Cross Stitch
My mom taught me how to cross stitch when I was about 15 and I've been stitching, off and on, ever since then. I love stitching even though I am a slow stitcher and I often get frustrated - especially when things happen like my thread becomes impossibly knotted or I find out I've made a mistake and I have to rip out stitches and start over. When I had cats, I would often get way too much help from them. Most of my pieces I stitch for myself. I only stitch for others when I feel it will be truly appreciated. Of the pieces below, the keys, Aggretsuko and the coyote were stitched for other people.
I just finished (on May 29) the cross stitch project that I've been working on for 10 years. It only took that long because I'm a glacially slow stitcher and there were lots of times I'd put the project down and not pick it up again until months had passed. I always knew it was going to be absolutely stunning when it was finished and it is! Check out the Fabulous Feline Night Cat by the Moon in the photo gallery below.
Currently, I'm working on an anglerfish pattern that is full of 3/4 stitches. I've had those stitches show up in projects before but I've never worked a pattern where they were an integral part of the design.
Check out some of my finished projects! The images will be greyscale until you hover on them. If you click on them, they will open up in a lightbox (larger view).
- CSS cat - Quaternion Creations
- Sugar Skull Cat - Hanks Pattern Place
- Aggretsuko Choke on My Rage - Grandma Girl Designs
- Martini Glasses - Mid Century Maude
- Tiny Cocktails - Print Print Pattern
- Cat Invaders/Catsteroids - Space Nona's Stitchery
- Vintage Key Set- Sugar Stitch by Ellie
- Books and Coffee Bookmark- Mari and Annie Art
- Black cat on black background - from a pattern book
- Handprints - most likely from a kit. I blacked out my son's name because I didn't want to out him. Also, it might look like I cut off the bottom of the handprints. By the time I was finished with the stitching, his four-year-old paws were so big they almost didn't fit!
- I Refuse to Be Ordinary - from a pattern book Cattitudes The Fourth Litter by Jeanette Crews Designs
- Coyote - no idea where this pattern came from. I stitched it for my mother and after she passed I found it tucked away in her camera case. At some point though he must've been in the sun since the fabric is faded.
- Blackwork Cat - First and only time I have ever stitched on 32 count evenweave! Boy, that was a trip. He's not quite finished - I think the original pattern called for a charm to be stitched onto his neck. Pattern from Kitty and Me Designs.
- Giant Squid - this pattern is from the London Natural History Museum and you can find it here.
- Cat Lava Lamp - Daily Cross Stitch
- Fabulous Feline Night Cat by the Moon - Vivsters on Etsy