Welcome to our roundup of the latest patterns, designer shenanigans and other news in the Cross-Stitch community.
Craftivism / Fundraisers
- Jacob of Modern Folk Embroidery announced a new Pride SAL with Move Forward in Love with 50% of proceeds going to charity
- stephxstitch has a new pattern out, and it it hurts: One Nation Under Guns available on her website – with proceeds donated to the non-profit Everytown for Gun Safety
- #stitch4pride2022 challenge! For everyday in June, Dee of dees20stitches on Instagram will share an educational resource about the 2SLBGTIA+ community and will include a stitching challenge prompt
Cultural Heritage
- New pattern from Aya Rosen via Gumroad Happy Shavuot which includes three versions: “Hebrew, English and “All things big and small” in case you don’t celebrate Shavuot or wants something you can display year around”
- Nuri of Shaded Stitchery released a new pattern inspired by the novel The Color Purple she calls Admiration on her Gumroad
Pop Culture / Dungeons & Dragons / Video Games
- fuchsiahoops on Etsy has a new Stranger Things fanart pattern with Hellfire Club
Goth / Witchy / Cottagecore
- Helen of Threadly Nightshade recently added The Tower Tarot to her Etsy lineup
- Screaming Heart Design on Etsy says Gangelwaefre is Old English word for spider and translates to “the walking weaver”
- SpiderxStitch released a cathedral-style window pattern for you gothic lovers, pay your tithes to the church of Etsy
- If you love the cryptids, then you’ll want this one from The Stitch Crypt Nightcrawler Resting on a Strawberry – purchase on Ko-fi
- Continuing with her Women’s Rights theme, The Laurel Witch released Miss, Mrs. or Ms. Wildwood – One Hundred Years Ago via her website
Subversive
- Landscapes Are Boring has declared it Yes to Things Within My Paygrade get on Etsy
- Stitch By Drey wants actions not thoughts and prayers (as do we all) with Yellow Rose for Uvalde, see her Etsy shop
- Etsy shop The Gloomy Gremlin has a be less gloomy message: Done is Better Than Perfect
Modern / Contemporary
- Etsy shop Happy Little Mouse has a new dinosaur skeleton pattern with Tyrannosaurus
- Kelly of stitchnmomma does a lot of silhouette patterns, but this new release is a blackwork silhouette and it’s an otter, take a look on her website
- Barbara Ana’ Dreaming Girl grows mysterious wings in this new subscription SAL beginning June 1st via creativepoppy.com
- How about this enemies to lovers pattern from Kari Nakken a Good Knight’s Kiss available on her website
Conventional / Traditional
- Mary Hickmott Designs added ye olde Carriages to her Etsy shop
- For a quick stitch, Emily Call has two pretty Patriotic Flowers in her Etsy shop
- Krista of Avlea Folk Embroidery released Riga Diamonds table runner a stunning design inspired by old Latvian textiles, available as a kit or pattern on her website
Stitching with the Housewives
- Dapper Doodads: Snowed In Strawberry Shortcake on Etsy

Best wishes and happy stitches
From Aunt Kelley and Froggy
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