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Pattern Pick of the Day: A Trip to the Moon
A Trip to the Moon is one of the newest designs from Ship’s Manor, available at 123stitch.com, if you have a local needlework shop they can probably order it for you as well. The project model was stitched on 40 count Legacy by Picture This Plus using DMC threads. Overall stitch count is 132×148. Happy […]
Pattern Pick of the Day: Bee Sampler & Save the Bees from Lila’s Studio
It’s a two-for-one pattern pick today, because these two patterns from Lila’s Studio are the perfect companions to each other. You can find these beautiful bees at the Lila’s Studio Etsy page or at 123stitch.com. Both project models are stitched on a 40 count fabric in the color “Mello” by Picture This Plus using Weeks […]
Tips for Stitching on Black Fabric
Stitching on black fabrics can be eye-straining, frustrating, and down right difficult. All that said, why do we even do it? Because the results are always stunning and awe-worthy. Here are my tips and ideas for making the process less painful. Good Lighting, Quality Lighting, More Lighting! The number one most important thing you can […]
The only shades of GRAY I care about…
It’s funny, because it’s true. No, seriously. That whole Shades of Grey book trilogy and movie thing that other people are going bonkers for in social media every.single.day, I’m not interested a single tiny bit. However, if you have some gray DMC, I’m all in. I always seem to be running of #415 and I […]
Keep Calm and Cross Stitch Shirts
Shirts are available at http://teespring.com/keep-calm-and-cross-stitch ($15 for a tee, $24.95 for a hoodie) FAQ: What colors are available? The t-shirt is currently available in blue, purple, red, navy, and gray. Hoodies are available in navy, green, purple, and cardinal red. The tank is available in dark gray.
Pattern Pick of the Day: Pi
Happy Pi Day! Of course the pattern of the day had to be Pi related. This pattern of Pi to the 304th decimal place is available from RobinsDesign on Etsy. Stitch count is 112 x 140 and uses 5 thread colors Happy Stitching! 🙂
Blog Hop: Subscriptions, Autoship Programs, and Must-Haves?
We haven’t had a blog hop in awhile, so let’s get back into it. The blogging prompt question for this hop: What stitching subscriptions do you currently have and love? Those could be magazines (digital and/or print), stash subscriptions like fabric of the month or StitchyBox (see sidebar for coupon code on that one), auto-ship […]
Halfway Point on My Token of Love, and something extra to share
I may not get to stitch every morning, but I’m still making good progress. (you can compare to my last update) I’m, halfway on this project now and I have to say there is something very satisfying about highlighting all the symbols on a single page of working copy, a nice little milestone in the […]
Pattern Pick of the Day: Aloha by Camp Cross Stitch
Aloha by Camp Cross Stitch available on Etsy.com Pattern includes – Instructions, Design and Key, Thread Organizer Finished design is 5 x 7 inches when stitched on 14 count aida (or 28 count evenweave/linen) Also check out the Camp Cross Stitch website and be sure to give them a thumbs up on Facebook
