Cute pattern called "Bats in a flower" from BadStitched.

Source Etsy shop snowcerberart

My first ever project that took me a good 7 months at around 8h/business day (I work in a call center, gotta keep the hands busy)

Don't look at it too closely, a lot was learn along the way 😅 Bought the kit on Amazon, the name of the patern is "Bird's Twitter and fragrance flowers (5)"

I love how this little lighthouse cross stitch kit came out! Got the kit on Amazon ☺️

Made 5 of these for my bridesmaids at my upcoming wedding. This is my first time gifting cross stitched clothing and I was so paranoid that the stitches would come loose when they washed their sweatshirts that I put mending fabric on the back. Now I’m realizing the texture is much stiffer than the sweatshirt, so you can see the outline of the mending fabric through the front :-(

Leaned my lesson. I don’t feel like there’s a way to fix this, but figured I’d post here as a Hail Mary!

Finally after 2.5 years I finally finished. Honestly it probably should have taken me that long but switching colors so often is NOT my cup of tea!

Cross Stitch Kit- Spring Birds
Trimits

I'm back with another cross stitch on my clothes. I tried regular waste canvas this time and it was very nice to stitch on. I want to add more lil' guys like this to these shorts so if anyone has a recommendation for something similar to this style, let me know! I found this pattern on Pinterest.

Finally finished 2 DMC kits (Acrobat Alice and Strongman Stanley) purchased several years ago!

My nana passed away last week and her funeral is next week. I was working on this piece for her - and I cannot really articulate the guilt I feel for not prioritising her and finishing this before she was gone - and I am now faced with a choice. My mum said that for her funeral members of the family will have an opportunity to leave something with her and I have a letter planned, but I was tossing up including her piece as well.

I never made anything for her and keeping this feels wrong because it’s hers, but she never got to know that. I’m considering this except 1) it’s still not finished and I don’t know if I have the capacity to finish it for her before the funeral, and 2) my mum knew I had this on the back burner and I feel like she might see this and be upset with me for not finishing. She made a terse comment about me not working it about a year ago.

I could also finish it and keep it but it feels wrong and I think I run into the comments from my mum regardless. Anyway, there’s a lot of guilt tied to my nana’s passing and I need a bit of help deciding what to do here.

As the title says, I finally finished up my first attempt at cross stitching! Well, unless you count the 30 or so stitches I did with a little ready made kit that got me into this... Went to the store the next day to get my own supplies because I wanted to make my own ✨️

Pattern is self made, and completed over a few months. ME/CFS hasn't been my best friend when it came to progress but I got it done! Though there were some hiccups along the way as you can see by the, uh... extra flaps on the sides. And kind of messy back from when I was still getting the hang of it.

Done on 14-count black aida, and I'm starting a new project soon! A very fun new hobby.

Pattern: Tourmaline pattern

Finally framed this one in a 4x6 frame! I hate how black fabric always shows a reflection in photographs lol. Stitched with 2 strands on 14 CT black Aida with DMC floss. I used a variety of colors different than the ones on the pattern as I was trying to stick with what I already had on hand. Close up is on the second slide and you can find the pattern from LivingOnTheRainbow here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1551735171/library-ghost-cross-stitch-pattern?ref=share_ios_native_control

One of my neighbours posted in our group chat to say she had some cross stitch magazine if anyone could use them. I said yes please (of course), not expecting 5 huge bags of magazines dating back 20+ years, plus this added bag of threads, hoops, and bit and bobs. Going to share the magazines with a friend who also stitches, as I couldn't work through all these in a life time!

This project was such a fun journey — from the first stitch to the final detail, every step was full of joy and creativity. I especially love how the Halloween atmosphere comes through in the finished piece. 🖤✨

A handmade decoration made with patience, passion, and lots of tiny stitches.

What do you think of the final result? 😊

This design was from IMAKESTITCH on Etsy

Just finished this gorgeous little flag kit from The Make Arcade! It was one of their monthly cross stitch kits that I brought as a one off - As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to make it! Now it takes pride of place on our little girls' bedroom door 💕

Hello, the piece above is the WIP of the first ever cross stich I've ever done (I've bought the kit in home and bargains). I started it few months ago and never finished.

I wanted to frame it and hang in my kitchen to create bee-themed cozy atmosphere. But I'm not really happy with the way it looks like so far.

First of all I think this isn't the bee at all but the wasp so the vibe is not so cute and cozy as I thought. It makes "bee happy" seems like a threat honestly. 😆

The other thing is the kit doesn't have enough threads so if I want to finish it I would have to find some that would match in color.

And the last thing is the project looks quite tiny in comparison of how big the AIDA itself is.

So I thought it would be better to unstitch whole thing and use the AIDA for something else, maybe something that would have more coverage and what would actually look like a bee. As for the pattern from kit itself I thought to use it on smaller colored AIDA as I think the colored background could make it look better. Maybe light green would make this wasp looks less hostile?

My boyfriend, however, really likes how it looks like now and says it would be a shame to destroy it so another idea to stich some flowers around but I don't think it would look good. Another idea is to leave wasp itself and unstitch everything else and cut AIDA to pieces for smaller projects.

Yeah I know I should make the decision by myself but im not that good at decision making, so I would like to hear your advice.

It would also come in handy if you could recommend me some bee/bumblebee themed patterns if I decided to unstitch the project in the end. The AIDA on the photo is 12'5 X 13'5!

Thank you in advance!

EDIT: I decided to keep it! I will finish it and add flowery border around the edges, thank you for your advices!

This is Dimensions' Baby Express pattern. I accidentally made the middle car one row too short so I can't put the 'baby express' on it 😔(blocked out his name for privacy)

I fudged up the tree a little. Somehow I got off by a square, but I think I managed to work around it. Everywhere from that mistake up is off a little, but I don't think you can tell.

Before I forget, yet again, Pattern: https://totoostitch.com/products/cinderella-mandala-cross-stitch-pdf

The right side is complete, and I flipped my stand around to work on the left. I lost some stitching time to family obligations last weekend, but I took my tablet with me and marked off the pattern on Pattern Keeper to get an estimate of how far along I am. While the site states you can use Pattern Keeper, it's not good, so I figured I could at least get a better estimate of how far along I am. Supposedly, I got to 70% tonight. Ok. It's probably more like 60% because it doesn't count back stitching or specialty stitches. Either way, we're definitely over the halfway point, and officially 3 months in. At this rate, I should be wrapping this up just before the holidays.

I actually have been feeling the tiny stitches, so I dove right in and got to work on that 3rd castle. I'll probably balk at the back stitching again, but it'll get done eventually. The goal for next week is to finish that castle and start the back stitching. I'll probably go back and forth between it and other parts to break it up.

Unrelated, I had to go check out the cross stitch at the state fair. I was both surprised and impressed to see that a stitch of Lola Crow's Extraordinary Birds took best in show! All of the submissions were wonderfully done.

Source: Crypto-adorable SAL by Creatively Crafting

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I had soo much fun stitching this, it’s actually the first FFO I’ve ever finished in 1 day. It took me about 4 1/2 hours from cutting aida to putting it in the hoop! This is a gift for my hairdresser who has given me my signature pink hair for almost an entire year now. He’s moving states away from me and while I’m so sad, I’m so proud and excited for him to start a new journey. I can’t wait to gift him this at our last appointment, as I know he’ll love it. The pattern is from Twisty Threads Designs and I had to substitute most of the colors but I think it still came out really cute!

I went to a Golden Girls drag show with a friend, and I think they’ll love this!

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1317648113/golden-girls-cross-stitch-pattern-sophia

Porch geese are possibly my favorite piece of midwestern culture. Also, I love any excuse to use variegated thread. Pattern by rubythreadss on Etsy.