Welcome!
Cheryl McKinnon is the designer behind the cross stitch company Tiny Modernist. She was an artist and a fashion designer before finding her true passion designing cross stitch patterns. Her designs often use retro themes, bright colour palettes and bold graphic elements, and are influenced by her love of retro modern, vintage kitsch and mid-century fashion and design.
Her mum and grandmother stitched traditional needlepoint, petit point, and cross stitch, and it was their work that influenced her to first take up Cross Stitch as a hobby. Her designs keep the tradition alive, and modernize it through patterns that have simple, clean lines, graphic colours, with retro modern or pop culture influences.
She has a previous book, ‘Home Sweet Home’ or find her work in numerous books and magazines, such as Cross Stitcher, World of Cross Stitching, XStitch Magazine, Cross Stitch Crazy, Herrschners, Craftways Christmas, and Hachette Magazines. Her cross stitch designs can be found online at and at hundreds of Needle Shops and online retailers worldwide.
Hopefully, the patterns you find here will inspire you to start stitching, or encourage those of you who are already stitchers.
And please remember- we are always happy to help if you have any questions about cross-stitching or the patterns you find here.
Please contact us with your comments, questions, and ideas!
Happy Stitching!
Cheryl @ Tiny Modernist