Frogging News – A Needlework Blogzine from Aunt Kelley & Froggy

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Needlework News July 2022

The latest news, events, products, and patterns from Stitch Influencers in:

Cross-Stitch, Hand Embroidery, Needlepoint, Bargello, and Plastic Canvas

The Front Page is for daily updates, but it gets wiped clean for the new month! You can catch up by clicking the menu items of your favorite stitch genre at the top of the blog or underneath each heading below. Then look for Weekly Wednesday.

Jump to: CrossStitch – HandEmbroidery – Needlepoint – Bargello – PlasticCanvas – Wednesday’sFrog

Needlework Industry News

On the web:

Nashville Needlework Market is a go for March of 2023, hop over to Needlework Retailer for more info

Cross-Stitch

Previous posts:

Check out our Cross-Stitch section for more featured posts and resources!

Cross-Stitch general info:

Watch a flip-thru of Emma Congdon’s new book Cross stitch for the Heart on Instagram

Craftivism / Fundraisers

Featured in Craftivism:

Stitch and learn with the #stitch4pride2022 challenge

Hosted by @dees20stitches on Instagram

Rage! Rage! Against the Dying of Our Rights Cross Stitch Pattern for Charity from Jen of The Stitch Crypt (Etsy, Ko-fi), proceeds will be donated to the Center for Reproductive Rights
We Belong to Ourselves is a free, bodily autonomy, pro-choice, pattern available from Donna on her Ko-fi
Stash Stitch Designs has a Never Again – Pro Choice pattern with proceeds benefitting National Network of Abortion Funds (Etsy)
Nicole of Spot Colors has 100% of sales of My Body My Choice F-Bomb going to reproductive rights organizations (website, Etsy)
Stitch Sprout released a free pattern on Ko-fi Chaos Worm Charity Pattern with funds going to donate.abortionfunds.org
Designer duo Dee’s Twenty Stitches and Kari Nakken released the second unicorn in their Pride corral with Lesbian Pride Tapestry Cross Stitch Pattern and 50% of proceeds will go to the National Center for Lesbian Rights until June 30th, find her on Kari’s website
Abby Topknot Stitcher is doing a Ukrainian fundraiser for refugee resettlement with her Bobchi’s Pincushion, see the pattern and get the supplies on her website
Austitch Charity Auction 2022 is supporting the Austin Bat Refuge choose from bat-related cross-stitch patterns and leave a donation, runs through October via Ko-fi.com/austitch

Cultural Heritage

Weekly featured pattern:

This Juneteenth Day Digital Cross Stitch Pattern via Gumroad

By Nuri of Shaded Stitchery

~ Yes, those are shackles and chain motifs. USA patriotic holidays don’t mean the same to everyone, but that doesn’t mean people don’t want to commemorate. Nuri also includes a generic phrase for others whose ancestors were not enslaved.

Ana of Peruvian Flair added Chancay Mummy Cats Cross Stitch Digital Pattern Peru Pre-Columbian to her Etsy shop
Marroomy Crafts just released the 7th installment in The Magical Carpet Menagerie Collection Prickly Ram via her Gumroad
Shazeeda of Ancient Sage Designs recently released Mughal Flowers and Vase #2 available in her Etsy shop
This Juneteenth Day is the latest pattern from Nuri of Shaded Stitchery via Gumroad “On June 19, 1865, news of the Emancipation Proclamation finally reached the 250,000 enslaved people in Galveston, TX, the most remote state of the Confederacy. This was two and a half years after the Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1963.”
Bella Filipina Designs is celebrating the Philippines’ 124th Independence Day with the release of Aquila, Queen of the Skies inspired by the country’s national bird, The Philippine Eagle, available at your LNS but take a look on Facebook or Instagram
Abby of TopKnot Stitcher Shop released her own pattern called Luther’s Rose inspired by the work of Martin Luther available on her website

Pop Culture / Dungeons & Dragons / Video Games

Weekly featured pattern:

Loch Ness Monster | Twilight Cross Stitch PDF (Digital Download) on Etsy

By Raven’s Stitch Craft

~ I completely forgot about this line about Renesmee. Gave me a good chuckle.

Etsy shop LandscapesAreBoring has lyrics from The Offspring with Pretty Fly for a White Guy
Swords And Spaceships has one of my favorite quotes from Moira I’d Kill For a Good Coma – A Schitt’s Creek available on Etsy
Sew Nerdy By Breigh just listed Darling Duck and Beary Cute from Animal Crossing: New Horizons to her Etsy store
NeedleMinderLair just listed Game Boy Cross Stitch Pattern, Resident Evil to their Etsy shop
Lunar Fox Cross Stitch just listed Barbara Postage Stamp (Genshin Impact) on Etsy
Girls Like Bodily Autonomy- Feminist, Women’s Rights Cross stitch pattern is based on a Good Charlotte quote from Etsy shop BitchNStitchPatterns
Rebel Scum is a modern blackwork design by WordsandSaucery on Etsy
Shirley’s Stitchery Co says Talk to the Hand a throwback from the ’90s over on Etsy
Ilja of Lunar Fox Cross Stitch on Etsy has a collection of stamps but these stamps feature anime and Disney characters
Erin of KnotalotUK just listed this adorable Mini Superhero Character Collection on Etsy
Etsy shop Ravens Stitch Craft recently added a Twilight quote Loch Ness Monster Cross Stitch PDF

Goth / Witchy / Cottagecore

Weekly featured pattern:

Welcome, friends! cross stitch pattern via Gumroad

By Katherine of Mama Witch Xstitch

~ From Katherine’s IG post: “Here’s a babushka cat who summoning ghost kittens in the middle of a mystery spooky forest. Why is she doing that???”

Lara of Bat Stitch Nerdy XS has a funny one with Vampire Fangth Cross Stitch Pattern in Etsy shoppe
LolaCrowCrossStitch is going to do a Haunted Library Halloween Stitch Along SAL, see her Etsy for details
Alternative blackwork designer The Urban Stitches just listed Memento Mori Gothic Stitchalong a pretty incredible looking piece available via Etsy
Meridith Designs has a deceptively sweet pattern with DCLXVI Roman numeral 666 Halloween in her Etsy shoppe
You GOT THIS Cryptid 3 Eye Demon Tail Kitty Cat Grandma Be Wildin Etsy shoppe
Cobweb And Rose on Etsy just planted Poison Garden #2 Foxglove
Cover your ears! because The Witchy Stitcher just released the first creature in the Supernatural SAL and it’s a Siren (website, Etsy)
From Mama Witch XStitch “Here’s a babushka cat who summoning ghost kittens in the middle of a mystery spooky forest. Why is she doing that???” available via Gumroad
How about some retro ’80s colors with Neon Green Mushrooms from Stitch Sprout (Etsy, Ko-fi)
The Laurel Witch PDF Pattern – Heirloom Skeleton Rag Doll with Cross Stitching on her website (she gave the doll a little black bow, cute!)

Subversive / Sweary / Sarcastic

Weekly featured pattern:

Socially Dangerous – Cross Stitch Pattern on Etsy

By Liz of Sleeping Luna Designs

~ From Liz’s IG post: “I was called “socially dangerous” for being a feminist and standing up for reproductive healthcare. This pattern is the result.”

For Prudence Kitch – July, she is wearing a black dress with an upsidedown USA flag from Stitchy By Drey on Etsy
Sugar and spice, and rage if you ain’t nice… says A Bitch in Time Stitches, the pattern – I Only Get Better with Rage – is available on (website, Etsy)
Liz of SleepingLunaDesigns is Socially Dangerous read more about it in her Etsy listing

Modern / Contemporary

Weekly featured pattern:

Bike Ride Shark Cross Stitch Pattern on Etsy

By Shermann’s Stitching

~ Yes, their entire Etsy shop collection is this cute.

Jenya Rose Designs added two biscornu patterns to her Etsy shop with Blackwork Sugar Skull and Rollerskate Cat
This little octopus says You’re Inkredible a motivational quote from The Nerdy Mama’s Craft Corner available on Etsy
Retro 80s Flower Power Sampler is a new/old design from StitchSprout on Etsy
All you need is Love typography pattern by Stitchrovia is now available in her Etsy shop
You will have a whale of a time stitching this Blue Whale in graduated blues by Audrey of OblongMeow on Etsy
Abbie Sue Designs is doing a Happy Haunts Mini SAL available on Etsy
Michelle of Lifted Spirit Patterns added Arkansas and Mississippi to her Vintage Travel Poster series on Etsy
Zahra Design Studio knows you deserve some adult merit badges available as self-care and goth designs over on their Etsy
Barbara Ana Designs released the final part of Winged Dreams Mystery SAL take a peek on her Instagram
Shermann’s Stitching just added Bike Ride and Lucky Sharks to their sea of shark patterns on Etsy
Autumn Lane Stitchery released July from their monthly series which features a cute seagull Ocean Breeze Summer on Etsy and elsewhere
Katherine of keenstitch on Etsy says His/Her Barkness is in da house
LiftedSpiritPatterns is here with a new but retro Vintage Travel Austria poster in their Etsy shop
DJStitches added Colorful Monstera Plant Leaf to their Etsy shop as a pattern or a kit

Conventional / Traditional

Weekly featured pattern:

Rudolph Celebrates on Etsy

By Chrissy of Finally a Farm Girl

~ Jolly July is here and so are the Christmas and winter patterns from our designers!

Chrissy of Finally a Farm Girl has a frog pattern! (and you know we love frogs around here) and his name is Jeremiah available in Chrissy’s Etsy shop
- She also has a new Matilda the Mouse pattern called Scarecrow Matilda in her shop
Ellie of Spirit Line Designs just listed Persian Antique Dollhouse Miniature Rug to her Etsy store
Sprouting Lupine has a sweet Strawberry Picking Sampler in their Etsy shop
Geese in Cross Stitch is from Mary Hickmott Designs and offers a traditional style and one inspired by a tomb painting in Egypt available in her Etsy shop
Cherry Hill Stitchery says Hot Cocoa is Calling and is available as a PDF pattern in their Etsy shop
Sail Away Coastal Harbor Sailboats and Light house all encapsulated in a 4″x4″ design, see the rest of The French Giraffe’s series on Etsy
Carolyn Manning Designs just released Pomegranate & Plum a floral nine patch design in 17 DMC colors via her website
Italian designer Ilary of The Little Boot on Etsy just released a sweet winter holiday pattern Ginger Coffee
Rudolph Celebrates is a new Christmas design by Chrissy of FinallyaFarmGirl on Etsy
In Angela’s Etsy shop StitchWithCoffee is a new quilt-inspired pattern Blue Quilt Heart
Karen of KEBstudioCreations on Etsy just listed a spooky-cute Halloween House

Stitching with the Housewives Priscilla and Chelsea

(With so many releases, I had to give them their own category): Visit Priscilla’s Blog, Paper charts can be purchased at your LNS or online shops.

Weekly featured pattern:

Betsy Ross Flag Co. on Etsy

By Priscilla and Chelsea of Stitching with the Housewives

Tiered Tray Tidbits: Lemonade Delivery on Etsy
Dapper Doodads: This is My Country on Etsy
Tiered Tray Tidbits: Fresh Lemonade on Etsy

Samplers / Primitive / Quaker

Weekly featured pattern:

House Into A Home PDF Cross Stitch Chart on Etsy

By Sambrie Designs

~ “A house is made of walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams.”

Two new from patterns from SamBrieDesigns: House into a Home and Lizzie Paine Gross (Acorns & Threads, Etsy, Gumroad)
Thistle Crown is available from Ink Circles via their website or your LNS
New patterns on Long Dog Samplers website: 1 Down 3 Across and Ragnarock
Regina of Samplers and Primitives just listed Quaker Rose to her Etsy shop
Virtual designer classes hosted by Needleworker’s Delight:
- Linda Stolz of Erica Michaels Designs Very Berry Finishing July 30th

Hand Embroidery

Weekly featured pattern:

The Laid Work Sampler | Hand Embroidery PDF Pattern on Etsy

By Charlie of To The Stitchery

~ Laid work is a kind of surface stitching that uses threads to tack down other threads. Great as filling stitches.

Previous posts:

Check out our Hand Embroidery section for more featured posts and resources!

Hand Embroidery around the web:

Harvest Goods Co on Etsy just listed an embroidery kit Basket of Flowers where the basket requires a kind of woven stitch good for intermediate stitchers
Magnus And Quill added an old-timey bicycle pattern Floral Robin’s Bicycle to their Etsy store
Amanda of Crewel Ghoul has a gorgeous Monarch butterfly pattern available in her Etsy shop
OhSewBootiful on Etsy has a beautiful new Waves Pattern as a partial or full kit shipping from the UK
Envision this radiant heart with a third eye embroidery pattern by Etsy shop cozyblue
Home Sweet Home is a simply sweet floral pattern by Momentoell on Etsy
Stella from the Etsy shop WhyKnotStitches wants to give you a Sunflower Hug
Watch My Garden Grow hand embroidery PDF pattern by Kathy Schmitz is now available through her Etsy shop
JessicaMakes … some cool designs like this Stranger Things Inspired Vecna Clock Embroidery Pattern available in her Etsy shop
Free on DMC’s website are Embroidery Queens a collection of British drag queens by Abi Trevellick Morris
In her signature minimalist style, Amanda of Wandering Threads Art added Guadalupe Mountains National Park to her Etsy shop
Faimyxstitch added a pretty waterfall pattern to her Etsy shop
Etsy shop Cornelly Co just listed a sweet floral pattern that is great for beginners
Charlie of ToTheStitchery recently added The Laid Work Sampler to her Etsy shop

Featured in Needlepoint

Weekly featured canvas:

Don’t Tread On My Uterus jessicatongeldesigns.com

By Jessica Tongel Designs

~ Darn right!

Previous posts:

Check out our Needlepoint section for more featured posts and resources!

Needlepoint around the web:

Crude Canvases created a digital needlepoint chart Abort the Court available on Etsy with half of the proceeds going to Women’s Reproductive Rights Assistance Project
Jessica Tongel Designs says Don’t Step On My Uterus with the iconic imagery of the Texas rattlesnake, see the designer’s website or your LNS
In the wake of losing Roe vs Wade, Tracy of Alt Stitchery painted a Women’s Rights Tombstone canvas available in her Etsy store
Nightowls Needlepoint offers a charted design Granddaughters of the Witches via a link in their Intagram bio

Tracy of ALT Stitchery just added several Christmas canvases to her Etsy shop
Olivia of What a Gem Needlepoint just listed Novelty Ice Cream Canvases available in Bubbles (Powerpuff Girls) or Spongebob in her Etsy store
ThatSaltyStitchShop says Oh My Stars! a US patriotic canvas available in their Etsy shop
Here is a couple of new US patriotic designs from Etsy shop MyPinkSugarLife: USA and God Bless America
Hannah Bass Needlepoint just added Singapore City Map Needlepoint Kit to their website
Have you seen the new parade canvas Mermaid Parade by Ashley Dillon-Davis? Available at your LNS and take a look on Needlework Retailer’s Instagram
Etsy shop Needlepoint After Dark says I Want to Believe with this alien needlepoint canvas
Vintage Fisher Price Family Farm Needlepoint Canvas by Elizabeth of OTHNeedlepoint on Etsy (Aunt Kelley loves retro toy canvases designers make!)
Hippies Must Use Back Door (yep, thems are the rulez) by Cabell Stitchery on Etsy

Featured in Bargello

Weekly featured design:

Bargello Biscornu Cross Stitch Pattern available at 123Stitch.com

By Victoria Sampler

~ Look at those tiny, delicate bargello stitches!

Previous posts:

Check out our Bargello section for more featured posts and resources!

Bargello around the web:

Victoria Sampler released Bargello Biscornu Cross Stitch Pattern available on 123Stitch.com
Natalie of Bargello-a-Gogo uploaded a YouTube tutorial How to add wooden dowels to your embroidered wall hanging
Bargello-a-Gogo just released a new Bargello Glasses Case / Sunglasses Case Needlepoint Kit (website, Etsy) ships from England

Featured in Plastic Canvas

Weekly Feature Design:

This week we loved this TikToker honkytonkchoppedliver (lol) and a plastic canvas tote she made from an old pattern. Bonus points because it’s a frog tote!