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WIP Wednesday! How has your progress been during the past week? (lemm.ee)
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It's been a calm week with lots of free time. I made a lot of progress on my secret present project which went from 50 stitches to 600 in the matter of three days (actually two as I can only work on it every other day). The November deadline is more than feasible and by the looks of it it might be done by mid August, September if we count the frame order.

The Greenhouse of Oddities SAL is coming along nicely. I stitched most of Maria Merian, as well as the butterflies she's painting. The brown blob on the top right is going to be an elf owl once I'm done with the backstitching. Speaking of backstitching, I'm going to work on it as soon as I finish this part of the pattern which is actually 3 parts in one, each part meant to be stitched in a week. I'm definitely having fun with it!

Obligatory progress pics!

Unformatted link as Jerboa doesn't like the formatted one for some reason https://catbox.moe/c/wh8o6d

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[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My cross-stitch has been on the back burner for months. It's half done and cute. I need to pull it out for TV-stitching, but I just haven't. Fingers crossed this post/comment is the kick in the pants I need to do that.

The pattern is a vintage kit. It's a unicorn surrounded by flowers printed on non-aida fabric (I'll post a picture once I get home and pull the piece out). One thing this pattern has taught me is that I much prefer the precision of aida and counted cross-stitch--it stresses me to not 100% cover the printed pattern with a stitch.

[–] IoSapsai@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I started with patterns and had a miserable experience because the first kits I got were on 26 count and labeled as "for children" or "beginner friendly" oof! Moving to printed ones saved my interest in the hobby but I get stressed out when the print doesn't match the aida. Now I'm back to patterns and buying my own threads and having a blast! Pattern keeper makes things even easier.

[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My first cross stitch project was a small Christmas tree in a plastic frame. I got it for 50¢ at a charity shop because I know myself--I have a habit of picking up new hobbies and not following through. The weave was wide and the pattern didn't take long to finish.

Found my current project in my photos:

current project: unicorn cross-stitch.

I've done most of the flowers on the outside.