Our story
Off the flash wall.
Into the hoop.
Old-school tattoo flash hung on shop walls so sailors and bikers could walk in, point at a sheet and walk out wearing it. Bold outlines, a handful of colors, nothing fussy. It turns out that's exactly what makes a great cross stitch.
Tattoo flash, charted for the hoop.
Skull & Cross Stitch turns that style into patterns: snarling panthers, anchors and swallows, sacred hearts, Krampus, tarot cards, and a few softer things drawn with the same heavy black line.
Every chart is built to be easy to follow. Patterns use 4 to 15 DMC threads, chosen for the design rather than crammed in, with bold gridlines every 10 stitches, center markers and a full thread list with skein counts. It all comes as a vector PDF that stays sharp when you zoom in on a tablet and prints clean at home.
And every pattern comes with a code for X Marks, the free stitch tracker we built so your chart lives on your phone, your progress is saved and your floss is accounted for.
How a pattern gets made
From flash sheet to floss.
How we make them: designs are created with AI image tools, then redrawn and cleaned up by hand for the stitch grid. Photos on this site are digital mockups of the finished pieces.
Stitched one?
We'd love to see it. Tag @skullncrossstitch, or send a photo to hello@skullncrossstitch.com.
Something not right?
If anything in a chart isn't working for you, email hello@skullncrossstitch.com and we'll make it right.
New drops
8 collections so far, with seasonal sets through the year. New designs land on this site first.