| I rediscovered cross stitch yesterday! | | When I was in high school I dated a guy who did cross stitch. It sounds weird, I know -- but his mom was so against anything that his dad liked that she taught her sons to enjoy the hobbies she enjoyed. He taught me how to do it. I haven't done any... | |
| | Is cross stitch losing its appeal? | | Way back 1990 to 2000, cross stitch is an in thing here in the Philippines. There are many activities that made many young and old alike to participate. I was surprised than even men do cross stitch and their works are at times better than women... | |
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| A new site I found | | I was surfing as usual about cross stitching and found this site that has free patterns and thought I would share with those that love cross stitchinghave fun looking...http://x-plane.org/home/stitchniche/patterns.html | |
| | Cross Stitch patterns | | I love to cross stitch even if i barely got time for it. Once i had patterns downloaded online. Are any other site you know where you can download nice cross stitch patterns? I like angel patterns mostly. | |
| | heard from my niece | | Remember the wedding sampler I made for one of my nieces? She sent me this note today:
"Thank you so much for the beautiful cross stitch. It really means a lot to me to have a handmade gift from a talented person like yourself."I'm glad she liked... | |
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| New project started | | Well, I have started a new project called "The Accolade". It is 127,075 stitches, on 14 ct. Aida and will be tapestry size. I managed to get 300 stitches done today Has anyone done one of these large size pieces? I much prefer doing large ones to... | |
| | How much of a perfectionist are you? | | When cross stitching a piece, how much of a perfectionist are you? If you make a mistake of one stitch in any direction and don't notice it until 100 stitches later do you take out the 100 stitches and correct the mistake, or do you work around it?... | |
| | Kits vs patterns | | I've always bought cross stitching kits as opposed to patterns and materials. Which do you find more cost effective? I have seen some great patterns, but it seems that by the time I buy patterns and the materials needed, I would be better off just... | |
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