About FreshStitches

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The idea for FreshStitches began in 2008 when crochet designer, Stacey Trock, noticed a distinct lack of patterns for big and cuddly stuffed animals. A handful of adorable designs later- FreshStitches was born! Since then, FreshStitches patterns have become legendary for their cuteness, detailed instructions and step-by-step photos. Using the abundance of help and information in the patterns, numerous crocheters have crocheted a FreshStitches animal as their first crochet project! ...more

Interview with Kristen Rask from Plush You! and Schmancy Toys

Blog Events

There's always something exciting going on with FreshStitches! You'll want to read the start here! page to learn about weekly posts... but ...

A designer’s week: September 19th

Earlier, I posted about all the different sorts of things I do as a designer... so I thought you may be interested in ...

Plush Week: Zooguu

I wandered onto Zooguu's etsy shop one day as I was browsing for cute stuffed animals... and I've been an admirer ever since! ...

Plush Week: DIY Fluffies

I'm so sad it's the last day of Plush Week! I've been having an awesome time interviewing and showing you all of my ...

Plush Week: Kit Lane

Welcome to Plush week, everyone! It's an exciting week full of interviews with amazing plush artists, so I hope you'll visit every day! I'm ...

WIP Wednesday: a multi-craftual week!

This week I've been SO multicraftual! In addition to my usual knitting and crocheting, I've been working on my metalsmithing (I'm in week ...

Announcing: Knit and Crochet Design Week!

Have you been looking for an excuse to stretch your design legs? Whether you've never designed before or you're a pro looking to ...

Plush week is coming!

Hey everyone! I'm so super-excited to announce that next week is plush week on my blog! What's plush week? Every day, I'll interview ...

A designer’s week: August 23rd

One of my favorite things about being a designer is that I make my own schedule... so, as long as I get my ...

Interview with Kristen Rask from Plush You! and Schmancy Toys

I'm super excited to have Kristen Rask on the blog today for an interview that will give us all a little insight into ...