Flosstube Designer Spotlight: Hands On Design & Pigeon Coop Designs

A big thank you to @adelaidestitches for the inspiration to put together this series featuring some of my favorite cross stitch designers.

My email is eastcoast.crafter.me@gmail.com  
I can also be found on Instagram at eastcoast.crafter 

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*Here are the tutorials I mentioned:*
Arched Ornament Tutorial: https://youtu.be/Y-cFDetC_vk?si=PPiK8PIQ5t4Fdciw
Tree Finish Tutorial: https://youtu.be/YvtmvhmnGd8?si=Hs9DsKP0UP55WgiQ
Mattress/Block Finish Tutorial: https://youtu.be/QzosnrEHNqY?si=dVgCOUxXdLNzR-2F
Three Panel Pillow Tutorial: https://youtu.be/RfRb0ifMncU?si=DeDkkmDJcbiyiydT

*Pigeon Coop Designs:
Max Pigeon started Pigeon Coop Designs in 2017. In addition to his printed and pdf charts, Max has also written two books, Cross Stitch in the Forest and Cross Stitch by the Sea (to be published in September 2026).
Pigeon Coop Designs: https://www.pigeoncoopdesigns.com/

Here is a flipthrough of Cross Stitch in the Forest: https://youtu.be/53OIAJIqH0Y?si=UtlAFsa7wmRuZGeH

Cross Stitch by the Sea is available for pre-order from a number of bookstores.  I also have it listed in my Amazon Affiliate Store: https://a.co/d/0fRHqo5N

Here are the designs I showed, in alphabetical order:
Atlantic Shores
Autumn Drizzle
Blizzard Valley
Fox & Butterflies
Lone Caribou
Partridge & Pear
Sequioa Falls
Winter Walk

*Hands on Design*
Cathy Habermann started Hands on Design in 2013. Since then she has published hundreds of designs.  Cathy and her husband Bill have a flosstube channel with includes a number of tutorials.  And she also recently started a Patreon called The Hands on Design Ornament Club.
Hands on Design: https://handsondesign.biz/ 
Flosstube: @HandsOnDesign  
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/HandsOnDesign 

Here are the designs I showed, in alphabetical order. (some of these designs may be out of print)
31st Block Party
Scary Apothecary Series
Beach Please
Bloom Chalk Full
Botanical Bee
Carrots & Cottontails Farm
Secret Santa Series
Fa La La Mingo
Flamingle Bells
Harvest Chalk Full
Hey There Pumpkin
Hip Hop Chalk Full
Hop on Inn
Humble Honey
Ladybug Picnic
Let’s Talk Autumn
Let’s Talk Spring
Let’s talk Summer
Let’s Talk Winter
Liberty Chalk Full 
Meow Block Party
Merry Chalk Full
More Chocolate Bunnies
Murder in the Garden
Oh Christmas Three
Polar Pear Peek
A Year of Celebration
Snow Block Party
Snowy Chalk Full
Star Spangled Swine
Stitching by the Sea
The Tree Lot
This Bee’s Got Knees
Thread White & Blue
Wally the Walrus
Year in Chalk April
Year in Chalk January
Year in Chalk June
Year in Chalk October