Helmenstitch

This giant crustacean from the Paleolithic era was completed on 3/27/19 while I watched Aquaman with my husband and mother-in-law. The pattern called for a different water pattern, but I liked the simplicity of the water I stitched.

Pattern was found here, and project was completed 4/7/19. The pattern called for beads, but I decided to wait until I learned how to embroider a french knot. 

Pattern was found here, and project was completed 4/7/19.

This was a Chrismas present for my future sister-in-law. Doing the color changes was really fun, and I enjoyed working with the varigation in the thread, even though I could probably have done a much better job at it. The pattern was free through @shitpostsampler, here on Tumblr.

This is a finish for my brother, to adorn his home. It was my first medium sized project. I have been sitting on this finish since about January. There are a lot of carried threads, but since it was my first time doing this large of a project, I am not beating myself up too much about it. One thing I did really well about this project was that I cut enough fabric to do a proper FFO on it, and I got it mostly centered.

March is complete! This was a free pattern from cyberstitchers.com, and I didn’t have the colors on hand, so I improvised. Part of me wishes that I had actually used the pastels I was supposed to, because I feel like the background is too dark.  One thing I did really well was that I cut my fabric big enough that I can FFO the project in pretty much however I want.

This was created as a present for my father-in-law, and ended up stitching up fairly quickly. I got the pattern from Crossstitchhobbyshop on Etsy, and originally called for being stitched on white aida, but instead, I had this beautiful blue already in my stash, so I used it! I am quite pleased with the result, even if the thread used was not DMC. I’m sure he will love it, at least. There is also a little speck of dust or something on the finished piece there, that I didn’t get a chance to brush off before taking the picture. This is probably the first project I have ever finished, and it was quite an easy start.

This is a project I finished by Stitchinmommy on Etsy. I chose to use pink fabric and dark and light purple floss for the text because they are my mother-in-law’s favorite colors.  This is the first entirely backstitched project I have completed, but it was finished fairly quickly. Again, the framing ended up being a little rough. And, if she prefers after I gift it to her on Christmas, I will probably end up putting a little bit of a border or something around the top.

So, I cobbled together my own cross stitch pattern for a Christmas present for my brother-in-law. This is the first pattern I have created on my own. I did mess up on the spacing on the bottom left, but overall, I am very happy with how it turned out.