Finishing a cross stitch piece is its own skill, separate from the stitching itself, and it’s easy to undo hours of work with a rushed wash or a bad framing choice. This guide pulls together everything on the site about washing, framing, mounting, storing, and gifting your finished work.
Every post tagged below covers some part of this topic, newest first. If you want a specific answer right away, start with the sections below.
Before you think about framing or mounting, most pieces benefit from a proper wash and press, though it’s not always as necessary as people assume.
Start with do you really need to wash your cross stitch, then washing, drying, and ironing for the full method once you’ve decided to go ahead.
Framing is where a lot of finished pieces end up, and there are more decisions involved than just picking a frame that looks nice.
How to frame cross stitch covers the process from start to finish, and which cross stitch frame is best narrows down the options. Glass or no glass, what’s best when framing cross stitch tackles one of the most debated questions, and framing cross stitch with Francy Frames looks at one specific product worth knowing about.
Framing isn’t the only option. Mounting on canvas and finishing plastic canvas work both come with their own techniques.
How to mount your cross stitch on canvas and how to finish plastic canvas cross stitch both cover alternatives to traditional framing, and what to do once you’ve finished your cross stitch is the right starting point if you haven’t decided yet.
Not every finished piece gets framed or displayed right away, and storing it properly in the meantime matters more than people expect.
Storing finished cross stitch covers how to keep a completed piece safe until you’re ready for it.
A finished piece makes a genuinely personal gift, and there’s more to it than just handing over a hoop.
7 awesome gift ideas for cross stitchers and the cross stitch gifts guide both cover buying for a stitcher. If you’re working with a smaller budget, great cross stitch gifts under $25 and $20 narrows it down, and personalized cross stitch gift ideas covers making the gift itself.
I've recently seen lots of people use my free alphabet patterns to create some truly awesome personalized cross stitch gifts on the cross stitch forums. These gifts feel special. They're made for only one person, they've been designed or stitched with love, and they're gifts that people will remember as it comes with them over…
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 gifts 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…
So you've finished your cross stitch; great. However, depending on who you are, the next bit might fill you with joy, or fill you with dread. Do you frame it? This is a question we ask ourselves every time we finish a cross stitch, and depending on your opinions of framing cross stitch, the…
Cross stitchers buy threads in their ever reaching aim to own all 500 DMC threads, we buy aida and other cross stitch fabrics through the year, but the little things that don't cost the earth and are super useful never seem to get purchased. This list of cross stitch gifts under $25 is for exactly…