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pattern // kay the kitty embroidery

Kay The Kitty Embroidery Pattern

For fans of kitties, sushi, cute things, or all three, today I bring you the Kay the Kitty embroidery pattern! This is the fifth (how can that be?!?) pattern in this year's series of Kawaii Crossing Residents. And I'm just as smitten by this kitten as I have been with every other character as they appear from my pencil, drawing cursor, and eventually needle. I hope you like them as much as I do!

One of the reasons I decided to make the residents of my Kawaii Crossing town as little faces with their favorite things is that I liked the flexibility of it. A few years ago I did a stitching club that was similar in that each official pattern was actually three tiny patterns. That means you can use them together or separate them out and that's exactly what you can do with these!

You could very easily only stitch the faces, which I think would be so cute as little pins or ornaments. But you can also stitch their favorite things on projects, including making them larger as needed. Or, stitch ALL twelve in a big hoop (or in the frame I designed for them!). So many options!



Silly Sushi Hand Embroidery Pattern

If you fall into the category of loving sushi, I do also want to point out that I have a whole set of sushi embroidery patterns in my Etsy shop. You can find that right here!

I've been thinking that it would be fun to make another sushi-themed project this month, but it may be that my patterns above need to suffice. We'll see. In the meantime I'm already picturing next month's resident...any guesses what this animal friend may be?

pattern // kay the kitty cross stitch

Kay the Kitty Cross Stitch Chart

Get ready to stitch up some sushi with Kay the Kitty! This month's Kawaii Crossing resident is officially now a cross stitch pattern, and she's just itching to eat up her latest catch.

True to form, I haven't even started stitching my own Kay, with her chopsticks, sushi, and dumpling. But I didn't want to wait to share this one. So I'm keeping this post short and sweet. Consider this your weekend project! Maybe it's even something to work on over some grocery store sushi...

As always, you can stitch this design on its own or add it to the growing sampler border with all the other Kawaii Crossing residents.




patterns // baby yoda and ewok cross stitch

Star Wars Cross Stitch

Happy Star Wars Day, aka May the Fourth! I try to observe this day each year with some kind of pattern or project, and this time around it's two free cross stitch charts!

I've been designing cross stitch patterns for over five years now, and I even have a cross stitch book coming out this year, but these are my first Star Wars designs. In fact, my book Cross Stitch Celebrations: Bundle of Joy is how I decided on the first design: Baby Yoda. You see, this little creature is my favorite Star Wars bundle of joy, and I HAD to put my spin on him.

Star Wars Cross Stitch

But first, let's just address the Baby Yoda name thing. Amy Sedaris' character Peli Motto says it best: "Grogu? Whoa, that's a terrible name...No way am I calling you that." If she can say that, I can agree and go with Baby Yoda. We all can.

Okay, so now let's talk about this little cross stitch design! My sister stitched the sample for us and it's on 14-count Aida, fitting perfectly in a 3-inch hoop. That means it would also work really well for a pin or patch. And who wouldn't want to sport this grinning little green guy?

But then as I was working on this, another source of Star Wars joy came to mind:

Star Wars Cross Stitch

This is my Princess Kneesaa stuffed Ewok toy from when I was little. Yes I still have her and love her. The Ewoks were literally my first introduction to Star Wars. So when a few folks on Instagram encouraged me in this direction, I had to make some Ewoks in cross stitch too.

Star Wars Cross Stitch
Star Wars Cross Stitch

These patterns came along a little later, so they aren't all stitched yet, but the chart has Princess Kneesaa, Wicket (I forgot that these two were married!), and a slightly more gray version of Tokkat. I absolutely love that so many Ewoks have names and back stories due to the extra shows and specials that came out...even if they weren't the best!

Anyway, Kneesaa is helping me finish stitching, and I haven't decided what I'll do with the finished Ewoks yet. I'm stitching this one on 16-count Aida, so they might be good as a bookmark? I'll post an update on Instagram at some point.

Star Wars Cross Stitch

Now, are you ready to start your Star Wars Day cross stitching?



As a reminder, I make these kinds of patterns for fun and as fan art, so the charts are for personal use only. And May the Fourth be with you!

calendar // kay the kitty wallpaper



Do you love sushi? I'm more of a vegetarian sushi sort of person, but this month's Kawaii Crossing resident is Kay the Kitty and she prefers the fishiest sushi she can get. She loves making it. She loves eating it. She even loves sushi-themed art, accessories, and games. I suppose we shouldn't be suprised!

Speaking of games, I recently played Sushi Roll, the dice game version of the now-classic game Sushi Go, and it was so much fun! That maaaaaayyyy be why I added a dumpling into this month's calendar. When I see cute things, I'm inspired. But my playing this game was NOT what inspired Kay the Kitty. Nope...she was all planned as a sushi lover and the game timing just worked out!

I love when things happen that way.

Now I just have to think about the idea of one Kawaii Crossing resident eating formerly living things. I suppose fish aren't walking around in this town, so it's okay? Maybe it's best not to think about it. For now, grab the wallpaper size you need below.