Cross Stitch is a creative hobby and those passionate about it do cross stitch whenever they get free time be it during the afternoon, while watching TV, or listening to music. You can make many creative designs using this wonderful form of needlework. Be little creative and you can come up with limitless innovative cross stitch ideas to make beautiful cross stitch artwork.

You can also convert this hobby of yours into a business by doing cross-stitch on order. Once you start getting a response, you can add more members to your team. To start, you can hold exhibitions and show samples of work at fairs. Take a look at some cross stitch ideas that might help you enjoy your hobby even more:

Patches on T-shirts: For patches on t-shirts, there are tons of cross stitch patterns to choose from. You can use cartoon characters, floral patterns, animal faces, Alphabets, or even make funny or meaningful quotes patches. These can be stitched to t-shirts, caps or even jeans. You can also make cross stitch pockets for small kid's skirts.

Tea Cozy, coasters and table mats:

How about tea cozy, coasters, and table mats with cross stitch. They surely would look very elegant and classy. You must stitch a plastic sheet on coasters and table mats so that they are durable and easy to use.

Beautiful cross stitch borders:

Now this is truly innovative. You can make beautiful borders and use them according to your imagination. For example, cross stitch borders can be used in skirts, scarf edges, bed sheets, TV covers, table cloth and more.

Magazine holders and laundry baskets:

You can also make magazine holders using cross stitch or a laundry basket as well. Just imagine how nice it would be to have a laundry basket with nice cross stitch patterns.

Draw string pouches and Cell phone covers:

Keep thinking and the ideas that come to your mind will be endless. You can also make draw string pouches and cell phone covers using cross stitch. Howzzat!

Greeting cards and bookmarks:

You can make cross stitch patterns on cloth and paste it on the greeting card or book mark. Alternatively, you can use thick perforated paper to make cross stitch bookmarks or greeting cards.

Baby bottle covers, baby bed sheets and bibs:

There are many cute cross stitch patterns that can be used to make bibs and baby bottle covers too. You can gift these whenever there is the next baby in the family. Baby bed sheets with a nice border will truly look lovely. You can also stitch a plain cloth under it so that it is long lasting and convenient to use. You can also use cross stitch patches on baby bed sheets.


Pillow cases, cushion covers:

Cross stitch pillow covers and cushion covers look really striking, if you choose the right combination of colors and a suitable pattern. Use a baby pattern if you are making pillow cases or cushion covers for kids' rooms. For a living room, floral patterns or any other geometric pattern would be appropriate.

Cross stitch kits are available in various design patterns like animals and wildlife, Christmas and other festivals, famous paintings, cartoon characters, floral and nature designs and many more. Check out http://www.allcrossstitch.co.uk/

About Author:
Alan MacLachlan is a professional author who has written various articles on various topics & this time writing articles on Cross Stitch for www.allcrossstitch.co.uk. All cross Stitches is one of the best site for Cross Stitch - Cross Stitch kits, Cross Stitch Catalog and 950 UK Cross Stitch Patterns.

To read more articles on Textile, Fashion, Apparel, Technology, Retail and General please visit www.fibre2fashion.com/industry-article