The Dutch Girl Cross Stitch Kit & Pattern — A Folk-Art Heirloom in Stitches

Some designs stay with you.

The Dutch Girl is one of mine.

She began as a barn quilt, bold, geometric, grounded in tradition. Inspired by old-world quilt blocks and the women who stitched stories into fabric long before us, the Dutch Girl has always felt like a tribute to heritage and homemaking.

In her barn quilt form, she is architectural. Strong. Rooted.

But in cross stitch… she softens.

Thread transforms her.

On rich black aida cloth, the prairie blues, minty greens, soft whites, and rosy petals glow like stained glass against the night. The geometry remains — the star center, the layered points, the symmetry — but now every shape is built stitch by stitch, one tiny X at a time.

And there is something sacred about that rhythm.

Cross stitch asks us to slow down.

To follow a pattern.

To trust the process.

The Dutch Girl Cross Stitch Kit includes everything needed to bring her to life, carefully selected floss colors, fabric, needle, pattern, and finishing instructions. For those who prefer to pull from their own thread collections, she is also available as a pattern.

Framed in cedar, she becomes a bridge between mediums, barn board and needlework, paint and thread, prairie and parlor.

This piece is for:

• The heritage stitchers

• The folk-art lovers

• The quiet makers who find peace in repetition

• The women who know that beauty is built slowly

As you stitch her, I hope you feel what I feel when I design these pieces, that we are connected to something older than us. A long line of hands that painted, quilted, stitched, and built homes full of meaning.

The Dutch Girl is available now in the shop.

May she bring steadiness and story to your hands. 🌷

With Love from the Studio,

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The Dutch Girl Cross Stitch Kit & Pattern — A Folk-Art Heirloom in Stitches