Custom Stitch Guide
$100.00 deposit · 12 Week Turnaround
Skip the guesswork and have award-winning instructor Cynthia Thomas customize a stitch guide for you and your chosen canvas!
Custom stitch guides range from $100-$280 depending on size, mesh and complexity of the desired finished piece. A $100 deposit allows Cynthia to begin crafting your custom stitch guide to your specifications. Any balance will be invoiced before delivery.
Your completed custom stitch guide will include instructions, stitch diagrams and a thread list for the project. Once completed, we'll contact you about kitting your canvas with the threads listed in the guide. All guides are delivered digitally in PDF form. Optionally, you can request a professionally printed, coil-bound version of your custom stitch guide for an additional $35.
We do require a physical canvas for the creation of a custom stitch guide. Most customers purchase a custom stitch guide at the same time they place an order for the canvas, but you may also request a custom stitch guide for a canvas ordered from us recently but not yet shipped.
If you'd like a custom stitch guide for an existing canvas in your stash, we can do that, too! Send your canvas to us at Stitching Fox, Attn: Custom Stitch Guide Team, 22349 Asheville Hwy, Landrum, SC 29356. USPS is fine, but we highly recommend you ship via Priority Mail to give you peace of mind as it includes insurance value and a tracking number.
To get started, enter the information requested on the form below, add to cart, and place your order. Happy Stitching!
Cynthia Thomas is an award-winning Teacher/Designer who has won ribbons at ANG Seminars and the Woodlawn Needlework Show. She began teaching canvas embellishment in 1987 and is one of the pioneers in the development of commercial stitch guides. She has written hundreds of stitch guides for canvas designers and individuals. She has taught for ANG, Destination Dallas, TNNA, EGA, and shops around the country.
Cynthia enjoys sharing her experience and knowledge of canvas embellishment, stumpwork and ribbon work plus a variety of novel techniques to inspire students' creativity. Her book Noses, Roses and Other Fun Stuff is a compilation of those techniques. She has also created a manual on How to Create Diagrams and Stitch Guides Using Microsoft Office. Her work has appeared in Stitcher's World, Needlepoint Now and Needle Pointers.