Category: Cross Stitch
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Gin
This cute little kit was a Christmas present and it was my first time doing back-stitching. It came with really helpful instructions and was super fun to stitch.
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Mine
This was a very quick stitch I did while I was isolating for Covid. My husband had done such a good job of looking after me that I stitched this and left it on his pillow as a little surprise. It was done in one evening, and inspired by this fabulous Taylor Swift Stitches Instagram…
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Mini Teapot
I got this little kit as a Christmas present and it was so much fun I stitched it twice! (Actually, the kit makers were very generous with their thread and I had so much left over I did it again with the colours reversed)
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No Place Like Home
This kit came from Sew Sophie Crafts – if you like cross stitching you absolutely have to check out her patterns! Ironically, this pattern kept me company while I was in isolation with Covid and couldn’t leave the attic, let alone the house!
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Homer in the Bushes
I think this gif of Homer Simpson backing into the bushes is my most used gif at work so when I saw the pattern on Etsy I absolutely had to buy it. It was so much fun to stitch! The pattern had the background entirely stitched in the green colour but I cheated and bought…
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Some People Are Worth Melting For
I bought this Frozen cross stitch pattern from Etsy – it’s part of a set of 13 Disney Princesses all in the same style. Unfortunately I can’t link to the pattern as both the item and the shop are no longer listed on Etsy. This was a really fun one to stitch – I’ve made…
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Let There Be Light
This pattern came from She Reads Truth in their Advent 2021 book. It’s stitched in a 12″ hoop and although I thought it’d be fairly quick since the pattern is quite sparse, it took ages because there was so much counting! I chose different colours than the pattern suggested based on what I had in…
Louise Douglas 