch, I've learned a lot of cross stitch specific terms and phrases for a glossary. I went to talk at a school recently and a lot of teens looked at me with confused looks. Turns out, cross stitch really is like another language. So here is a cross…