# Cross-Stitch Sampler: motion graphics style

> A needle works across a grid of aida cloth, filling the word one X stitch at a time in variegated thread, with a stitched drop shadow and a folk-sampler border. Cozy, handmade pixel art for craft brands, seasonal posts and gentle intros.

- Category: [Paper & Craft](https://aimotions.art/category/paper-craft/)
- Also known as: cross stitch text, embroidery pixel art, needlework animation, stitched letters, aida cloth, sampler embroidery, x stitch
- Demo built with: Canvas · Energy: Calm · Background: Light bg
- Live demo: https://aimotions.art/styles/cross-stitch/
- Spanish version: https://aimotions.art/es/estilos/cross-stitch/

## Prompt (replace [TEXT] with your text)

```text
Stitch [TEXT] as a cross-stitch sampler on cream aida cloth. Show the woven grid with tiny holes at every cell corner. Pixelate rounded bold letters onto the grid and fill them one X stitch at a time, letter by letter, row by row: first the bottom-left-to-top-right pass, then the crossing pass on top. Each pass is a plump thread with a soft satin highlight and faint diagonal twist lines. Give every letter its own thread color, from cranberry through orange, gold, green, teal, blue and plum, plus a one-cell navy drop shadow. Frame the cloth with a sage-green stitched border with small rose hearts in the corners. A silver needle trailing thread hops to each stitch. Hold, then unpick quickly in reverse and loop.
```

## Visual DNA

- Woven aida cloth grid with visible holes between cells
- Each stitch drawn as two diagonal thread passes with a satin sheen and ply twist
- Letters stitched cell by cell, one rainbow thread color per letter
- Navy stitched drop shadow and a sage-and-rose folk border
- Silver needle and thread hop to every stitch, then unpick in reverse

The prompts are free to copy, adapt and use in personal and commercial projects, with no credit required. Republishing the collection or a substantial part of it (for example as another library or a dataset) requires written permission.

How to cite: Cross-Stitch Sampler, aimotions, https://aimotions.art/styles/cross-stitch/