r/CrossStitch

Slightly modified the background from XsandDots pattern on etsy 🙂

Hi Friends!

Well, I finally did it!!!! I finished all the stitching for my WIP! 🎉 I had a spot I messed up on very early in the piece, so had to go back and frog a bit to fix it. I also missed a couple of stitches in the sky and fixed those right up. 🥰

Now it's on to the dreaded backstitching. I'm not a huge fan, but at least with this piece, it's not overly complicated. I'm anxious to move on to my other WIPs. I also still have Amsterdam to start. I'll put it into rotation soon. 😊

I hope everyone has had a great start to October! The heat wave in SoCal finally broke on Friday, but now we're contending with a high tide event, rain, and a tropical storm. What the heck. I'd love some normalcy with our fall weather for once! 🥵

Have a great week and I hope you get lots of prime stitching time! 🥰

Pattern is Copenhagen by Luca-S, 100% complete! 🥳🇩🇰

Stitched 1-over-1 on “vintage mocha” 25ct evenweave fabric.

Pattern was released as a bonus with the final part of the Museum After Midnight SAL, but is also available as a single pattern.

Recent finish. Pattern is by MiloCanStitches on Etsy. Please note: I made MAJOR adjustments to the pattern before stitch to make the letters uniform and reduce the confetti and one color stitches on Rocky.

So, today I've learned that DMC recently announced a number of officially licensed Harry Potter kits, and I'm deeply disappointed & quite upset by this. In case you're unaware, Rowling has in recent years been using her vast wealth to fund a number of legal cases challenging the rights of trans people and attacking trans-friendly organisations. Women's organisations in this country that have been happily including trans women for years or decades, with the full consent of their general membership, are now being forced to exclude those women, get sued, or close down entirely. I have loved ones afraid to stay hydrated in public places for fear of the consequences if they enter a gendered toilet. Trans kids are being used as a political football and having their medical care removed; Wales has already moved on to removing medical care from trans adults too. And the money made from the Harry Potter franchise is funding all of this.

If you, like me, don't want your money to go towards the erosion of trans rights, please don't buy anything from this collab. If you want to go a step further and not buy from DMC at all, at least while this is ongoing, then great--I'll be doing that too. I'll also be emailing their customer care department, hello@dmc.com, to let them know why I'm not buying and to ask them to end this collaboration: if you've got the spoons to send a similar email yourself, then please do. I'd love nothing more than to see them cut ties with Rowling, so that I can return to supporting a brand I've previously loved.

In the meantime, if you've got DMC threads that are close to running out and want to replace them with something non-DMC when they do, Lord Libidan's Thread Conversion Table can help with finding similar colours. Note that DMC now own Anchor, so if you're planning to fully boycott you'll need to avoid Anchor threads as well. And if you have specific recommendations for non-DMC-owned floss brands, or for patterns/kits from trans designers, please share them.

My grandfather was a dedicated needlepointer and I’ve always wanted to try but was intimidated by all the stitch options in NP so I tried my hand at cross stitch and went with a nice big project to learn on! The pattern is Lady & Unicorn from Thea Gouverneur. It’s on 27 count linen, 1 over 2. It took me exactly one year and 2 weeks to complete. Currently in the process of getting it framed now so I can’t wait to see the framed version!

Edits: typos and I did it 1 over 2, not 1 over 1!

So Beary Sweet kit from Janlynn. Stitched on 32ct blue Murano. Keeping the back to myself 😜

Thought I'd get tired of all the shades of brown but it was actually a very enjoyable process!

There is traditionally a symbolism behind embroidering a bear - it is supposed to attract a protector into your life. I liked stitching this sweet bear-girl to affirm the thought that I can be my own protector :)

Winged Toad, designed by needleot designs :) pattern from her fantasy cross stich book ❤️

Excuse my messy back... Only took 48 days ish with around 1/2 hours work a day sometimes less. Was meant to be for a birthday present in March... might gift it at Christmas instead because I have half a mind to keep it. Working in one colour is so relaxing, I'd really like to do it again but I don't know what pattern I'd use.

This pattern was from Pinterest.

Last month I was lucky enough to be Maid of Honour at my little sister’s wedding! This cross stitch was my wedding gift to her.

Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1282598367/rose-wreath-cross-stitch-pattern-floral
Lettering: https://peppermintpurple.com/products/backstitch-fonts

She’s not perfect, but I love her. Pattern is Watch the World Burn by Box and Fox. Washed but not dry or ironed yet.

I love how this turned out! Now I need to go through my frames and see if I have one that fits 😅

This is going to look tight all done. Pattern by: Wonder4pixels, etsy

Took a while to design but I am so excited to finally use it when stitching!

When I bought one of the DMC tins to get a set of colors, I got an idea of putting all of my tools into one place, so I can carry them between rooms or maybe travel with them in the future.

Hope you enjoy the toolbox!

Final result is fun ! The black floss on black aida was a pain and I almost quit, same with the french knots I had to learn for this project.

Finished my raptor, pattern is Clever Girl by WhiteRavenPatterns on etsy.

I did change the colors in the most recent one (I didn't finish the mohawk on the recent one) when I started 2 yrs ago, I made the common mistake of using too many strands of thread.

Meet the last four months of my time. On a joke. Woo.

I made the pattern and it's for sale in my Etsy https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/4369085628/gotham-joker-cross-stitch-pattern

The last picture is my sleep paralysis demon - I put it down, looked over and it looked at me.

I don't use AI. Fuck AI. and Trump.

From Lindsay Swearingen's Cross Stitch from the Dark Ages. Changed the colors to add in some gold thread and sparkly red thread for fish scales.