This was such a pleasure to stitch, I loved every second of it! This piece looks even better from afar and I’m in awe with how the designer used the colours in it 😍

It was my first time doing a riolis kit and working with acrylic wool but I came to really enjoy it, especially with how full the stitches are.

The pattern is called wise crow from riolis ☺️

Heart in Hand needleart mr. & mrs.

Still have to wash and iron and frame but the stitching is finished. Non dominant hand for about 1/4 of it due to wrist surgery and boredom lol. My husband thinks I’m nuts for not leaving the background blank but I don’t know why I have to always stitch a background color, even if it’s white or something similar. It is just a weird thing in my brain I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️

I've looked on google for how to make them but I can only see instructions for making patches. My idea was to do a small design and then sew it onto some sort of backing fabric (maybe some kind of thick felt?) and then superglue a pin to the back. Has anyone tried this before, if so does it work?

Yes I am aware it’s off center and messy- I had already messed up so continued to go off script 😁 Pattern from Dollar Tree.

Hello everyone! After theee months, I finally finished my first cross-stitch piece. I bought the pattern and threads from diyhometown.com. I hope you guys like it! The pattern also included some backstitch, but I have not done that yet, since I am afraid that I will mess it up. I'm very interested to see what you think of this!

I made this a while ago but im so proud of it that i decided to share.

Credits for: https://www.etsy.com/pt/shop/NeedleMinderLair

Hello everyone! I started cross stitching two months ago and I am very close to finishing my first pattern. I really want to stitch Saga by LongDog but I feel like my stitches aren’t as neat as I would like. Should I wait and stitch other projects before starting that one? This is a prepackaged kit from Romania called “Compozitie cu lamaie” from Luca-S

Pattern: Британский кот by Алиса

Still in love with this pattern - so many things to find while stitching!

So far its going well and I've also come across multiple mistakes in the pattern 😅

(I'll share the pattern here once I'm finished with the revisions, if someone is wondering)

Finally found a circular pattern I like. It’s for my future hoop wall, if I ever get around to setting it up 😂 This is 25 hours in, 39% done. DMC on easy count Zweigart evenweave (which I’ll never use again!).

When I had to stitch with ECRU on white AIDA I thought I knew what stitching-hell was.

Then I had to stitch with BLANC on white AIDA. 🥲

Just got this bad boy back from the framers today and couldn't be more proud. I think there were about 50 colours, mostly cream, but worth it in the end. A labour of love and one that I'm glad is over haha!

So I’m finishing up two projects that I’ll be framing, and went to the craft store to get some thin cardboard to mount them on before putting them in the frames. While browsing the cross stitch area, I came across this adhesive mounting cardboard specifically for mounting cross stitch/needlework projects. The entire front is all adhesive that you put the project on. I was tempted to buy it, but I can’t even put screen protectors on phones properly, so I knew I’d most likely mess it up and I grabbed the cardboard instead. (My plan is to thread the overlapping cloth on all sides together behind the cardboard; top and bottom threaded together and then each side threaded together, then put it in the frame).

But I’m wondering, has anyone used the mounting adhesive cardboard before? If so, how well does it work? Do you prefer it over regular thin cardboard? If you mess up while putting it on, does the cloth get ruined by removing it to try again? Or do you only have one shot at getting it on there correctly?

Pattern is by bananapatterns from Etsy (with some minor changes because I miscounted and had to wing it). Discovered while doing this pattern that I love reverse needling, and that railroading my stitches is worth it!

Pattern by GlitchStitchAU

I accidentally stitched the word “muffins” off by one…is it noticeable? I’m thinking no but want more opinions!