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1. Most popular cross stitch designer charts on etsy software#
2. Most popular cross stitch designer charts on etsy series#

I know us designers tend to go on about it, but there is a genuine reason why you should care about cross stitch and copyright. But with this comes the obvious issue of cross stitch and copyright. I said previously that Etsy has given rise to a wealth of modern cross stitch patterns, with recognizable characters and themes that appeal to your non-your-grandmas cross stitch.

With Etsy, this is two-fold copyright and quality. Without it major brands that win awards yearly like Peacock and Fig and Floss and Mischeif wouldn’t exist today if it wasn’t for Etsy.Įtsy Listings – Lord Libidan’s Sarky Stitches (source: Etsy) The Badīut sadly, there is always another side of the coin.

Most popular cross stitch designer charts on etsy software#

I know this is totally down to the Etsy platform, in fact, affordable cross stitch pattern software has risen at the same time as Etsy has and as a result Etsy was simply the platform of choice, but the fact remains that it’s Etsy that has helped give cross stitch designers a voice, and a place to sell. That worked for a lot of us, but I know cross stitchers who just gave up as they couldn’t stand making patterns. There was no way that I could get those types of patterns other than making them myself. When I started stitching I had to come up with my own pattern ideas, put them down on paper and stitch them on the fly.

Most popular cross stitch designer charts on etsy series#

This has a series of benefits, from introducing new, and younger cross stitchers, creating a pool of modern cross stitch patterns, giving cross stitch designers a place to sell, improving overall quality of patterns, but also dropping prices of patterns. Sadly, commercial patterns still aren’t creating modern designs, and whilst there are newer magazines like XStitch Magazine, finding a modern cross stitch pattern is nearly impossible without Etsy. At first, Etsy seems like a fantastic thing for both those selling cross stitch patterns online, but also those buying. Let’s start off with the good side of Etsy. Google Trends Report on search term Etsy Cross Stitch (Source: Google Trends) The Good However, in the last years, there has been an increasing number of people and brands selling cross stitch patterns on Etsy, alongside tools and threads. When I first started with cross stitch, Etsy was around, but it just didn’t have anything in the way of cross stitch on it.