Cross Stitch

vegancraftastic · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:14 am

Last night I tried cross stitch for the very first time! It's super easy and fast, I started, finished, and framed my first project last night:

A little more about my project on my blog:

http://vegancraftastic.blogspot.com/201 ... oject.html

Sarah-Jane · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:51 pm

That is so cute.

My sister bought me a cross-stitch set for christmas and I had so much fun with it that I cannot wait to try my next project.

keen_on_quinoa · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:03 pm

That is so great!

Fizzgig · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2011 7:12 pm

where do you find a good cross stitch kit? any recommendations? I am interested in starting

tanis · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:53 pm

That is so cute! I love the snark. I want to start cross stitching.

vegancraftastic · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2011 10:08 pm

Fizzgig wrote:

where do you find a good cross stitch kit? any recommendations? I am interested in starting

I got my kit at my local craft shop, but Subversive Cross Stitch sells their kits online:

http://www.subversivecrossstitch.com/index.html

Erinnerung · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:57 am

Fizzgig wrote:

where do you find a good cross stitch kit? any recommendations? I am interested in starting

I've never used a kit, and I really don't think they're necessary. There are so many patterns available for free online, and as long as you can count, you can stitch. I usually stitch videogame-related stuff, and find heaps of patterns and ideas at Sprite Stitch. But you should definitely start, it's super easy and fun and relaxing.

hoveringdog™ · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:44 am

You can easily create your own patterns from any image using a photo editing program (including a free one like GIMP). I need to finish my Dinosaur Comics T-Rex one of these days.

interrobang?! · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2011 6:19 am

Or you can just use graph paper and coloured pencils, which is mostly what I've been doing since seeing these adorable Firefly patterns. Plus, I just like colouring stuff in.

missmuffcake · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:29 am

I have been meaning to try cross stitch! Good job on your first one!

Momo · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:58 am

Super cute, I want to do this :) Think of all the cat pictures I could make ;)

vegantogepii · **Joined:** Fri Nov 09, 2012 4:21 pm **Posts:** 72

I love cross stitch. For patterns I have a whole stack of magazines, and a couple of books.

I find Amazon to be the best place to find patterns online, and books.

Erika Soyf*cker · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 7:08 pm

Oh my goodness, cross stitch is the best. It's so easy and fun! I just went into a cross stitch frenzy that's lasted about a month; I am stashing away some patterns and photos for a craft blog I'd like to do, maybe next year? I'd love to publish tons of free patterns for fellow craftsters, I'll let you guys know when they're up!

Erinnerung · **Posted:** Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:31 pm

I have an exam that I've had to study for tomorrow night, but after that's done I'm getting started on a Breaking Bad cross stitch for my brother for Christmas (yeah, I get my brother cross stitched stuff and cat paraphenalia for Christmas, he loves it). Super excited to get back into it, it's been a little while since I had the time!

Erika Soyf*cker · **Posted:** Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:47 pm

This one took me a couple of weeks!

missmuffcake · **Posted:** Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:31 pm

cute keyboard cat!

I am working on a rainbow-y gift for a wedding right now!

LazySmurf · **Posted:** Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:41 pm

I made this one last year for my sister for Christmas

There is a [urlhttp://www.picturecraftwork.com/en/]great site[/url] I sometimes use to make patterns.

kara kara · **Posted:** Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:03 am

I was pretty in to cross stitching about 2 years ago. I'm pretty convinced it helped me recover from neck surgery a lot faster. I started this pretty awesome Alaska piece for Fred's mom and never finished it. She'll be here in a few days. I should dust it off and give it to her already.

Kelly · **Posted:** Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:19 am

That cat is the best, Erika!

Erika Soyf*cker · **Posted:** Fri Dec 07, 2012 7:28 pm

LazySmurf wrote:

I made this one last year for my sister for Christmas

There is a great site I sometimes use to make patterns.

I love that! HA!

missmuffcake · **Posted:** Fri Dec 21, 2012 12:45 pm

I made this for my holiday swap partner, this is before I ironed it!

Pattern here:
http://kincavelkrosses.wordpress.com/20 ... tea-lover/

Erinnerung · **Posted:** Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:51 pm

I made this for my brother for Christmas!

The face part is the most complicated cross stitch I've ever done, it's all blended threads and fractional stitches. It's way more detailed than it looks here. Super fun though!

choirqueer · **Posted:** Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:13 am

Erinnerung wrote:

I made this for my brother for Christmas!

The face part is the most complicated cross stitch I've ever done, it's all blended threads and fractional stitches. It's way more detailed than it looks here. Super fun though!

That's amazing! Wow! Such detail in the face, whoa!

Kelly · **Posted:** Sat Dec 29, 2012 10:05 am

Wow!! That is so complicated and awesome. I'm impressed!

Erika Soyf*cker · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 6:29 pm

Erinnerung wrote:

I made this for my brother for Christmas!

The face part is the most complicated cross stitch I've ever done, it's all blended threads and fractional stitches. It's way more detailed than it looks here. Super fun though!

HELLA BALLER!!!

I finished both color and B&W patterns for my Sparklemotion cross stitch:

Pattern is free at my website! http://www.sewsbeforebros.com/cross-stitch.html

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