How I design my own cross stitch patterns from scratch - and you can too!

Seeing the pic of Braveheart is funny, because I am trying to learn how to make the design on his handkerchief in the movie for my husband! I hope this video helps me!

Your work speaks for itself. Beautifully done!

Hello! Love your video!! Would you mind giving me a tip of where you got the .psd file for the cross stitch mock up? I've been looking but couldn't find any.. I usually stitch my pattern as well but sometimes I need a mock up for psd, I don't use the cross stitch softwares that render it automatically.. Take care! Love your style

Had me giggling in the first two mins - love that you shared this

Ahahahahah nice humor! Thank you! 😂

LOVED this video. Your sense of humor lifted my somewhat stressful day, and the content was informative and inspirational on moving forward with an idea I've been struggling with. Thanks for making it!

Do you have a tutorial on creating the promo images for listings?

Wow love this coz i need this for business ,seen 1998 until now.

Do you know which programs can make the X's for the mock-ups? I've Googled it a thousand different ways and can't find anything.

I'm trying to figure out the machine I need in order to create the stamped cross stitch, I've figured out the printing of the custom pattern but I prefer to do stamped cross stitch over counted as a beginner. What do they use to make the stamped kits 😅😅😅 please help 💚💙 much love and much thanks for this video that walked me through the pattern making lol.

Oh this was so lovely! I am so with you about random strangers and the ADMIN!!!!🤣

What the heck? How do some people use mock ups? Where is the software for the king of thing? I’m curious. Anyway great vid

Superrrrr❤

It is good you can make thutorial patern crosstic...it is good miss

I just stumbled upon your video! You are absolutely delightful! Thanks for taking the time to make this, quite helpful.

You got a subscription and like from me :-)

Love your channel and your personality!

It is easy to like your videos, because you are so clever, funny and talented. 💖

Love everything about your channel. Thank u much.

i was like # 1,000!! just subscribed and i love u

Great video! Please could you do a video on converting pixel art colours into actual DMC threads? I used an online converter but the colours are off and I only found that out after stitching the entire sample project!

I find this more fascinating than stitching pre-made designs

Your humor is spot on 😂 great video👍🏻

You're hilarious! Thank you for this.

Love your teaching style! Matter of fact and full of detailed information!

I don’t stitch but if I did, I’d stitch your very cool design!👍

Pro tip when designing circles there is a minecraft circle generator on the web gives perfect circles at desired radius every time.....

You always make me smile

Thank you! I have tried using photoshop but it looks so intimiating and the credential is like 100 dollars i believe. I will try the other options! Thanks for the suggestions n_n

Love the video! Thanks for the giggles, especially the “awkward call to action...!”🤣

I want to ask you some questions. I want to prepare a cross stitch catalog of carpet motifs. How will I be able to share the motifs on ETSY as a .pdf file? Should we consider about the cross stitch size: 2 mm or 2.5 mm? Second question is what about the digital format that can use in their embroidery machine? I can create for embroidery machine? Can we sell those in ETSY? Could you enlighten me?

Wait, a test stitcher is a thing? Where do I sign up for that?

Thanks so much for your info!

I actually laughed out loud at step 2! 🤣

I'm new to both cross stitch and your videos, and love it so far! Thanks for sharing the HOW of your creativity 😊

we could be twins. Cheers to another happy oddly wonderfully awkward to another!

We need a photoshop pattern tutorial!!

You mentioned a cross stitch action for photoshop? I am very intrigued! I am a long term designer, new cross stitched and anxious to start combining my two hobbies!

Love your sense of humor. I subscribed because you make it fun instead of boring

Thank you for being realistic about the reality of being a crafter and everything involved. I feel crazy all the time lol

I change my mind about colors so many times!! Sometimes after I’m all done 🤦🏻‍♀️ I should definitely test them first.

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Hi Michelle, I enjoy your videos. You’re inspiring me to organize it into PDFs to share w others. I’ve tried different types of stitch work but my personal favorite is to get copyright free images from the 1900s to the 1930s. I make the image pale in Photoshop, flip it, print it, then trace it out to do an iron-on, on fabric.

Thank you for this behind the scenes! Love everyone's different approaches to designing.

You are my new favorite person. I adore your sense of humor & appreciate your sharing your process!

I loved your video, Michelle! Very informative and funny! It’s nice to hear I’m not the only one despising the admin part of a shop haha 😂 ! I can’t wait to see the next patterns you’ll create!

I love your way 💛

Wishing I still had my desk top 🖥

Thank you so much for showing your design process. Your explanation was wonderful, as was your video

This is a subject I’m very interested in and was intrigued even more when you mentioned you used Photoshop. I’ve tried the other programs and was not impressed, and wondered if Photoshop could be used instead, but never took the leap.

When time is available would you consider doing a more in-depth video on
how you actually develop a pattern within Photoshop?

Information about cross stitch design and development is really rare, so when I ran across your video, I was thrilled.

Have a wonderful day and thank you again for opening the door to a fascinating subject.

I too make all my important decisions from a bubble bath.