As it is with a lot of my impulsive crafting projects, I blame Bungie. (In a good way, of course.) They announced their new IP, Marathon, and within thirty minutes of me seeing the new shirts that are being released, I was designing a cross-stitch pattern for a couple of them. Less than 24 hoursContinue reading “A Marathon Stitching Session”
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Mother Nose Best
If you have followed me for a while, you know that back in 2017 I had the idea to stitch up the Flynn Rider wanted poster from the beginning of Tangled. It should have been finished relatively quickly — I have completed plenty of projects that are bigger than that since ’17, but I couldContinue reading “Mother Nose Best”
I’m stichin’ it
If you’ve been to a McDonald’s recently, you’ve seen that those awesome Halloween buckets from the days of old (aka my childhood) are back in Happy Meals! They are just so retro and cute! So you knew I had to make patterns for them! I designed each pattern to fit perfectly in a four-inch hoop.Continue reading “I’m stichin’ it”
Stitch or Treat: Pattern Edition
Want to stitch your own pumpkin? You can watch the basics here or read about it here. Here are some ideas for patterns for your pumpkin! You’ll still need to make your own pattern out of graph paper. (You can watch a vid about how to do that here.) Click to download the pdfs orContinue reading “Stitch or Treat: Pattern Edition”
Bundle of Joy
I always love celebrating with my friends when something amazing happens to them and this is no exception: my awesome friend Mollie Johanson has written a cross-stitch book! YAY!! The book is called Cross Stitch Celebrations: Bundle of Joy! and let me tell you, it’s a bundle of joy to look at. I mean comeContinue reading “Bundle of Joy”
(Xbox) Live, Laugh, Love
It started with this: It ended with this: The wordplay off of “Xbox Live” was just too tempting for someone like me to pass up, so off I went to create a pattern. It’s fairly straightforward and quick; I had given myself the weekend to finish the project. Even if you are new to cross-stitching,Continue reading “(Xbox) Live, Laugh, Love”
Destiny 1 Stitch-a-long
Here is the master list for all 48 emblems that were part of the Destiny 1 craft-a-long project. Enjoy!
Geek the Halls
Years ago, back in 2015, I made a trio of geeky ornaments. Years ago, I didn’t know how to save my patterns as pdfs. (Tragic.) But that has all changed, my friends. I present to you three geeky ornaments for your crafting pleasure: a Triforce Tree, Santa Traveler, and Santa Chief. I only attached theContinue reading “Geek the Halls”
Cheat O’ Plenty
Way back in February, I had an exchange with the Strong Bad Twitter account. It took eight months of procrastinating, but I finally got around to stitching this up! Those of you will eagle eyes will notice that I had to change the pattern slightly from my original design. That’s because when I had madeContinue reading “Cheat O’ Plenty”
Three times the candy, er, emblems
Destiny 2 is having their annual Festival of the Lost event right now which means it’s time for emblems! The three emblems available are Bump in the Night, Beheaded Home by @mckennakelpie, and Hollow Sleep. And now you can stitch them up while you’re waiting to load into the Haunted Sectors to see what GlintContinue reading “Three times the candy, er, emblems”
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