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Cross Stitch Fabric- How Much Do I Need? The answer to the question is simple but requires a little maths. The formula is: Stitch Width…
Discontinued Substitute 504 3813 731 732 776 3326 781 782 806 3760 971 740 3773 407 Where both the discontinued number as well as the…
Needlecraft Tips, Tricks & Frequently Asked Questions Most of the questions we get asked as seasoned needlecrafters or retailers have lengthy answers. There are some…
Cross Stitch – How To Trying something new can be daunting especially when you are not sure of the how, what and where. Cross stitch…
Needlecraft : Washing and Ironing So you have just completed a beautiful piece of embroidery, be it cross stitch or surface embroidery. You feel a…
Cross Stitch Fabric Choices How often have you found yourself in a position where you happily choose your cross stitch design, the colours are preselected…
Beads add another dimension to cross stitch as well as embroidery projects. They add sparkle, petite beads are a good replacement for French knots and…
Blended Threads, also known as tweeding is the quite simply put, using 2 (sometimes more) DIFFERENT colour strands in your needle at the same time.…
Gridding Cross Stitch Fabric Gridding entails duplicating some of the lines on the chart to your fabric which makes it easier to keep your place…
Fractional stitches in cross stitch can be very confusing but are infact quite simple to do. The first step to creating them successfully is being…
So you selected a design. You love it and you have planned your stitching hours as if they were a taste of heaven. You scan…
Most new stitchers are overwhelmed when starting their first cross stitch piece simply because they are working on a blank canvas and how on earth…
