Welcome to our weekly roundup of the latest patterns and designer news in the Cross-Stitch community.

Weekly featured Froggo:
Pronoun Frog Enamel Pin on Etsy
By The Artsy Folk
~ These ship from Italy but the description says free shipping. The Artsy Folk have lots more great enamel pins, so you might as well make it worth your while!
Craftivism / Fundraisers
- The Craft Xperimentalist has lit the Fires of Passion with this pattern for a cause and proceeds will go to reproductive freedom and gender affirming healthcare (website)
- Elle of StitchSprout has a fundraiser pattern for Kentucky flood relief via Etsy
- Make a donation of at least $5 to Metallica’s foundation All Within My Hands at www.allwithinmyhands.org and Tusk and Cardinal will send you an Eddie Munson The Bard Cross-Stitch Pattern through the end of August, see Instagram for more details
Cultural Heritage
- The team at MiRuMakes says Happy Diwali/Deepavali with this adorable sampler on their website
Pop Culture / Dungeons & Dragons / Video Games
- Victoria of Needle Pop Crafts recently added GET OUT Mini Movie Poster to her Etsy lineup
- Here’s another pixel classic from Stitchy Rin X-Men Mutant Apocalypse Cross Stitch Pattern on Ko-fi
- We don’t see too many sports patterns so keenstitch on Etsy is running in with It’s Home – England football
- Taylor and Cromwell has two patterns from the popular board game Ticket to Ride in their Etsy shop
Goth / Witchy / Cottagecore
- Fine Frog Stitching brings us some magic cottagecore(?) with Hoist the Snails in their Etsy shop
- The Witchy Stitcher has presented us with two new Edgar Allen Poe patterns (Etsy, website)
- BAD Stitch has added to their spooky menagerie with two new patterns Unclench Your Jaw and Bat Lantern (Etsy, Ko-fi)
Subversive / Sweary / Sarcastic
- A Bitch in Time Stitches added to their subversive anthology with Inferior Decorator, Glad You Aren’t Here, and Live Laugh Run! (Etsy, website)
Animals
- Toru of La Selva Design has a sweet-smelling, little skunk pattern in their Etsy shop
- Mythical Stitch Store says You Mako Me Happy with this shark pattern on Etsy
Sentiments / Typography / Alphabets
- Karen of Hawthorn Tree Designs has a new font Art Nouveau Glasgow Mackintosh rose alphabet, head over to Etsy to see what it looks like
- Rhona Norrie Designs has a set of six, stitch-related sentiments and one with teeny-tiny skeins of floss over in her Etsy shop
- Debaucherous Needle has a new pattern for teachers with Don’t Forget to Take Attendance on Etsy
- Hey you #jollyjulystitchers Stitchrovia aka Emma Congdon has Christmas Holidays (I just want to bake and watch Christmas movies) in her Etsy shop
- stitchcraftByFwass has several new subversive sentiments for you:
Modern / Contemporary
- Sew Marie Studio started a self-care SAL in bingo style, see her Ko-fi for more details
- Etsy shop Happy Little Mouse has several fishy skeletal patterns including Sea Horse
Conventional / Traditional
- The French Giraffe has another round-the-world Santa Clause for us with Antarctica available on Etsy
- Bella Filipina Designs has two new patterns for July and they are mermaids Rossa and Esmeralda (Instagram, Facebook)
- New from Hands on Design is this Triple Play Pillow series and first up is Summer Basket on their website or your LNS #NeedleworkRetailer
- StitchwithCoffee just added Tuxedo Cat Blueberry Arch to her Etsy shop
Samplers / Primitive / Quaker / Folk Art
- Emily Field 1861 Redwork Sampler is available as a PDF pattern from The Wishing Thorn on Etsy
- Chrissy of Finally a Farm Girl recently released Mrs. Claus Bakery and it’s a cutie, hop over to her Etsy store
- Darling and Whimsy Designs just added new Quirky Quakers: Turtle, Whale, and Flamingo to her Etsy shop as PDF patterns, for physical charts contact your LNS
- Fern Ridge Collections has a delightful kit called The Sampler Lady which holds scissors and a small, stitch needlebook, take a peek at Needlework Retailer’s IG post and ask for this at your LNS
- Heart in Hand says July, August, and September in the Square Dance series is now available at your shops, take a peek here (Instagram, Facebook)
- Mockingbird’s Message is a pinkeep pattern from Scattered Seed Samplers now available in their Etsy shop

Best wishes and happy stitches!
From Aunt Kelley and Froggy
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