Spring Patterns

Hello, friends!

I don’t have any new releases at my wholesaler currently, because I’m focusing on Needlework Marketplace in August! I can’t wait to share what I’ve been working on!

In the meantime, I’m going to share some springtime patterns!

Cottage in the Woods
This pattern features a bright fairy, tending their tree stump house. I stitched this on a mottled hand-dyed blue aida.

Strawberry Season is starting! And here’s my tiny possum just hanging out in a basket with flowers and berries. I stitched this one on polka-dot natural aida by Wichelt.

Last year, a couple of broods of cicadas emerged from their 17 year long hibernation, and everyone was excited (and probably a little grossed out.) This year, we have a couple more broods of this loud bugs! Here’s one of my more popular designs, Neon Cicada. It’s been exclusive to LNS for the last 10 months, and people have been asking for this one! Of course, it’s in neon colors, all DMC.

April 17th is International Bat Appreciation Day!! I’m an avid fan of bats, and people love stitching bats, so let me share more bats! These are my favorite bat patterns!

Finding Shade - features a chunky Northern Ghost Bat resting under a large leaf.

How about a little brown bat, snug inside the folds of a yellow rose?

And here’s a friendly reminder that we’re still working on Spellbound Stitches Volume 4! The theme will be Under the Sea, and we’ve got 5 designers (plus me!) using the same palette of Cosmo floss to design some adorable patterns. We truly want to get the stitching community to shop at your store, in person and online, so this collaboration is an attempt to get people in your doors!

Pre-sales of our booklets should be coming early May! If this is something you’re interested in, please be sure you’ve got inventory of the Cosmo floss palette, as we will be sending shoppers to you to get the booklets & flosspacks, with a tentative launch mid-June! We understand that it’s going to be harder and harder to acquire these materials, so we hope you keep this project in mind as tariffs and shipping get more complicated in the coming months.

Here’s our FAQ about Spellbound Stitches, what previous issues looked like, etc.
https://badstitch.substack.com/p/spellbound-stitches
Our current designer list:
BAD Stitch, The Stitch Crypt, Sirious Stitches, Pixel Pixie Cross Stitch, Lola Crow Cross Stitch, and Sprouting Lupine.

This is the Lecien Cosmo floss palette we are using!

Thank you so much for reading. As always, if you need any graphics from my catalog for marketing or your website, I’m happy to supply the files!

Happy Stitching!
Amanda DeLong
https://linktr.ee/badstitch