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Mini Christmas Cross Stitch Designs: Part 5 – Santa Hats
Time for some cross stitch mini Santa hats, these little hats are great for a Christmas themed cross stitch project. They also make perfect for gift tags/present labels, you could do these in different colours for each recipient, and can become Elf hats if you use green instead for the hat and red instead of…
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Mini Christmas Cross Stitch Designs: Part 4 – Christmas Trees
Next up in the Christmas cross stitch designs series is a mini Christmas tree. These have a yellow star on the top but you could use gold thread or a different colour completely. If you wanted to add some light details on them too you could do this using backstitch and French knots. For a…
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Mini Christmas Cross Stitch Designs: Part 3 – Christmas Presents
I couldn’t do some Christmas themed cross stitch designs without including some presents!, I have opted for three different present designs, perfect for using together or for separate projects depending upon the size required. These make great little gift tags, and are ideal for adding extra details to a cross stitch themed Christmas project. You…
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Mini Christmas Cross Stitch Designs: Part 2 – Candy Canes
I am always needing little mini Christmas themed cross stitch designs for gift tags and have finally got around to creating patterns for them all so I can share them all. The first completed is for a little mini Christmas candy canes!. These little candy canes look great on their own or as a group.…
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Mini Christmas Cross Stitch Designs: Part 1 – Snowflakes
I like to try and sneak in a few snowflakes on all my Christmas themed cross stitch projects, I always think they add in just a little more Christmassy-ness. When adding in the snowflake details the snowflakes also look really nice in metallic threads if you have any to hand, and a mix of both…
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Sewing How To: Finishing A Completed Embroidery Hoop Project – Backing And Hoop Decorating. Perfect Scrap Busting Project
Wrapping an embroidery hoop: A perfect way to finish off completed embroidery/sewing makes when displaying them in an embroidery hoop So you’ve got your embroidery hoop design competed it’s now time to get it in its display hoop and show it off. I often just leave the embroidery hoop plain or paint them to add…
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