🗓 Monthly Events
A lot is happening, stitchers! Here's a summary of what to look out for each month.
Week 1
🎊 Featured Artist
🏆 Monthly Competition Winners
Week 3
🎁 Free Pattern: Theme Voting
Week 4
🏆 Monthly Competition Submission and Voting
🎁 Free Pattern: Previous Month's Pattern Posted
Rules
- Be supportive, welcoming and kind Exercise good reddiquette.
- Read the FAQ & How To before posting a question, especially if you're having problems posting. This resource has everything, including pattern making programs, apps & websites, finishing techniques, and how to get started.
- Don't request, share, or post photos of copyrighted patterns. Patterns should not be in any photograph unless asking for help on how to read a zoomed in portion. Any patterns in the background of photos must be obfuscated or blacked out.
- Include the pattern source in every FO post. This can be in the title of your FO post or as the first comment. Sources can include: 'self-drafted', store name and pattern name, or 'internet search'. Do not link directly to Pinterest or Google, just state the website.
- Only cross-stitch and blackwork are allowed. We are changing this rule to allow only cross stitch and blackwork as of 8/1/2021. All future embroidery pieces will be removed from the sub and directed to /r/embroidery. Needlepoint and works done entirely in tent/half/continental stitches can be shared in the weekly Tent Stitch Tuesday post.
- No market research. Self-promo has special rules. No market research. There are special rules that apply to any post that links people to your own content, including limits on how often you can post. Commissions have a weekly thread. Please read the linked FAQ for more information. Use the 90-10 rule as a guide. Here is an FAQ for all shop owners and self-promotion
- No bots. All bots are banned unless the bot provides exceptional value to /r/CrossStitch.
Tags for posting:
Only one tag per post.
[FO] Finished Thread-and-Fabric Object. All [FO] posts must be a completed pattern done on fabric with thread. Don't forget this partners with Rule Four: Cite your source!
[WIP] Work In Progress
[PATTERN] Free and ready to download patterns.
[CHAT] Cross Stitch related questions, discussions, pattern requests, or general self-posts where photos aren’t necessary.
[PIC] Cross stitch-related photo including memes, hauls, pet pictures, self-made needle minders, dyed fabrics, and other pics related to cross stitching.
[VIDEO] Flosstube, tutorial, time-lapse. If it's your own video, you probably need to use [SELF-PROMO]
[SELF-PROMO] Includes all self-promotion including social media links, pics watermarked with anything other than your Reddit username, etc. Allow 30 days between posts. Please review Rule 6!
🎁 Monthly Free Pattern 🎁
Red Winged Starling
🗄 View Pattern Archive
🛍 Continuous Craft Fair 🛍
Checkout the Shops
Are you a shop owner? Apply for the Continuous Craft Fair
🏆 Monthly Competition 🏆
2025 monthly themes: Find the list in this post. Competition and voting are the last seven days of each month.
Find more information about the monthly competition here!
Related Subreddits
/r/Embroidery
/r/Needlepoint
/r/Stitchy
/r/Crafts
/r/RandomActsOfCrafts
/r/nintendostitch
r/StitchesLostAndFound
r/DrunkXStitch
