r/CrossStitch

this was my first oval type piece so it gave me a bit of trouble early on had to go back and re do it a few times but overall turned out great imo !

Pattern by Stitching Land piece called Art Nouveau Ship II

Finally back from the framer! Unfortunately, just a day shy of the wedding anniversary but ah well. I'll be gifting it tomorrow 🫶

For us stitchy folks, we're no strangers to projects that take years before we see them complete, and this has been waiting about 7 years.

When I first got into cross stitch I absolutely fell love with the filet crochet patterns from The Antique Pattern Library website and did several of my favorites. They sat in a corner of my studio until January 2025 when I finally mounted them all with foam board and hat pins, and found an affordable custom frame builder on Etsy. I bought unfinished frames, finished them myself with black and a soft gold, assembled them with hardware and backing... and left them in a ready-to-hang stack for over a year.

Today I finally hung them up. The thermostat was replaced after the wall was last painted, so now I need to either fix that blemish or commit to painting the whole wall a new color. Either way, I'm very very happy to say I finally have these loves on display in my home 🖤🩶🤍💜💛

Just need to find them a good spot on the wall! All patterns from https://thestitchpatterns.shop/

With time to spare, too! Very rare for me when gifting crafts lol.

My first time trying backstitch, it’s not perfect but I’m very pleased with how it worked it out.

Back is super messy, ha! Didn’t get a picture of the actual back before doing the thread circle thing (peep my aida surgery falling apart). I might try to clean this up before gifting but this is for one of my closest friends so I may just leave as is.

Pattern by Witchy Stitcher

Hi everyone! It’s my first time posting here and my first time picking up a needle since elementary school. After a ~30-year hiatus, I stumbled upon The Witchy Stitcher’s Seductive Kermit pattern and I just knew I had to make it.

​Is it perfect? Definitely not. Am I proud of it? Absolutely! It was such a blast to work on. I’ve already ordered The Witchy stitching book and my "to-stitch" list is growing faster than I can keep up with.

Original pattern made by EmbroideryPatternPDF on Etsy

I have been working for this for SO long purely because the entire ‘sky’ behind the wave was full stitched (something I’ll never do again!)

Not super happy after framing how the finished pattern wasn’t exactly straight, but this was also the first non Aida fabric I’d used.

Will post the link in comments.

This is the RHS “A Year of Blooms” mini cross stitch kit. I loved completing this and being able to see the frame fill up as I completed each one.

My favourite flower is the sunflower 🌻

Made this blackwork for my husband's birthday. Pattern is Steampunk Gear and Cogs Raven by ExLibrist on Etsy. It's 1 over 2 on 25ct evenweave. I used silk floss that I bought at a fibre festival in Michigan about 4 years ago so the colors are a bit different from the pattern, but they aren't extremely far off.

Now I just have to frame it. I picked up a frame that I'll be modifying to make it look like pipes. This makes me happier than it should.

All of the cross stitches done. Now onto backstitching and then beads.

Design by lilisstitch.art on ig, she is fantastic!!

I loved doing this so much, I started on a second copy for myself.

Second pic is WIP.

Hope everyone had an easy start to the week! 🌸

Got this as a birthday present. So excited to start using these!

I bought some cross stitch supplies back in Nov 2024 as part of a therapy program I was doing that encouraged patients to develop mastery over some skill, but I never actually started it. I had only been able to find one kit at the sewing shop I had gone to, and it was cute, but it just didn't inspire me, and I didn't know what I would do with it when I finished. So I put it off forever 🤣

Over winter break though I found myself with more time on my hands than expected, and a creative itch, so I picked it back up. I thought "use two strands" meant "two lengths of the 6-strand floss in the kit" and totally mucked up my first attempt at that kit! Stumbled on this subreddit and learned a bunch, then started working on things that really get me going - making unique, niche gifts for friends. I am so glad I started - this has been a huge boon for my mental health! I have always struggled to maintain human connection through conversation or activities, but I love love love expressing my admiration and affection for them through gifts!

1. Self drafted, toy pony (stitch fiddle chart generated from art in the game Dance Dance Revolution) as a surprise gift for one lucky participant in a women's dance game competition

2. Give Jenny Credit - an inside joke for my work team, made with GlitchyFont from https://www.etsy.com/listing/1731001798/glitchy-font-cross-stitch-pattern

3. A dapper fox for some friends who wish to start a fox themed cocktail bar - self-drafted based off an illustration on some wrapping paper I have

4. Three Drinks - hodgepodge of DMC pineapple cooler pattern (https://www.dmc.com/CA/en/products/pineapple-cooler-cross-stitch) mirrored and color shifted for watermelon juice, this kawaii lemonade from etsy but without the face (https://www.etsy.com/listing/4426970617/anniversary-love-mini-cross-stitch), and a photo of a matcha latte that I chartified in stitch fiddle

5. Please Don't ... from https://www.etsy.com/listing/220260991/pattern-subversive-funny-cross-stitch

6. Queerkat - a gift for my partner who loves meerkats and is super queer. meerkat from https://www.etsy.com/listing/1862575336/meerkat-cross-stitch-pattern-easy with background self-drafted

7. Lemon & rhubarb happy - from https://www.etsy.com/listing/574884109/happy-lemons-rhubarb-digital-pdf-cross but I didn't have variegated thread and I wanted it to be vibrant because the friend I gifted it to is very vibrant, so I tweaked the colors

I'm working on two simultaneous projects now and have like 15 more planned so I guess I am a cross stitcher now?? 🤣

My other half said he had a surprise for me the other day and proceeded to bring home a 66 quart tote full of floss and some aida cloth pieces. There are some that are just thrown in ziploc bags but most are bagged and sorted numerically and most bags have more than one skein. The colors go from white up to 3829. I think I’m set for a while.