Sometimes you pick up a cross stitch chart or even a cross stitch kit and even though you love the design you just want to make a few changes to it or give it a bit of your own pizzazz! I don’t think I’ve personally ever stitched anything exactly to the charted key, I always […]
Stitchqueries: Do you use a stitching stand?
This should make for some great discussion and I hope everyone will chime in with their recommendations in the comments section below! I just hold my projects in my hands, use an embroidery hoop for my cross-stitch projects, but sometimes that gets to feeling a little awkward. What would you recommend to use as a […]
Celtic Quilt Blocks Stitched for Love Quilts
This is an older project that folks ask me about pretty often. I recently made the Celtic Dream block available as a free cross stitch pattern and you can download that here. I designed these four blocks as part of a Love Quilts project that a group of us here stitched together. ==> Download the […]
Stitchqueries: What kind of lighting?
Bad lighting can make your stitching seem difficult and really strain your eyes, so this week’s question is an important one. I’ve been doing needlepoint and cross-stitch for over 30 years but now that I have older eyes I don’t see as well at night to work on my projects so would like some recommendations […]
Brushstroke Butterfly by Peggy M.
Peggy stitched this Brushstroke Butterfly and finished it into a no-sew stand up display. I love it! 🙂 Thank you Peggy for sharing your work with us! You can download the free cross stitch pattern in PDF format here at any time: https://www.stitchingthenightaway.com/861/brush-stroke-butterfly-free-cross-stitch-pattern/ Happy Stitching!
Brushstoke Butterfly by Lynn G.
Lynn G. stitched these two Brushstroke Butterfly pieces as part of the quilt gift we showed earlier, so you might recognize them from the quilt picture! Lynn also reminded me that butterflies are a symbol of hope, I love that.
Stitchqueries: Finding Stitch and Stuff Bear Pattern
This week’s stitchqueries is a little bit different. This is a plea for help in finding a pattern …. Janet emailed me a few weeks ago looking for a pattern of a bear with his arms up where you stitch his face sweater and toes then cut out the bear sew him together and stuff […]
Four Brushstroke Butterflies from Maggi S.
It’s amazing how each butterfly is different even when it was stitched by the same stitcher! These four Brushstroke Butterfly finishes come from Maggi S. and she stitched them all for Cole’s Quilts. If you’re keeping score, that means these count as double entries in the April giveaway. Need the pattern for this design? It’s […]
Getting to Know the Stitching Community: FaithNchls
I want to take a little time each week to get to know the members of the stitching community as a whole, stitchers, designers, enthusiasts, we all love needlework and we all are passionate about what we do. Let’s share our passion and get to know each other a little better. This week we’re getting […]
Stitchqueries: Too Good to Be True?
This week’s question is in regard to purchasing large photo conversion charts from eBay. I saw a pattern from ebay- rainbow sunset cross stitch (452) and I found it too good to be true. I think it’s a chart generated from a photograph. Can we really crosstitch the pattern to look like the picture that […]
