Crybaby Cross Stitch

Sometimes I see a cross stitch piece that's only for sale in a kit or as a finished piece. I don't do the kits because I waste too much floss and stuff doing them, and I don't buy completed pieces because part of the joy of a cross stitch piece is knowing that I completed it myself. So I often find myself copying the piece and stitching it up for myself. I never sell them and I always give credit where credit is due. Sometimes I don't even post them. Crybaby crossstitch on Etsy has some great patterns. I think these are the first of hers I did. This one is a finished piece she is selling, but I wanted to stitch it up for myself. I was actually experimenting with marking the aida before doing the cross stitching and seeing if it would show through or not, so I grabbed a scrap piece of glittery aida and stitched it up. Then I decided well, I can't just leave it unfinished, but I couldn't find a hoop or frame that fit it, so I made a frame from Perler beads.

I purchased this pattern from Crybaby Cross stitch. I have several in queue to work on. I love the fabric. I purchased it at Needlewerkes in Copperas Cove years ago, but it was a smaller piece and I while I loved the color, it was kind of pricey and I was saving it for the perfect project. This was it.

Weekend Posting- older embroidery

 When I tried to get back into embroidery again last year, it was around the time we went on our Scotland trip.  I was really excited to do some embroidery on the plane, so I brought everything to do it.  Then we ended up being so cramped on the plane and there was a girl to my left who was sort of panicky so I didn't want to give her more to panic about.  Also, the flight was overnight so there was not a lot of light on the plane.  So I didn't end up doing any, and then when I got back, I was re-focused on cross stitch. 

However, right now, I am in embroidery mode!  I have so many things I looked back on, on this blog, that I would like to revisit.  I really wanna redo the kawaii fruits from some of my first posts, but unfortunately, the file I have is password protected and since I purchased it 15 years ago, I no longer have the password, the email confirmation from the purchase, and I can't find a contact from the seller.  Boo.  I think I do have them printed out somewhere... maybe.  If not, well, guess I'm fucked.

Here are a couple I did last year.  Both patterns are from MiNiceStitch on Etsy.  I did this one for my friend who is a park ranger type person and loves to camp.  

This is one I just thought was kind of cool because she's a tattooed person and the butterfly was fun to do as well.  

More Spookies!

Here are some pieces I did last year. I did this one for Lynn from Night Spirit Studio. I worked really hard on it, and she still hasn't framed it, which annoys me, because I feel like it's just gonna sit somewhere and not get framed but oh well.

I can't remember where I got this one. I don't actually love how it came out, because I miscounted somewhere and so I dind't have room to put a moon in one of the windows.

This one is by BlackWaltzStitching. I actually ended up giving it to Allen's cousin John, as he really loved it.

I think I found this one on Pinterest.

This one is by JagerAndYarn and again, the fabric was too small so I didn't get to do all of the other cute bits that are in the pattern.

Wheel of the Year

 I normally don't ahve the focus to work on something so stitch heavy.  I get bored easily and then put it off and since my brain won't usually allow me to start on a project before I finish the current one, I get in a stitch stop.  This one was a bit different, because I could set very clear goals on where to start and stop.  

This is the Wheel of the Year.  It's the 8 Pagan holidays celebrated each year.  I decided I really wanted to do a Wheel of the Year piece, and this one by The Witchy Stitcher is just beautiful!  So I said I would start one sabbat/holiday and aim to finish it by the time that sabbat/holiday rolled around.  The only one I didn't finish before was Ostara, that purple rabbit, and I actually started and finished it ON Ostara, so it counts!  SO it was basically 8 mini projects, plus the pentagram in the middle.  It took me less than a year to finish, because I started on Samhain around mid-October and finished Lughnasadh, the last one, in August.  So I guess technically that is the one I didn't finish on time but whatever.  It's done, and I really love how it came out.  

Very demure...

I am not up to date on all the memes and quotes people talk about, because I have my mind on other stuff and I don't always catch them. There was something going around about "Very demure, very mindful" that I still don't understand, and everyone is saying it. "See how I did blah blah? Very demure, very mindful." "See how I didn't scream at you before I had my coffee? Very demure, very mindful." Some of them are kind of funny. Julie Jackson of Subversive Cross Stitch came through again, and created this pattern. I have never stitched an alphabet like this. I think it looks really cool!

More Cate Anevski Love

Y'all know how much I love Cate Anevski's art, and how much I love to embroider it, and then how much I love to gush about how cute it is. Here are some more of her illustrations I have embroidered in tha past. These are just illustrations I got from her blog ages ago. I thought they were so cute, and she didn't sell them as a pattern, but I stitched them up for myself.

A ghostly paisley duo...

Individual ghostly paisleys! Sorry about the bad lighting on these... I was not good with taking pics. The fabric on which I stitched the green one was too small to frame :(

I wish I still had this canvas. It was a candle with ghosts coming out of it like flames. Here is a close-up.

A couple of newer ones...

Stitches from the Past

I can't even think of any updates to make this interesting... So here are some newer pieces I've done. This is a Subsversive Cross Stitch piece I did for my BFF from high school. The day I gave it to her (Xmas 2023) was the last time I saw her. She disappears now and then and will resurface. I hope she resurfaces again, at least.

I love British Humor, and I found this pattern on Etsy by StitchyAesthetic. It's from the movie In The Loop, where someone says it's not "Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy", but "Difficult, Difficult, Lemon... Difficult".

I made this one for my sweet little husband. He always randomly says to me, "You my boo!". The ghosts are from a Lola Crow Cross Stitch pattern I got on Etsy and I added the text.

Last one for now, the Hopkins Goblin from the WitchyStitcher Cryptid Stich-A-Long that I am literally years behind on. He is so cute!

Live Laugh UGH.

Pattern by Perikahu on Etsy.

Weekend Finishes

I finished two cool cross stitches this weekend! I used variegated floss for this one and I love how it came out! The pattern is by lagodargentoshop on Etsy.

This one really spoke to me. I had a piece of green aida that was perfect for it! Pattern by BitchStitcheryCrafts.