'Designing Cross Stitch' S2 Ep. 3 'Design Diary' (Patreon)

Welcome to Season 2 of our 'Design Diary' series!

A huge part of this years 'Summer of Stitching' is cross stitch! Would you believe that cross stitch has actually been pretty much a constant throughout Kays crafting life. But she has never tackled designing a cross stitch before. In this episode Kay shares with you how she approached this and her joy at starting to cross stitch regularly again.

Join Kay as she:

• Tells you the story of how she designed her first cross stitch pattern
• Mentions her ‘Beginners Guide to Cross Stitch’https://www.patreon.com/posts/introduction-to-83036990
• Shows you her Rainbow Ice Lolly design and talks through what she might make it into
• Takes a close look at the ‘Beach Day’s’ cross stitch and talks you through the inspiration behind the design
• Talks about her history with cross stitch and shares with you some of her old pieces
• Considers the similarities in her process for designing a knitting pattern and now designing a cross stitch chart
• Reviews ‘100 Mini Cross Stitch Designs’ by Rosemary Drysdale & ‘100+ Cross Stitch Patterns’ by Jane Greenhoff
• Tells you the story of how she decided on the colours
• Mentions the Beach Days Project requirements which have already been published here https://www.patreon.com/posts/summer-of-beach-83584388
• Mentioned Stitch Fiddle
• The Beach Days Cross Stitch Course begins on 4th July 2023
• The Beach Days Bag Making tutorial series begins on 1st August 2023

Catch up with the rest of Season 2 of Design Diary:

• Click here to watch - Episode 1 - Creating the Beachcombers
• Click here to watch - Episode 2 - The Land of Spells Hat
• Click here to watch - Episode 3 - Designing a Cross Stitch
• Click here to watch - Episode 4 - The Faraway Collection
• Click here to watch - Episode 5 - The  Fairground Socks
• Click here to watch - Episode 6 - My Favourite Blanket
• Click here to watch - Episode 7 - Why I Love Designing Socks
• Episode 8 coming 26th March 2024

Find all 30 episodes from Season 1 of Design Diary: https://www.patreon.com/posts/design-diary-1-28048329

Find something else to watch here : https://bakerybears.com/watch/

Kay & Dan x x