Jamie "Mr X Stitch" Chalmers reflects on the past month as the Kingpin of Contemporary Embroidery, including: - Producing Issue 5 of XStitch Magazine - Celebrating ten years of the Mr X Stitch website, including the highs and lows of developing an enterprise from scratch. - Curating a cross stitch…
For the sci-fi stitcher in your life, it's Star Trek Cross Stitch. Over 35 designs inspired by one of the most iconic TV series in history. Join Mr X Stitch for another great book review and find out what he thought of this book! (Hint: he likes it!) Get your…
If you want some Radical Cross Stitch, or ideas for start your own craftivism campaign, Rayna Fahey's book will do the job! Packed with politically inspired designs, thoughtful commentary and a sassy sense of humour, it's a good addition to any socially minded stitcher's library! Find out what Jamie "Mr…
One of the biggest questions that faces a cross stitcher is how tidy the back of the work should be. So let's look into this: Short answer: no. Medium answer: it's nice if you can be careful with your craft and avoid easy mistakes. But no one ever died from…
Jamie "Mr X Stitch" Chalmers shares insights into his business development and personal practices in another BossTube video. Find out about the importance of regular financial reconciliation for knowing how your business is balancing, consider the pleasure of joyful tidiness and check out how Notion can help you wrangle the…
Julie Jackson's Subversive Cross Stitch was first published in 2006 and it changed the world of cross stitch forever. To find out why this book is a must-have for all open-minded needlework fan, enjoy Jamie "Mr X Stitch" Chalmers' review. To get your copy of Subversive Cross Stitch, click our…
The most versatile method for starting cross stitch is the Waste Knot Method, also known as the Away Knot Method. It's easy to learn, very satisfying to use, and Mr X Stitch is here to explain how! If you find this video useful, feel free to leave a comment and…
PUSH Stitchery featured 30 embroidery artists from around the world. It's curated by Jamie "Mr X Stitch" Chalmers who gives a (slightly biased) review of it here. Artists included in the book (and the review) are Cayce Zavalgia, Orly Cogan, Joetta Maue, Emily Eibel, Clyde Olliver, Jimmy McBride and Severija…
The easiest way to start Cross Stitching is the Loop Start. It's simple and efficient and Jamie "Mr X Stitch" Chalmers is here to show you how! It's worth noting that the Loop Technique isn't suitable for all cross stitching - if you're using variegated threads, folding the thread to…
Mr X Stitch is back with a selection of cross stitched samples from the XStitch Xmas Bauble project! Find out about Standen House at the National Trust's website: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/standen-house-and-garden Get your copy of the XStitch Xmas Bauble pattern at https://mrxstitch.com/bauble Remember, you can stitch it on any colour fabric and…
Join Jamie "Mr X Stitch" Chalmers for another BossTube video in which he reflects on his business and the recent deployment of Issue 4 of XStitch Magazine. One of the challenges of entrepreneurship is how you have to learn everything, and just when you think you know what you're doing,…
Want to see inside Issue 4 of the world's best cross stitch magazine? Here ya go! Enjoy the Green issue and buy your copy while stocks last! https://xstitchmag.com/shop/issue-1
Want to see the contents of Issue 3 of the world's best cross stitch magazine? Enjoy this quick flick through the pages and then visit https://xstitchmag.com/shop/issue-3 to buy your print copy while stocks last!
Want to see the contents of Issue 2 of the world's best cross stitch magazine? Enjoy this quick flick through the pages and then visit https://xstitchmag.com/shop/issue-2 to buy your print copy while stocks last! If you want to learn to cross stitch, there's only one book you need - The…
If you were wondering about what the first issue of the world's best cross stitch magazine looks like - this is the video for you! The theme is Revolution - there are 20 patterns for you to stitch from some of the best designers in the biz! Buy your copy…
Welcome to another Mr X Picks, in which we choose some of the posts that have appeared on the Mr X Stitch website in the past month! Let's crack on! In our newest column, Craft Rocks, crafty all-rounder Jo Burgess shares her upcycling projects and for her first post, she…
Jamie "Mr X Stitch" Chalmers reviews the cross stitch pattern book "I Got 99 Problems But A Stitch Ain't One" by Genevieve Brading. Genevieve is better known as Floss & Mischief: http://tidd.ly/a4a9560f Her book combines traditional designs with sassy slogans featuring pop culture references. Think Justin Bieber or Beyonce cross…
Join Mr X Stitch for a quick reflection upon a hectic couple of weeks, in which he: - Taught hand embroidery to groups of up to 100 people at the Handmade Fair at Ragley Hall (https://www.thehandmadefair.com/ragley) - Won a Mollie Makes mashup against the marvellous Jenniffer Taylor (http://www.jenniffertaylor.co.uk/) - Did…
Jamie "Mr X Stitch" Chalmers picks a selection of posts that have been featured on the Mr X Stitch website in April 2018: Ansie van der Walt (https://thefabricthread.com/) explores the world of needlecraft in her Textile Encounters column. Her new series of posts features the tribes referenced in the Black…
Jamie "Mr X Stitch" Chalmers invites you to get involved with his crowdsourced cross stitch Christmas Bauble Project (or XStitch Xmas Bauble project). Your stitched pieces will form part of an art installation at Standen House, a lovely Arts & Craft National Trust property in East Grinstead, UK. Download your…
In the first of an ongoing documentary, Jamie "Mr X Stitch" Chalmers talks about his business and how he's going to try and build his business into something both stitchy and sustainable! If you want to start Crushing It, get Gary Vaynerchuk's book here: http://geni.us/pS6UN To learn how to dispel…
Jamie "Mr X Stitch" Chalmers picks some of the favourite posts that were featured on his website in March 2018! Zoe Williams (http://zoewilliams.com/) is the resident Needle Felting columnist at Mr X Stitch with her Felter Skelter column. Her latest post of Felty Felines features, among others: Lizzie "LizzieNeedles" Pearce…
Find out all about the YouTube channel for Mr X Stitch, the Kingpin of Contemporary Embroidery! We're on a mission to change the way the world thinks about embroidery, so if you like what we're doing, please "like" the video and subscribe to the channel to keep up with the…
The third issue of XStitch Magazine - the Space Issue - is coming soon and Mr X Stitch has a preview of it exclusively for you! Also find out about his forthcoming appearance on BBC4's Make! Craft Britain TV show - 9pm on Wednesday 28th March! We're on a mission…