The lovely people at The World of Cross Stitch magazine sent me a cross stitch kit to try. I’m now a regular knitter, and have tried my hand at embroidery (thanks to a kit I bought from Sublime Stitching), so cross stitch was a natural next step.
Actually, cross stitching is even easier than embroidery and knitting! You just stitch little x’s on grid-like fabric, et voila! A design. You can either do “counted” cross stitch, which means that you count the number of stitches from your pattern and recreate it on plain fabric, or you can buy pre-printed kits. I did a few practice stitches on some plain aida fabric and felt ready to tackle a new design after just a few minutes.
To be honest, I struggled a bit with the existing patterns I found online. They just didn’t fit with my decor (which leans more modern than country/whimsical). And since Vintage Savoir Faire is about rediscovering vintage crafts and adapting them for our modern lives … I decided to design my own!
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