Cross-stitching! One of the most beloved and oldest forms of needlepoint and as popular now as ever. It’s also easy as pie, well…easier since pie making is more complicated than it looks! As fun and easy as it is to create a masterpiece by cross-stitching, there’s more to it than tiny little x’s. Today we’ll talk about the 3 stitches …
Stitch People Stars: Hillary Nestrick
We are incredibly happy to introduce you to our newest Stitch People Star, Hillary Nestrick! We first met Hilary when she joined our Stitch People Academy and she became one of our rising stars. Hilary’s charm, enthusiasm and skill floods out of her work and we just had to know more about her. Tell us a bit about yourself! I’m …
Getting Started with Stitch People – What do I need?
Does this sound familiar? You’ve decided to take the plunge. You clicked the purchase button and your brand spanking new DIY Stitch People book is on it’s way to you but you want to get started now!!! So you decide to start gathering materials so you are ready to dive in as soon as your book arrives on your doorstep but what do you need?!
Stitch People Family Tree Ideas
One of the most popular ways to use Stitch People patterns is to make your family tree! Some people love the idea but feel a bit intimidated by it for all kinds of reasons. Maybe they have an enormous family and the traditional tree style would be ridiculous, maybe it’s smaller, maybe their family is their friends, maybe their animals. …
Stitch People Background Portrait Contest
Did you miss seeing the entries into our Backgrounds Portrait Contest? Don’t worry! You can check out the amazing things people made here! We asked people to submit a portrait they made using patterns from the NEW Stitch People Backgrounds book. The portrait with the most votes at the end of the month would win Stitch People goodies! The winner …
Stitch People Jewelry Tips and Tricks
If you have the DIY Stitch People book and you’ve read our philosophy explained page, then you’ll know that we believe the best way to customize an individual for a portrait is by focusing on the way they reflect their personality through their hair, clothing and jewelry! Today we’re focusing on jewelry! Perhaps your mom has a favorite necklace she …
Stitch People Backgrounds – Sneak Peek
It’s finally arrived! The long awaited Stitch People Backgrounds Book! The perfect accompaniment to your DIY Stitch People book. Now your Stitch People can travel the globe or have fun at home in the garden. If you haven’t seen what the backgrounds book has to offer yet, keep reading as we take you through all the fun things you’ll be …
Stitch People Black History Month 2019
In case you haven’t been following us on Facebook and Instagram, this month we’ve been celebrating Black History Month at Stitch People by learning about and stitching a portrait dedicated to a legendary person of African American descent! This has been such an enlightening and fascinating series we’re sad Black History Month is just one month! So, in case you …
Stitch People Mascots or Shirt Logos
With the Super Bowl just around the corner, and sports fans everywhere wearing their team shirts with pride, it got us thinking; how can we get our Stitch People to share in the fun?! We chat about how to create a sports jersey in the DIY Stitch People book but here we’ll go over how to make those seemingly complicated …
Stitch People Stars – Danielle Simons-Cheney
We’re starting our 2019 Stitch People Stars with a treat! Meet Danielle Simons-Cheney. One of the sweetest people you could have the pleasure of knowing AND is an incredible stitcher to boot! Danielle has been cross stitching since she was a child and it shows in the exquisite care she takes for each of her portraits plus how she is …