Halloween Hootie Matchup

Halloween is fast approaching. Make a fun project this Halloween by stitching some monster Hooties on 4" embroidery hoops. These are the supplies you will need. A great deal on a 6 pack wood embroidery hoop can be purchased at Etsy through this store. It costs $6.60 for all 6 packs. You will also need some 14 count aida cloth and DMC floss. The Hooties Spookies cross stitch chart can be purchased here. This is a collection of 12 monster hooties that you can mix and match. For this project pick Frankenhootie and bride. That way you have a Hootilicious Halloween couple.

All the designs on this collection should fit into your 4" embroidery hoop if you use 14 count aida. You can also use a 3" embroidery hoop but then you will need to use an 18 count aida cloth to fit the design in it. It is so easy to be creative with these funky little owls. Stitch it for your family or friends who are big fans of owls. Once you are done with your project, why not send me a photo and we will post it on the Hootie Hall of Fame? Well what are you waiting for? Let's start stitching!

Ugly Christmas Sweater Cross Stitch Minis

Ever heard of Ugly Christmas sweaters? Of course you have! These are the gaudy, ugly, overly adorned Christmas sweaters that pop up during the holidays and becomes topic during family and office parties. Ugly Christmas sweaters have become so popular in the past years that now a days, a party is being held in its honor and the most Ugly Christmas sweater gets a winning prize!

Ugly Christmas Sweater Mini Cross Stitch Set 1

I started designing these Ugly Christmas sweaters with just 6 graphics to work on. But as the work progressed and I increasingly enjoyed adding all sorts of trims on the sweater, this project ballooned into 18 different Ugly Christmas Sweater cross stitch patterns!

Ugly Christmas Sweater Mini Cross Stitch Set 2

Each sweater is just 44 x 41 stitch count which makes it the ideal size to fit into a 4" ornament hoop. You can also use these as Christmas card inserts. Stack it one on top of each other and you can even design your own bell pull! Use metallic or silver thread as substitute for the gold DMC thread and you add sparkle to the design. The sky is the limit with creating your own unique Ugly Christmas Sweater mini projects.

Ugly Christmas Sweater Mini Cross Stitch Set 3

Once you get addicted stitching these fun project you may not want to stop and keep on stitching them! The ultimate Ugly Christmas Sweater, all 18 designs of them are available if you just want all the sweaters to stitch! Send us your stitched cross stitch  Ugly Christmas sweater project and we will post it at our website for all to see!

Happy Stitching everyone!

Try a Little Naughty this Summer!

Cherry Bomb Sexy Pin up Girl Cross Stitch Chart

This summer, try a little naughty on your cross stitch project! The Cherry Bomb Sexy Pin up Girl was inspired by the sexy pin up girl art that you find on the nose of bomber planes in World War II. The chart is easy to stitch and finish, uses full cross stitches and some back stitches mostly to highlight the eyes of the girl and add stars around the background. Get them today at our sister site www.MiniCrossStitch.com

Aida Impressions Make a Great Project Awesome

Some DMC Impressions Aida available in the market

Cross Stitch supplies have come a long way from when just plain solid color aida was available. Now a days, modern stitchers have a wide selection of aida fabric to choose from. There are hand dyed aida fabric, different solid colors aida and there are the "Impressions" aida which are pre- stamped patterns on solid color aida. DMC has several of these impressions aida that can make your simple project awesome without having to cover the whole area with stitches.

If you Google for "Impressions aida" you will also find several other suppliers of such fabric with more choices of patterns.

Now, let us look into what patterns can be used for this project. Remember the Young Elizabeth Tudor design that was just recently released? The pattern was specifically designed to give the modern stitcher choice as to what fabric will best suit it. The conservative stitcher may want to just use a plain antique looking fabric for this project, but with all these wide choices right now, why not go for something with a pattern or design that will complement this project?

DMC Antique Floral Impressions (Not scaled)

 I picked the DMC Antique Floral Impressions fabric for this simulation. The picture you see on your right is not to scale but simply gives you an idea of how you can make projects like this even more majestic just by picking a pattern fabric that would go along with it.

If  DMC or other suppliers had something like a Fleur-de-lis that would be even great!

These wide range of supplies available now a days makes cross stitching even more fun! You are no longer limited to covering the whole aida cloth with stitches, you can now pick and choose one color designs or just small designs and make it look really great just by choosing the right fabric for the project!

What are you waiting for? Let's get stitching!

Hand Dyed Aida Fabric Adds Color to Silhouette Cross Stitch

 Hand dyed aida fabric is a great and easy way to add color to a simple silhouette cross stitch project. The latest cross stitch silhouette charts that have been uploaded on Pinoystitch.org is a series of Fantasy Fairy Silhouettes that were designed around using hand dyed aida fabric.

Take this simple fairy silhouette. You can use a plain solid color aida to keep it simple or else use hand dyed fabric for a breath taking effect.

Fairy Silhouette Fantasy 001

Hand dyed aida fabric

Simulated finished cross stitch project

Using just one DMC color floss you are able to finish a project and STILL make it look like a painting!
To check out the other colors available on hand dyed aida fabric just google for it. There are several stores and brands that carry it in a multitude of color!

Enjoy stitching!

Cross Stitch Energy Drink

Ever wish you had an energy drink that would get you going with your cross stitch projects? Well you don't have to wait any longer! Now available. Pinoy Stitch Diet Cola Energy Drink, especially created to boost the energy of every stitcher! One sip and you feel like you can stitch all day. Stitch from dawn till dusk.

Nutritional Facts
Serv. Size 1 Can

Amount Per Serving
Calories: 0
Total Fat 0g
Sodium: 0mg
Total Carb: 0g
Protein 0g
Total Satisfaction: 100mg


Now available at your friendly cross stitch store : http://www.pinoystitch.org

Enjoy a light hearted Sunday my friends!

Rembrandt Cross Stitch Challenge

Perhaps the most challenging cross stitch conversion I've encountered was in creating true to the painting cross stitch patterns of Rembrandt's painting. For those of you familiar with the works of Rembrandt, his paintings were usually dark with dramatic splashes of color to enhance the subject. I remember reading about his life story where it says that his paintings at that time was rejected by most because it was dark. Art patrons back then were used to light, bright paintings and here comes Rembrandt with his mostly black or dark paintings.

I had to create a balance between the colors to ensure that it does not totally come out too dark but also come close to the actual painting. The patterns went through a lot retries before I got it just right. My favorite among all those patterns that were created? The Man with the Golden Helmet. Very dramatic, dark background, warm colors on the face and helmet. I imagine this piece of cross stitch hanging in a library somewhere.

Enjoy the new classic art cross stitch patterns folks! Happy Stitching this coming spring and summer!