If your a regular reader here at craftcartwright you’ll know I love counted cross stitch. But sometimes I like the simplicity of a stamped pattern. However I love to design my own things, so I wanted to make my own custom stamped cross stitch. And now I’ll show you all how to make your own stamped cross stitch fabric with laser engraving too!

For this project I used my Mr Beam dreamcut [s] laser cutter and engraver. I do also have a m1 xTool but have yet to try fabrics with it.

Materials needed

To make your own stamped cross stitch fabric with laser engraving you will need:

calico fabric medium weight
svg file (download the crow from the bottom of the post)
Laser engraver

How to make your own stamped cross stitch fabric with laser engraving

First download the free svg file at the bottom of this post
Upload the file to your laser cutters software.
Cut fabric to size required and ensure it is smooth and free of wrinkles
Lay fabric in laser cutter
Size the design for your fabric.
Set laser cutter to engrave the design on cotton fabric. (In my Mr Beam this setting is already a option, but you may have to play around in the settings if you are using a different laser cutter such as a Glowforge)
Set it to engrave.
You are looking for the design to be fairly light, so that you dont notice the stamped design once stitched.

Once it’s engraved, it’s ready to stitch.

Place your fabric in an embroidery hoop and adjust until the fabric is taut. Then stitch with two strand of DMC 310. Ensuring all the under arm stitches of the crosses are in the same direction, then go over with the top arm of the stitches.

How to make a stamped cross stitch pennant

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Active Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

If you would like to turn your stamped cross stitch into a pennant

Materials

DMC 310 embroidery floss
ribbon
backing fabric
stick
thread
twine

Tools

sewing machine
fabric scissors
embroidery hoop
needle
scissors
pins

Instructions

Using the pennant template cut out the stamped cross stitch and backing fabric of your choice.

Cut three 4 inch lengths of black ribbon, fold in half and pin pointing downwards evenly spaced along the top edge of the right side of the backing fabric. Make sure they are about an inch in from the side edges.
Sew close to the top edge to secure the ribbons.
Then with right sides together pin the stamped cross stitch and backing fabric together.
Sew with a 1/2 inch seam allowance all the way around the edge leaving a small gap to turn it out.
Trim corners and turn the right way out
Press flat
Hand stitch up the opening with a whip stitch
Thread a stick through the ribbon loops and add twine to hang it from