Keeping it Real

Monday, January 19, 2026

Mini Retro Flowers Cross Stitch Pattern

Hello, and welcome! This was actually the second pattern I designed for my Etsy shop this year (the first one is yet to be shared here...) and one more in the "small patterns" series.


Mini Retro Flowers Cross Stitch Pattern


Welcome to The Really Crafty Link Party #494!

Hello, and welcome! I hope you've had a lovely weekend and I'm glad you could join is for a new link party this week.

If you can, please try to visit at least a couple of other posts and/or leave a nice comment on other people's creations, and help spread the word on social media - the more, the merrier!


The really crafty link party, keeping it real, craft blog



As usual, the party will be open until Thursday and I will post the features on Friday, January 23rd.
 
Please note that there's a 50 entries limit, so make sure you link up early!

Missed last week's features? Click the image below to check them out:




And now, let's party!

Friday, January 16, 2026

The Really Crafty Link Party #493 featured posts!

Hello and welcome! It's Friday again, so it's time to share the features of this week's link party!


The Really Crafty Link Party #493 featured posts!





Thank you all for joining the party and sharing with us. It's always a pleasure and an inspiration to go through all your wonderful posts!

Scroll down to check out this week's lovely features:

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Cute pouches gift set

Hello and welcome! Popping in here quickly today to show off a new gift set I recently finished sewing: one zipper pouch and a matching envelope pouch, all done in the cutest fabric ever!


cute pouches gift set

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Intertwined Hearts - free cross stitch pattern

Hello, and welcome! Lately I've been seeing a lot of Valentine's Day related posts already, so I decided this week's free cross stitch pattern would fall into that trend too:


Intertwined Hearts - free cross stitch pattern

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Boxy zipper pouch - tutorial

Hello, and welcome! Remember the boxy school bag I made for my daughter at the end of summer last year (find it here)? Well, at the same time I also created a matching boxy zipper pouch, that my daughter uses as a pencil pouch. 


Boxy zipper pouch - tutorial



So today I'm finally posting here the tutorial for the boxy zipper pouch:

Monday, January 12, 2026

Upcycled gift package

Hello, and welcome! Keeping up with my frugal goal for 2026 (read about it here), today I'm sharing here how I upcycled a package (leftover from a Christmas gift) into a new gift package ready to be used: