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10 tips for stitching with glow in the dark thread for cross stitch and embroidery

10 tips for stitching with glow in the dark thread

  • October 04, 2018
  • 4 min read
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Three skeins of pink embroidery floss resting on top of a DMC color chart with various shades.

How to use a DMC embroidery floss color card

  • September 28, 2018
  • 3 min read
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Two framed cross-stitch artworks featuring garden gnomes and mushrooms next to small mushroom figurines.

How to frame cross stitch and embroidery using sticky board

  • June 15, 2018
  • 5 min read
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A colorful pile of DMC embroidery floss skeins scattered on a white marble surface.

How to pull embroidery floss from a skein without knotting

  • March 27, 2018
  • 2 min read
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White cross-stitch hashtag design in a wooden hoop on light green fabric, with blue scissors and white floss skein.

A big list of stitching hashtags to follow on Instagram

  • January 27, 2018
  • 2 min read
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A large, colorful tangle of embroidery threads next to a threaded needle on a white background.

Saving your threads: What are orts?

A few years ago I reached a place in my cross stitch consciousness where I became aware of something mysteriously called orts.
  • January 17, 2018
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A colorful assortment of metallic and satin embroidery floss skeins scattered on a white marble background.

How to cross stitch with DMC metallic embroidery floss

  • December 11, 2017
  • 3 min read
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A blue enamel "floss boss" needle minder holding a needle on colorful cross-stitch fabric.

How to use a needle minder

How to use a needle minder on your hoop for cross stitch and embroidery.
  • November 08, 2017
  • 1 min read
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