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…
It's a hasty update from the Kingpin of Contemporary Embroidery as Mr X Stitch recounts recent adventures at the Spring Knitting & Stitching show and his appearance on BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live programme. He also does a soft launch of his XStitched Xmas Baubles project! Subscribe to XStitch Magazine…
Mr X Stitch shares some of his favourite items from the Craft Council's Collect 2018 at the Saatchi Gallery in London. Contemporary craft at its best! Get tickets to the Spring Knitting & Stitching Show here: https://www.theknittingandstitchingsh... Use the code MRXSTITCH to get £2 off the price of an adult…
Join Mr X Stitch for another FlossTube video within which he: - actually has a finished embroidery to share! - shares fatherhood news! - tells you all his stand at the forthcoming Spring Knitting & Stitching Show at Olympia in London. He'll be hosting the "Mr X Stitch Guide to…
Mr X Stitch apologises for his month-long FlossTube absence and explains what the flipping heck has been doing on for the past four weeks. It's been a lot! By the way, the image in the thumbnail is called Life Is Beautiful by Lithuanian artist Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė. Pretty amazing huh?
Join Mr X Stitch and Craftivist Collective founder, Sarah Corbett, for a chat about their crafting journey and what it means to be a craftivist. This is a sample of a longer discussion that took place as part of Sarah's tour for her new book "How To Be A Craftivist:…
Join Mr X Stitch for another FlossTube vid in which he regales you with 11 facts that help you understand the man behind the myth in front of the legend that is the Kingpin of Contemporary Embroidery. Also, rejoice as he shares something he finished! Shout out to FlossTubers Pretty…
In his latest FlossTube Mr X Stitch sorts out his hoops while sharing the week's news. Shout outs to CoffeeStitcher, Ginger Gerald, Jimmy FlossTube, Pretty Southern, The Real Housewives of Cross Stitch and the mighty McKenna. Find out about the Young Curators at the William Morris Gallery and enjoy the…
In this latest FlossTube Mr X Stitch answers a couple of questions, and shares some of the work he's currently doing, including the Gathering Memories project. Get yourself a cuppa and see what he says this time! If you want to take part in the Gathering Memories project, and help…
If you thought cross stitch was just cute things stitched by little old ladies, you couldn't be more wrong! Join Mr X Stitch, the Kingpin of Contemporary Embroidery, for a whistlestop tour of some of the coolest cross stitch you'll ever see! Brought to you in association with XStitch Magazine!…
In his latest FlossTube Mr X Stitch explains why he loves teaching cross stitch and what an honour it is to introduce people to this amazing craft. If you like his videos please subscribe to his channel. Buy the Mr X Stitch Guide to Cross Stitch here: http:/xstitchmag.com/shop/guide Subscribe to…
Mr X Stitch introduces you to XStitch, the game changing cross stitch magazine that he's producing, with looks at some of the designs from the first issue - Revolution - and some sneak peeks at designs for Issue 2 - Beats. Your subscriptions are vital to the future of the…
Want to know how Mr X Stitch came to be? In this monologue, join the Kingpin of Contemporary Embroidery as he explains his backstory. Mr X Stitch is here to change the way you think about needlecraft. If you like embroidery, subscribe to his channel to see what he comes…
Think again! Mr X Stitch is committed to changing the way you think about embroidery and needlecraft and this short video is a selection of artworks that exemplify just how exciting this craft can be. Our cover image features the stunning mixed media work of Ana Teresa Barbosa. Find out…
A short video of the process of making Harris Tweed. Wikipedia says: Harris Tweed is a tweed cloth handwoven by islanders at their homes in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, finished in the Outer Hebrides, and made from pure virgin wool dyed and spun in the Outer Hebrides. Mr X…
Part 3 of my chat with Trevor Pitt at the Interviews with Boys Who Sew event at mac, Birmingham on 17th January 2011.