If I don't tell them about mistakes and the thread changes, lol.

I don't have the 03 and 04 colors, so replaced them with 317 and 318. My mistake as these lack of contrast, but I still love how it comes out and enjoy the process.

The pattern is American Gothic from Etsy

Posted about these earlier, asking for advice. In the end I ended up switching to linen because my Aida and metallic threads just didn’t get along 😔

Because of the time it took to start over, I decided not to do a border or anything extra but go with just a small oval loop.

Really pleased with the results (well, de N is still in progress) and officially my very first ever finish objects!

Can’t wait to gift this to my sister and her family next Saturday! 🥰

I have a stain on my aida. It is a full cover piece, should I just hope the stitches cover it? Or should I try to get rid of it?

Any tips are welcome!

By god I’m tryin’ but the motivation ain’t there.

I took everyone’s advice and got my wife the Lowery for her birthday. And a lamp. It’s a hit :) thank you!!

I'm so slow and I really don't know how to go any faster. I have a few projects I wanted to get done by Christmas not realizing how much time I would need. I have completed 1 but am halfway through 2 others and not even started on the last 1... But the last one is gonna take me all year. Am I just severely underestimating how long it should take?

Pattern is "Cat" from DMC. Not original colours, but I am still proud of myself. My first try of 1/4 stitches.

Pattern by SnarkyArtCompany He’s ready to frame!

Because I'm not a glutton for punishment, I only do one metallic piece per year. Here is this year's sacrifice. I heavily altered this pattern from KalandraDesign on Etsy.

It's crunch time for us Christmas gifters! I'll be working hard and sleeping very little! Let's see where you're at on any and everything! Don't forget pattern credit and no patterns in photos! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1612582675/snowmen-ornament-cross-stitch-pattern

made this as a gift for my anxious fiancé who feeds me delicious meals ❤️ we’re going to put it in a square frame later!

The inaugural Christmas gift to the husby. I’ve done one of these cross stitch patterns since taken it up in 2021

🪡 Design by BeverlyStreetShop https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1781371925/ 🕥 4 hours 24 mins as

The pattern reminded me of Emmrich from the new Dragon Age game, so I went with a fade green and a dark emerald to match him.

Hey everyone! The countdown to Christmas has started and with it the Advent calendars. If anyone of you has gotten a cross stitch Advent Calendar, this is the thread to post about it.

There's only one extra rule for posting in this thread, to avoid spoiling it for everyone: After you've opened your daily goodie, please wait 24 hours to post it here. So if you open Day 1, do not post about it until December 2nd and so on.

(Everyone in Asia and Australia please remember that you're up to 19 hours ahead of anyone on the east coast of the US. So please don't wake up on the day after and immediately post. It will still be the middle of the previous day for some people.)

Small reminder: Charts are not allowed in pictures. So please keep that in mind while posting.

Part 7 of I don't know how many more. I'm sad that in falling put of love with this. It's my own fault - the sampler comes with 11ct aida which I thought was too much so I swapped it out for 16ct. But now the backstitch is hard going and I'm losing the details in their faces. Hopefully I will find the love to get round to part 8 at somepoint

My Mom surprised me by giving me her floss collection on Thanksgiving. I had no idea she even had floss (she’s a prolific knitter). Everything is incredibly neatly labeled and in numerical order. I’m so excited and grateful! This gift will hopefully save me some trips to the craft stores (for now).

so taylor swift has added these concept drawings into her book and i’d love to be able to cross stitch them into small cross stitch pieces.

only problem is tho, if i try to go small then every detail will be lost so i guess id like some help with getting that detail and where to find a place to make it ? or if anyone has already made patterns similar.

So I've been trying to find a good Lewis Hamilton (F1 driver) pattern to make for a friend, I found a few, but they're not quite what I was going for.

So I tried making my own using a combination of obamapostermaker.com and Floss Cross (.com). A full color image would need around 70+ colors to make it look good, an that felt daunting. I'm very recreational, so I went in the opposite direction, to under 7 colors. Regardless, I'm not sure I want to start a project of this size if it's going to suck.

So, does this even look like Lewis Hamilton? Would YOU start this project with this pattern? How would you improve upon this? The more I look at it, the more I don't like it. It's like a mug shot. Or a Terminator/android/robot. And I think I screwed up the eyes. Ay ay ay ay.

edit, yeah some stitches are missing, I've been trying to reduce the number of colors by removing and replacing, which is to say it's not the empty spaces I'm worried about. Just the whole thing. Ugh.

Definitely need to keep practicing but so chuffed with this result.