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cross stitch tools
Tools & Supplies

10 Essential Cross Stitch Tools To Ensure More Stitching Fun!

Whether you’re a new stitcher or highly experienced it’s so much easier when you have the right cross stitch tools. While it’s true you can start cross stitching with as little as: a needle, some thread, and a bit of fabric, adding any or all of our classy 10 tools and gadgets below will be

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cross stitch hoops
Tools & Supplies

Cross Stitch Hoops: Do You Love or Hate Them?

Using cross stitch hoops (or frames) when you embroider is often considered to be essential. I have a small collection of hoops of different sizes, and every now and again I use them. My largest hoop is too big to place among my general stitching stash, so it sits on a shelf, like a huge

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religious cross stitch patterns
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Religious Cross Stitch Patterns May Help Your Faith.

Religion is undoubtedly a major influence across the world and many cross stitchers will have considered stitching a piece that symbolizes their own faith; many have already done this. Well, for those yet to do so, just as with every other type of design that we frequently get the urge to search for, there are

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cross stitched bookmarks
Tools & Supplies

Cross Stitched Bookmarks: A Dazzling Marriage of Convenience.

There’s an old, old song that goes something like this, “Love and Marriage, Love and Marriage… Go together like a Horse and Carriage.”. Similarly, cross stitch and bookmarks (cross stitched bookmarks) have rubbed along famously together for the last couple of hundred years. So, It’s unlikely to be a surprise that many cross stitchers also

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cross stitch equipment
Tools & Supplies

Counted Cross Stitch Supplies For Newbies Made Easy.

If you are new to the world of needlework and embroidery crafts, you might consider trying counted cross stitch. Cross stitch is a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which you use x-shaped stitches to form a picture. It is called counted cross stitch because the stitcher counts the threads in each direction so that

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cross stitch accessories
Tools & Supplies

Cross Stitch Accessories: Absolutely Essential or Unnecessary?

Cross stitch is one of the simplest forms of needlework, but can still be daunting to an inexperienced stitcher. Perhaps you are now becoming familiar with the basic concepts of stitching. Maybe you have even done a couple of projects and are starting to feel comfortable with the basic supplies of threads and fabric. Not

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