So annoyed and looking for new hacks

DMC box with 500 skeins from Lakeside Needlecraft.

Foam inserts and colour coded bobbins from Pip and Chip.

Bobbin winding by hand, by me. (I don't own a drill)

I found a really cute baby unicorn pattern on Etsy and also ordered some pastel rainbowy hand dyed aida to use with it. The only thing is the pattern is in baby blues and pinks and while its really cute as is, my niece, who it will be a gift for, is not a huge fan of pink. I was thinking I could use some soft and pale yellows to replace some of the pinks, make it more a rainbow theme than just blue and pink theme.

I've never altered the colors on a pattern before though so I don't know if there are any tips or tricks for doing so or should I just wing it?

One of my dogs just got into the floss for a printed kit and destroyed it, so I’m thinking of frogging the stitching I did(it really wasn’t much), washing the print out and using the aida for a counted project instead. Maximum of 170 stitches by 260- anyone have any ideas or patterns that roughly fit that? I believe it’s 11 count aida, if it makes a difference!

I'm currently on page 9 of Pandemic by LDS. My 4 year old got a little rowdy in the living room and my aida ended up taking an apple juice bath. Little man and I were both pretty upset. Should I keep stitching and just try to treat it when I wash before framing. Spot treat now? I'm worried if I leave it, it may not come out in 6+ months when I try to clean it. Any advice is appreciated!

Ahhhhhh I spilt tea on my cross stitch! My cup literally flew through the room and targeted it I swear.

I've washed and dried it now but I'm so upset. Has this happened to anyone else?

I make a point to keep my work far away from my brew and I just have no idea how the cup managed to do that. It bounced from off the side table at the other end of a 3 person settee and hit my cross stitch on the other end and all my thread. I mean what are the chances!!!???

Sharing my first free pattern, honoring the intro to the song 'ONE NATION UNDERDOGS' by Royal & the Serpent. Because Pride month might almost be over, but we're queer all year, babes!

Here is the link to the free pattern on my ko-fi page. (If there's a better/different way I should share this, please let me know!)

It took me a while, but I finally finished the cute "Lovebirds", a free pattern from Lovecrafts.com.

I may have made a couple of changes (changed the flowers to purple, as it is one of my favourite colours, plus I added a few more pink bits)

My first cross stitch 🥰 I'm very happy

I know there are a million and one apps or tools where you can upload a photo or tinker around to create your own pattern, but I am rubbish at them. While I’m pretty decent at following a pattern, I am not a visually creative person and have never been able to draw or come up with cool designs. I have a simple idea in my head of some text/flower design I want to create as a gift for someone and I’m just really frustrated that I can’t come up with anything that looks good on any of the programs I’ve tried. I feel super lame asking for help on this cause I seem to be the only one that can’t create my own designs.

Are there artists or pattern makers for hire? I’m totally happy to pay and support an artist to create a pattern that I can use.

SAT results Morning stitchers. My granddaughter is waiting for sats results. She’s a big fan of gravity falls so I want to do this character. Any suggestions on what words he could be throwing up. She’s 11 so can be naughty but clean. Thanks

Hi, first time posting here!

Finally after saving up enough money, I have created my own perfect little nook for my cross stitching! A chair that is comfortable enough and an embroidery floor frame. Now my hands don't cramps all the time from holding onto a hoop. Even bought a tiny magnifying glass. I really did not know what I was missing out on, haha. What a relieve 😌

What is something you have been dying to change or upgrade about your own set up?

Aside from the Markup app is there any other iOS app that can find symbols on a page?

https://www.modernfolkembroidery.com/product/yuletide-cushion-a-floral-christmas-design-pdf-pattern/

A few years ago, I got back into cross-stitch after nearly a decade of not sewing anything, and embarked on this beautiful pattern from Modern Folk Embroidery.

I used red #5 perle cotton on linen, and then machine sewed a back for it (with a zipper!).

This was a present for my mum, and she keeps it on her bed to this day. Just wanted to share something beautiful, and maybe inspire some wintry stitching ❤️

Does anyone else like the look of 3 strands on 14 ct aida rather than 2, even railroaded? I like the luxurious, rich feel, and am considering it again for another project but -- I have a thing now where, since I learned railroading, I feel using 3 strands to achieve a fuller coverage look is cheating.

I'm looking for experienced stitchers who choose to use 3 strands sometimes, why they do it, or why it's a hard no to ever use 3 strands.

FWIW, I'm likely going to do the 22k stitch project with 3 strands because I find the 6-color block/circle pattern lends itself well to chunky rather than the rustic look. But I'm looking to see if there's any reason to *not* do it.