Cross-Stitch Vienna is a passion project created by an individual who really needed a hobby to escape the turmoil of 2020.

It started as a project that could be enjoyed offline, away from the overwhelming negativity. The Mistress remembered that time in high school when she was gifted a cross-stitch kit and how soothing it was to stitch and disconnect. She decided to give cross-stitch another try. She had an idea to gift someone a custom pet portrait and learned to convert an image to a cross-stitch pattern using one of the free online tools. It was glorious and so rewarding.

When the finish was washed and framed, the Mistress decided to learn how to design cross-stitch patterns properly. She immediately went full throttle and set up a website on the 5th of January, 2001, to share her creations under the name inspired by its city of birth, Cross-Stitch Vienna. Mostly dark and morbid has been the theme. Soon, the famous No Body No Crime and No Bodies No Worries true crime charts were birthed and became the signature designs of Cross-Stitch Vienna.

Now Cross-Stich Vienna has grown its library to 80+ gothic cross-stitch patterns and observes over 1000 monthly downloads.

You can browse the ever-growing repository of free cross-stitch charts or you can visit the official CSV Ko-fi shop for more creepy cross-stitch!

The Prologue

Once upon a time, there was a person. She lived in a world plagued by fear and anxiety. She struggled with her own issues already and did not need more thank you very much. She wanted to escape. If not physically, then into her imagination. So she searched for that escape. And searched and searched. And finally, she found… She found…