r/Needlepoint

My bf’s a huge Moby Dick fan and we both love Spielberg, so for his birthday I found a Jaws-inspired Moby Dick poster that I adapted to a canvas on Stitchly. I wanted the variegation on the threads to feel more splotchy and natural so I stitched in 10x10 grids of basket weave for the sky and whale, which might be my new go-to for stitching in Basketweave now because it was way easier to keep track of my stitch count. Finished in a Sudberry wood box, used Threadworx for the thread.

First picture without flash and second and third pictures with flash… I was hoping the background color would provide enough coverage so you wouldn’t see the Charleston text, but it’s showing through. Should I remove and try to paint over with a matching lighter blue? Or, will it not show as much when finished as a pillow? Or, last resort just stitch as the design is intended?

Thank you in advance for any advice!

super proud on how my first capital F finished piece turned out!! the canvas is coco frank x inslee - color swapped the bees (and added 2). tulips are tilli thomas essentials (continental stitch), bees are tilli thomas essentials (long stitch), and the background is silk&ivory (Byzantine Mosaic Stitch). had the frame lying around and got the map custom cut at hobby lobby!! 🌷

I found this on the curb this morning with tape all over it so I pulled it out and let it dry...

I like that the cats have their own line in the water...

I’m so proud of how this canvas turned out! I plan on finishing it into a door hanger as a gift for a friend.

If anyone has gentle feedback on how to improve my stitching I would be open to it since this is only my second ever canvas (but I have been cross-stitching for a couple of years). I did have to use my snag-nab-it tool to clean up several of the stitches because they were fuzzy - any way to avoid that in the future? 🩵

I’m relatively new to needlepoint and just learned basketweave. I know the back isn’t important but am I doing my basketweave stitch correctly?

I plan to frame it! Should I stitch the background white or do you frame it as is? 🪿🥂

I want to finish this canvas into a pillow! This is the kind of pillow I want it to be. Do you have any suggestions for a finisher? I want to preferably keep it in the $100-250 range.

Any advice on my satin stitch? Something looks not right about it to me (first time doing it). Should I try horizontal or vertical instead of diagonal?

What should I do for the IA if I keep going diagonal? Thanks!!

Portofino 🇮🇹

Does anyone else love making these little kits?!

Just got this in and I’m so excited to stitch it! I am a divorce attorney so making this a pillow for my office. Anyone have stitch and maybe color ideas? I don’t think I want to stick to straight blue and white.

I bought this Coco Frank x Inslee Farris for myself for my birthday a bit ago and I’m ready to finally kit it. I plan to use as a pillow so it will be getting some wear and I plan to basketweave the entire canvas. I have seen the Coco Frank blog recommendation for fibers, but I’m not sure I want to stitch with Silk and Ivory. It always ends up feeling fuzzy-ish to me. What would you do if you were doing this canvas?

In case you needed another sign not to order from Poppy and Patch/Poppy & Patch/Poppy & Patch Designs — they lied to me in writing to say their canvases are painted. Then, when I posted this to facebook, they emailed me to threaten a cease and desist.

Other known issues/common complaints:

1. ⁠Stolen designs from other artists
2. ⁠Exclusively using AI images — they don’t actually have any poppy and patch branded tape, all orders ship with this blue tape, even that is AI.
3. ⁠Every listing and email says final sale. The only reason I was able to get a refund is this email.
4. ⁠They have no reviews on their website — I went to leave this as a review and there is nowhere to add it.

They did say they’ll refund me once they have the items back and sent me a label. I dropped the package off today and emailed to let them know (paper trail people!) and am hopeful that I’ll actually get the refund, but I have a great paper trail for a chargeback if needed.

Adding this here since they have NO place on the internet where you can directly leave them a review. The website has no reviews and no review options, Facebook has the reviews featured turned off. Reddit works really well for SEO and will pull posts with their name, especially if it’s in the title and repeated multiple times in the comments.