Cross stitch finishes with a flat fold

Just what IS a "flatfold" anyway? My answer: It’s a finishing technique used to display stitched projects. It’s easel-shaped, stand-alone ...

NEW BUSINESS: Just recently I began a small finishing business for your projects. There is a new page which you can look at on the top of my blog called Finishing Services and another for Finishing…

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: High Moderate Gather Needed Supplies: White Craft Glue (I use Aleene's Tacky Glue) Spray Craft Glue (I use Aleene's Tacky Spray) Rotary Cutter Ruled Square Self-healing Mat Scissors Acid Free Mat Board Cotton Batting Coordinating Material Stitched Piece Coordinating Ribbon/Trim Straight Pin Step One: Trim your stitched piece appropriately to the size you want. (I am leaving no margin of linen showing around my ornament so I cut it 1" inch from the border.) **NOTE:** Please…

No matter what your experience level, you can stitch something cute with these easy cross-stitch patterns for beginners that are free to download.

Finishing Class 01 - How to finish your Cross Stitch into a Easel Mounted Flat Fold #calmcreations Thank you for stopping by Calm Creations: My name is Tia a...

Back in July Sherri of the flosstube channel Colorado Cross Stitcher hosted a Summer Cross Stitch Camp. It’s an informal stitch along with no real rules except that you had to stitch a projec…

Hello everyone! Can you believe we're down to the final week in October? I don't know about you, but I'm not at all ready for the cold and snow that will be with us before too long. It didn't hit me until I was putting this post together that each of the things I have to show you today is a freebie! I love freebies and think they're great ways for designers to introduce us to their charts. First up is a new design called Quaker 31 from San-Man Originals. I can't remember when I enjoyed…

Learn to Finish: Your cross stitched piece into a simple flatfold. DIFFICULTY LEVEL: EXPERIENCED BEGINNER VIEW VIDEO: HERE Use my tutorials, copy my ideas, use my techniques, hints or tips? Please remember to give credit to my name: Vonna, The Twisted Stitcher ~ Thank you.

Quick & Easy Ornament Finish | Just One More Stitch

Do the interwebs really need another finishing tutorial? Probably not. But I'm going to post one anyway. There are tons of finishing tutorials out there and most of them will probably be better than this one... more detailed, better photographs, prettier results. So why am I posting another one? Well, two reasons. 1) A lot of stitchers seem to be "intimidated" (their word) by finishing their work, which bugs me. All finishing involves is the stuff we used to play with when we were little…