Cross stitch finishing

Unique ideas for finishing cross-stitched projects

Back in July Sherri of the flosstube channel Colorado Cross Stitcher hosted a Summer Cross Stitch Camp. It’s an informal stitch along with no real rules except that you had to stitch a projec…

As spring approaches and Easter draws near, many of us are looking for creative ways to celebrate the holiday. If you're a fan of embroidery and other crafts, you'll want to check out the latest offering from Snowflower Diaries: a free Easter chart that's been given a digital makeover.

In this post, I show you how to make an easy DIY cross stitch banner you can whip up with any finished design. I use my Summer SAL pattern.

Discover the many exciting and unique techniques for finishing cross stitch, including framing cross stitch and finishing the back of your cross stitch.

It was a finishing day for me last week. I had these two that I wanted to make into pillows. These are from Brenda Gervais of With Thy Needle and Thread. They come together in the same book calle…

No one wants their cross stitch fraying at the edges, so we round up 7 of the best ways to stop your cross stitch fabric from fraying.

Hello Friends! I've been working on knocking out some custom finishes for stitchers these last few weeks with the most challenging being the Glitter Village by Country Cottage Needleworks stitched beautifully by Sam. The linen she stitched them on is the called for piece but is so much prettier in person. Just gorgeous! I used a white glitter fabric for the mounted flatfold and edged it with white cording, and then attached the stitched pieces to the front and edged them with coordinating…

This past week I participated in the Mystery SAL from Brenda Gervais (With Thy Needle and Thread). She shared a free holiday pattern called Merry and Minty. Starting last Monday, every other day a part of a mystery design released. I finished mine up last night so today I put it together. I just used what I had in my stash as far as fabric and floss. No matter how tight I pull the lacing, there is always more to tighten. I like to pull the mitered corners even tighter with a few whipped…

In this episode, I am sharing 10 finishing ideas for your cross stitch designs. I don't have tutorials for them all yet, but I will soon!

In this tutorial, I'll show you 5 ways to stitch a single cross stitch.

26 ways to display your finished cross stitch. Try covered buttons, lampshades, bookmarks, frames, bracelets, mason jars and more!

I finished up a project and thought I would share it with you today. The pattern is from Blackbird Designs. It’s from the Love is in the Air stocking book and the specific stocking is called …

So you went shopping and found the perfect frame for your "frame it yourself" piece. But everything is still sitting in plastic bags because you realized

I wasn't sure what I was going to post today but then I managed to have a finish so I decided to show you how I like to finish my cross stitch bookmarks. I finally completed the tiki bookmark that I bought in New Zealand when I was there in July. It was very close and when I grabbed it out of my bag it didn't take long to complete. Doesn't it look gorgeous all finished with the back stitch and for once I finished the stitching today and managed to finish the piece today as well. That has to…

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I personally don’t think the Just Cross Stitch ornie magazine is very clear with their finishing instructions for ‘newbies’ so I thought I’d make one up myself to help peopl…

I Love Fall Most of All by Brenda Gervais was first released as a kit. I missed out on getting it but kept looking. Recently, someone in one of my Facebook groups posted that Country Sampler in Spr…