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Siri
@sirithre.bsky.social
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Cleveland based IT nerd and #CrossStitch designer.
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Siri @sirithre.bsky.social · Jun 7
Starting off with a post I can pin to my profile.
Here are some of my favorite cross stitch patterns I've designed. Y'know, to give you an idea of what kinda designs to expect from my profile in the future. 🙂

Basically, expect both nerdy and pop culture designs as well as some fun original ones!
Two brightly colored cross stitch designs stretched on canvas. Flowers of Hyrule, featuring 12 zelda-inspired flowers, and Mushrooms of Hyrule, featuring 12 zelda-inspired mushrooms. Three fruit-themed cross stitch biscornu used as pin cushions. A Lemon Lime, a Strawberry Kiwi, and a Wildberry design featuring Blueberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, and Strawberries. Three square cross stitch designs on stretched canvas, featuring designs inspire by board game covers. Specifically the games Calico, Wingspan, and Azul. A set of 5 pastel cross stitch ornaments all featuring a similar color palette. Varying designs, including a summery christmas design with a driftwood tree, a stack of books with an open journal for writing in. A cauldron full of flowers, a pumpkin wearing a witch hat hanging out with a catlike ghost, and a cornucopia design.
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Struggle with french knots? Would you like to learn the colonial knot? Did you also know you can replace them with beads instead? In this month's article I go over how to french knot as well as various ways to replace them if you simply don't like stitching them. 😂
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A closeup shot mid french knot where the thread is twisted around your needle. A closeup shot mid colonial knot where the thread is twisted around your needle in almost a figure eight. Side by side comparison of a French knot, Colonial Knot, and a beaded stitch.
January 23, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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Now for a look at the back! I'm not too fussy with my cross stitch backs. They can be neat or messy depending on the pattern. But they're unique and beautiful on their own so I try to always document them before finishing them up into an ornament or framing
or whatever else I'm doing with them!
The backside of a cross stitch project. This pattern features a basket full of eggs surrounded by daffodils and stars. The backside of a cross stitch project. This pattern features a three lit candles surrounded by snowdrops and stars. Two finished cross stitch flat ornaments with a pastel color palette. One featuring a trio of candles surrounded by snowdrops and stars. The other a basket of eggs surrounded by daffodils and stars.
January 22, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Part of fitting in more personal projects this year means more crafts besides cross stitch! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE cross stitch. But I also love learning new things and combining hobbies. So here's to some more crafty nonsense this year, starting
with a small EPP project with half-inch hexies. 👀
An english paper piecing work in progress featuring half-inch hexagons. The fabrics have white or off white backgrounds and mostly feature floral patterns in muted shades of yellow, orange, and red.
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Just a little peek at where I take most of my photos! It's a workbench I got for Christmas a few years ago. I love it so much! It's been absolutely invaluable.
The wall mounted camera and extra lighting makes it not matter that it's my basement and the middle of the night where I'm taking photos. 😂
A workbench in a craft room used for photography. It features a wall mounted camera and a ring light. As well as a partial wall of faux flowers to be used as photo props. A workbench in a craft room used for photography. At this angle you can better see my pegboard covered in floss drops and scissors to be used as photography props. A workbench in a craft room used for photography. The drawers contain more photography accessories and props. And also randomly a paper cutter because idk where else to put it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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New in my shop!

This design is called Lucky Star and I've included 4 color palettes! I stitched mine in the bright, vaporwave palette.

Do you ever make a wish when a ladybug lands on you? We'd lightly blow them away and make a wish when we were kids.

#CrossStitch #StitchSky #Needlework #Crafts
A cross stitch fabric on dark grey fabric showing a large ladybug with a star on their carapace and floral and leaf motifs surrounding the insect. There's a few star motifs mixed in, too. The project is staged with flowers and clay figurings with smiling faces. BAD Stitch. A four image montage of the same cross stitch pattern in pixel form, showing different palettes. Four Variations Included. BAD Stitch.
January 19, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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I've got two cute little pastel pieces available now! Both very spring oriented designs, giving you plenty of time to stitch them while waiting for Spring. 🥰

I'm loving this cross stitch pastel ornament series, so there'll definitely be more of these in the future!

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Two finished cross stitch flat ornaments with a pastel color palette. One featuring a trio of candles surrounded by snowdrops and stars. The other a basket of eggs surrounded by daffodils and stars.
January 19, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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I've made quite a few of these pastel flat ornaments now! Most of em are holiday themed, but I'd love to do a few more hobby ones as well like the writer one I did a while back. What other hobbies could go well in this style? 🤔
A finished cross stitch piece of a pastel cornucopia A finished cross stitch piece of a pastel cauldron full of flowers A finished cross stitch piece of a pastel stack of books with pen and ink A finished cross stitch piece of a pastel summer-themed christmas tree
January 15, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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It's another WIP wednesday and I'm working on another pattern very similar to last week's. I think you can probably guess the theme on this one but I couldn't resist a share. This pattern and last week's WIP will be up on Patreon this Saturday!
a work in progress cross stitch design, so far just a part of the black outlines have been stitched.
January 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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I love a simple little flat finish. If you've got a cute small you're not sure what to do with, this might be just the thing! I've got a full tutorial over on my website, but I haven't done a video version of this particular finish yet. Is that something y'all would be intersted in? 🤔
A fully finished cross stitch piece of a cauldron full of flowers. a work in progress of finishign a cross stitch piece as a flat ornament.
January 13, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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With the Small Lamp Grass now up on Etsy, I've also finally made a bundle! I don't currently have plans for more Genshin florals any time soon, which is why I'm confident in making a bundle now. That's why most of my series don't have bundles yet though -- because there's more planned!
An arrangement of 6 cross stitched flowers from the game Genshin Impact. The Calla Lily, Glaze Lily, Windwheel Aster, Dendrobium, Qingzin, and Small Lamp Grass.
January 12, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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Back at it again with another silly episode of Stitchopoly. In which I try to learn embroidery from a board game. What could go wrong?

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Stitchopoly - an embroidery themed monopoly board. Features cross stitch, embroidery, and needlepoint!
January 9, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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It's craft-tea! Is your craft-tea knitting, crochet or embroidery? Maybe all three?

#embroidery #tea #crochet #knitting
craft -tea bags, knitting style, crochet style, and embroidery style
January 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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A lil' teaser at next week's Patterns. 👀 A closeup of my stitches showing just how uneven they actually are when you stare up close like this, whoops.
So for all who've complimented how neat my stitching is.. it's a lie. 😂
You just take photos from a distance or at an angle so it's not as obvious.
a closeup of a cross stitch pattern in pastel colors. A closeup of a cross stitch moon.
January 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Just a lil' peeky peek at one of this month's Patreon patterns. Continuing my pastel holiday series. What do you think this one's themed after? 🤔
These black outlines are fun to stitch, it's neat seeing them get colored in after. Would you stitch all the outlines first, or one section at a time?
A cross stitch work in progress of three candles on a blue fabric with a moon on one of them.
January 7, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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I've got a whole book of stitched but not fully finished pieces, so when I have a new finish I'm thinking about or a frame I thrifted, I can easily flip through and see if any of these would work with it!
How do you store your finishes before they get FFO'd? I'd love to know!
An art portfolio featuring some cross stitch finishes of a dragon, some electric eels and Felicia from the game DarkStalkers An art portfolio featuring some cross stitch finishes of the Igni and Yrden signs from Witcher 3, surrounded by flowers and alchemy ingredients representing that element. An art portfolio featuring some cross stitch finishes of Chaos from the game Hades, some midnight jellyfish, a glow in the dark mushroom, and a wheel of time bookmark themed around Mat Cauthon's famous saying "Dovie'andi se tovya sagain."
January 6, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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I'm running out of things to say about color palettes. But I am excited for this month's patterns! Lots of soft colors teasing at spring already. 👀

Actually, t here's TWO color palettes this time. Because there will be two cross stitch patterns up on Patreon this month!
An arrangement of DMC and Cosmo embroidery thread in some pastel spring colors. An arrangement of DMC and Cosmo embroidery thread in some pastel spring colors.
January 5, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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My 2025 Stitchy Recap is now up on YouTube! I'll be going over everything I cross stitched with you, as well as any other crafting I got up to last year.

Been a while since I did a proper vloggy FlossTube instead of just a tutorial, but here I am. 🥰

youtu.be/1_p3W0XwHRA
January 2, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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Welcome to 2026! I see a whole bunch of stitching in my future. Mostly Patreon designs as
always, but this year I want to get more personal stitching done. Starting with this blackwork design I started in, uh, 2023.

What are your goals for the year?
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A blackwork WIP in a q-snap wrapped in an english paper pieced cozy.
January 1, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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So. Much. Yellow. January's freebie pattern has over 2000 stitches of this yellow. That's the number I usually use as an estimate to determine whether I'll need an additional skein!

I sure hope this block of yellow will be worth it though. 🤣
A cross stitch WIP of a yellow triangle.
December 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Just a lil' peek into my office to show off these acrylic drawers I got! They fit great on top of my cross stitch WIP organizer and they hold SO much thread. I've got all my variegated threads that are still on skeins in here. Cosmo, Airo, and Amo threads.

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A close up of a ton of embroidery thread on my desk.
December 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Another year, another recap. I got quite a lot done this year, so bear with me. It'll take a couple posts. First up, all my patreon patterns for the year! And a few bonus like the swap biscornu and the Glaze Lily hex. I've tried to split my time evenly between original and fanart based designs!
A grid of 8 cross stitch projects ranging from small coasters to a wall hanging quilt. 6 different cross stitch biscornu designs stitched this year A grid of 8 fan-art based cross stitch patterns, from a small Zelda gift card stocking to a rebound copy of Alice in Wonderland! Four additional cross stitches finished in 2025 -- some Zelda and Genshin florals and the Balance symbol from The Longest Journey
December 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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I can finally post the thing I made for @tklv.bsky.social, it’s “kol-ut-shan” (infinite diversity in infinite combinations) in Vulcan calligraphy
A cross-stitch of Vulcan calligraphy in rainbow colors on fabric dyed to look like space
December 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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This month's article is all about Challenges! With the new year right around the corner a lot of you are planning your goals for the year and I just wanted to give you some ideas on ways to challenge yourself. It's a LONG list, so there's something for everyone!
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A pile of finished cross stitch projects finished using various techniques. A variegated cauldron finished as a cube, a biscornu of leaves, a wheel of time inspired bookmark, a fairy in a bottle, flat ornaments inspired by Animal Crossing, the cover of the board game Wingspan as a stretched canvas, a hoop featuring Eevee pancakes, and even an english paper pieced quilts featuring cross stitched flowers.
December 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Awkwardly showing you my backside on Christmas. This one's even got a stain on the canvas! 🙈 That's right. Your backs don't need to be perfect.
Just enjoy the stitching process and it'll all be fine in the end. 🥰
Hope you and yours have a cozy day in to enjoy any fun new gifts you may have gotten!
The backside of a finished cross stitch of the Small Lamp Grass flower from the game Genshin Impact. It's stretched on a frame, and has an unknown stain at the bottom.
December 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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This week's Patreon pattern is the final Genshin Impact floral to make it a
set of 6. (probably final. I mean, I said that last time, but still...)

And also I think finally the last of those pre-stretched canvases. Look how thin that fabric is. 🙈 They used to be so goood, what happened Michaels?!
A finished cross stitch of the Small Lamp Grass flower from the game Genshin Impact
December 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM