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Take a walk through the neighborhood with me in the new year! I am starting a new stitch along in 2023, stitching the Houses on Peppermint Lane. Please join me and keep reading to find the supplies and stitch along dates below!

Work along with me throughout 2023 as we complete each pattern from the Houses on Peppermint Lane Series Cross Stitch Pattern Set. I will be stitching mine on Oatmeal 14 Count Aida by Lori Holt for Zweigart.

I switched up my thread colors ...

Barn Sweet Barn is back in 2023 with a new star! Stitch the Lone Star design in different colors each month for a total of 12 stars, one for each month of the year. This year-long stitch along is perfect for a beginner cross stitcher.

Please join Kimberly in 2023 as she starts stitching along for the Barn Sweet Barn Stitch Along. It’s a cross stitch project that everyone can join, and the chart also includes 2 bonus ...

Temperature projects have grown more popular in the past few years. They are projects that cover the length of a full year, where you stitch one motif from a pattern each day using a different color based on the weather in your area.

This new Temperature Cross Stitch from Fat Quarter Shop is sure to warm your heart! It’s a fun floss diary that you slowly complete throughout the year! Read on for all the details on this new cross stitch pattern.

Temperature Cross Stitch Pattern

For our Temperature Cross Stitch, we have included a selection of 23 different ...

Christmas is coming, and it’s about to get much more jolly! This December, we’re stuffing our stockings and decking the halls with cross stitch. Join Priscilla and Chelsea from Stitching with the Housewives and me for Jolly Housewives this holiday season!

Jolly Housewives starts December 1 and lasts until December 31. This year I am stitching up four of my favorite Stitching with the Housewives Christmas patterns plus three patterns from other designers! You can stitch along with me or choose your own patterns from Stitching with the Housewives, which you can see here on the Stitching with ...

I haven’t been in my sewing room at all this past week and a half. When that happens, it’s all about the stitching.

I have a month into the three month stitch-along (SAL), and I’m nowhere near 1/3 done.

The full picture is a snow globe sitting on a stack of presents surrounded by Christmas ornaments. I have the base of the snow globe stitched and one and a half presents.

This chart is huge. I figure it will take me closer to a year. I don’t know how people keep up. They must stitch ...

Leaves are falling, and Autumn is calling! We’re heading to the pumpkin patch this October, stalking through corn mazes, and crossing our stitches. Join me for the annual Stitch-Tober Stitch Along as we spend 45 days stitching up fall or Halloween-themed designs with Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet! You can join us by stitching a new pattern every day, a new pattern each week, or spend your October working on one big piece.

Stitch-tober begins October 1 and will carry on until November 15! I am monogamously stitching up Lori Holt’s new Autumn Love pattern and ...

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? It’s Christmastime and we’re stitching! Beginning Tuesday, September 13, we’ll release a FREE Christmastime quilt and cross stitch pattern each week for five weeks. Kimberly will guide you in sewing this quilt, so if you’re new to quilting (or want some company while you sew), this is a great place to start!

Each Tuesday from September 13 – October 11, we will release a video tutorial on the Fat Quarter Shop YouTube Channel with a FREE quilt block pattern and cross stitch pattern. Join Kimberly as she guides you through cutting ...

Support breast cancer survivors by donating and joining us in the Support Group Quilt and Cross Stitch Alongs. Lori Holt’s designs honor her mother, who survived breast cancer, with literal symbols of support, and we think they couldn’t be cuter! Read on to learn more about the charity we’re supporting and the details of the quilt and stitch along.

The Support Group Quilt finishes at 59.5″ x 66.5,” and we are sewing ours using Stitch by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs. If you want to sew a version like ours, you can grab the ...

It’s a good day to be the boss… of your own quilt, that is! Lori Holt and It’s Sew Emma have teamed up to remind you that in quilting, the world does revolve around you. We know how easy it is to get pulled into patterns and to worry about everything being perfect. Still, hopefully, the You are the Boss Cross Stitch Pattern by Lori Holt can remind you whose opinions really matters.

This colorful collection of quilt blocks has a stitch count of 136w x 82h.

Kimberly will start stitching up her You are the Boss Cross ...

I am starting a new year-long stitch along! I’ve been looking forward to this new season of A Year of Celebrations Continues from Hands on Design! Please join me in July as I start the monthly Season 2 – A Year of Celebrations Continues Stitch Along.

Work along with me each month as we complete each pattern from the Season 2 – A Year of Celebrations Continues Pattern. I will be stitching mine as one piece on Prim 25 Count Lugana 27″ x 36″ Vintage Cross Stitch Cloth by Lori Holt for ...

At long last, we’re ready for our next Halloween Mystery quilt along and stitch along! Beginning July 5, we’ll release a FREE Boo Crew quilt and cross stitch pattern each week for four weeks. Kimberly will guide you in sewing this quilt, so if you’re new to quilting (or want some company while you sew), this is a great place to start!

Each Tuesday from July 5-26, we will release a video tutorial on the Fat Quarter Shop YouTube Channel with a FREE quilt block pattern and cross stitch pattern. Join Kimberly as she guides you through ...

Do you hear what I hear? Sleigh bells are jingling and, for us, Christmastime is here. We’re bringing you Christmas in July with another FREE quilt and cross stitch pattern and video series, the Christmastime Mystery Quilt and Stitch Along, to get in the holiday spirit.

The quilt finishes at 23.5″ x 27.5″ and we are sewing ours using Christmas Stitched by Fig Tree for Moda Fabrics. If you want to sew a very merry version like ours, you can reserve your Christmastime Mystery Sew Along Quilt Kit now, which includes fabric for the top, binding, and ...

Celebrate the summer with Lori Holt and the classic Granny Square block, the star of Lori Holt’s second book, Great Granny Squared! Join us June 3 as we kick off summer with a unique sew along that features three ways to participate: quilting, crochet, and cross stitch!

Follow along with Kimberly as she quilts, crochets, and cross stitches through the summer!

Great Granny Squared Quilt Along

The quilt pattern, found in Great Granny Squared by Lori Holt, finishes at 72″ x 85.5″. See all the supplies for this sew along by heading to the Great Granny Squared supplies ...

BOO! It’s almost time for our next Halloween Mystery quilt along and stitch along! We’re bringing you another FREE quilt and cross stitch pattern and video series, this time called the Boo Crew Mystery Quilt and Stitch Along, to celebrate Halloween. It’s a good time to start something for the holidays. And… it’s a MYSTERY!

The quilt finishes at 33.5″ x 35.5″ and we are sewing ours using Too Cute to Spook by Me and My Sister for Moda Fabrics. If you want to sew a spooky version like ours, you can reserve your ...

The Be Mine Stitch Along is BACK, and I can “heartly” wait to focus on stitching Valentine’s Day cross stitch patterns all February long! Join me, Kimberly Jolly, as we embark on the second year of our Valentine’s Day stitch along, Be Mine!

This February, I am once again celebrating my love of cross stitch by stitching up some of the prettiest patterns around. You can join me by stitching a new cross stitch pattern every day, a new pattern each week, or spend your February stitching up one big piece. Be Mine begins February 1 and will ...

We are happy to announce the  Blue Jar Medley Mystery Stitch-A-Long.  

Life is always better on the farm! The Farm Life Cross Stitch Pattern is udderly fantastic and fun, from head to pigtail. We’re stitching one little furry rump each month from January to April of 2022! Read on to learn more about how you can stitch up these adorable farm animals.

About the Cross Stitch

This design shows a darling trio of farm animals in a cheeky way, with “Farm Life” as their motto. This cross stitch design is perfect for the animal lovers in your life!

With a stitch count of 101h x 135w, the Farm Life Cross ...

Home is where the heart is, and in 2022, my heart is in the barn! Barn Sweet Barn is my latest creative adventure with one of my new favorite Lori Holt cross stitch patterns, Flea Market Baskets! If you know anything about me, you know that I have a habit of taking my favorite cross stitch designs and putting my own special twist on them.

Barn Sweet Barn is as simple as it looks. All we are doing is taking the center block of the Flea Market Baskets Pattern, and cross stitching it in different colors each month for a ...

The Flea Market Quilt and Stitch Along starts this month and goes all year long! Lori Holt’s Flea Market Quilt and Flea Market Baskets Cross Stitch patterns are vintage treasures, inspired by Lori’s love for thrifting at flea markets and antique shops. We can’t wait to get started. Are you ready?

Flea Market Supplies

The Flea Market fabrics and cross stitch supplies are as special as a rare antique find, and they are waiting to be found by you! Find everything you need to make the Flea Market quilt or cross stitch design on the supplies page ...

A lot of you have been asking for a complete list of my projects so that you can get inspiration or stitch along with me. I’m sharing a list of my cross stitch plans below, and I’ll update this list if any new projects that come along.

Heartfelt, benefiting Make-a-Wish

• When: February to September of 2022
• Hosted by Fat Quarter Shop
• Find out more on the announcement post
• I’m stitching with:
  • The Heartfelt Cross Stitch Downloadable PDF Patterns
  • Heartfelt AuriFloss Thread Box
  • Pale Gray Gingham 14 Count Aida by Fabric Flair

Stronger Together, benefiting UNCF

• When: February ...