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SimplyWishes Blog — Embroidery

Tips when making your Cross Stitch Kit

Posted by Alice Pascoe on

Tips when making your Cross Stitch Kit

Hi it's Alice here the owner and maker behind SimplyWishes. I'd thought I'd write a little blog post with some tips I've picked up while making my cross stitch kits, from stitching to finishing. 1. StitchingWhen starting off with a piece of thread for cross stitch you don't actually need to knot the end of your thread. You can either leave a a small tail underneath your work and after a few stitched it will have become anchored and it will just stay in place, or you can tuck it underneath previous stitches to keep the underneath as neat as the...

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Handmade Wedding

Posted by Alice Pascoe on

Handmade Wedding
Being a crafty person when it came to the run up to my wedding I knew that I wanted as many handmade aspects as I could manage - and not just for the reason of saving money!

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