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Hello!
Was just reading through a previous thread and was just wondering how many bb members are cross stitchers?
It was mentioned that it seems to be a fairly old fashioned hobby :redface: but I love it!!
I took it up when I was pregnant with DS and although I don't get much time to do it at the moment I find it so relaxing and a great accomplishment when I do finish it!
What have you cross stitched?
Anyways... just curious I guess!
xxx
Oh oh oh!!!! me me me!!!! [Muppity jumps up and down]
I love it. I spent time each day doing something. I can't do it in front of the TV because I loose count so I knit then - but lunchtime and bedtime activity is cross stitch.
I am about to start a whole series of nursery rhyme ones that are each about A4 size - so should take me a while
Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (and Shel, but she'd prefer it if you didn't tell anyone :p)
I've actually just started making patterns out of photos, aren't I clever ;) Gonna stitch a few and maybe start doing it for others.
Me! Not doing too much now that Samuel's arrived (before his afghan was finished, dammit!), but when it's cool enough I try to do some before bed each night.
BW
Oh yea so I'm not the only one!!
Funny you should say that Leash, I'm about 3/4 of the way through the one I'm doing now (beautiful butterflies that I started when I was pregnant with DS - that's how much time I get to spend on it now lol) and DH asked me what I was going to do next and suggested I do a family pic - I was like how the hell do you expect me to do that!! I really don't think I'm at that kinda level yet but I'd be really interested to know how you'd go about it?
I'm glad people love cross stitching as much as I do!
Ooooooooooooo... I can't tell you my secrets if I'm gonna try and make some spare change ;) But it is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hard. Especially colour matching, though its not too bad really. It took me ages to set the colours as a palette in photoshop, but now I have its not too hard ;)
Me, have just picked it up again after about 5 years as I am currently laid up with a stress fracture. I finished Lachlan's birth sampler that I started when I was pregnant with him (he'll be 5 in april lol) and I am now working on a photo of Kameron that was taken when he was around 2, that I scanned and turned into a pattern. Just brought some more cottons online a couple of days ago as I didn't have all the colours i needed for Kameron's pattern.
Kameron's will take me a few years I think LOL. Well it already has. When I am back on my feet my normal life will return and the cross stitch stuff will return to the wardrobe ;) Probably be dragged out again when I have all the kids in school.
Adkins, there is a program you can buy called Cross Stitch Made Simple. You scan the pic into the computer, upload it to the program answer a few questions about how many colours you want, cloth size etc and voila.
PMSL theres a PROGRAM!!!??? :doh: :lol: That would've made life heaps easier a few weeks ago!
I love my cross-stitch. Every year at least one person gets one as a present.
There are actually a few computer programs that will create patterns from photos. JB Hi-Fi usually has them.
Currently doing a Wizard in front of his spell book. My favourites are the Fantasy ones. The Fox Collection has great patterns and kits.
LOL Leasha. I saw the program on Ebay as well the other day. Had a few brand new copies available. Can't remember where I brought mine from originally, I have had it for probably 6 years.
i've just recently taken it up again - doing a quilt for my bubba - hoping to get it finished soon! not that i'm getting anywhere with it with this heat - it's too damn hot to have a quilt sitting on me while i work...
I love Cross stiching too. I have done some cat pictures, a clown and a few other small things. I am currently working on a cat one where the cat is sitting on bookcase. But in saying that things take me forever to do because I go through phases where I do heaps then leave ti for a while
PMSL Leash! You poor thing!
Thanks for the tip astrolady!
Count me in too! I am halfway through Alister's birth sampler (I had put it away for a while). I've done one for each of the kids - they are in my gallery here on BB. I have a set of 30 little Christmas stocking decorations that I meant to do last Christmas, but I couldn't fine a hoop small enough till just recently. I sit in front of the telly doing mine mostly.
I have a DMC pattern creator that will do all the colours for you - you can even do photos etc. Its so easy to use.
Muppity - I would love it if you could link me with where you got your current project from!
Oh, me too! I actually started when I was 10! (yeah not something I told my friends!) My favourite one I've done is a picture of 3 wolves. I've also done heaps of horses. I really have to get round to getting them framed.
I know captain, I have DS's birth record framed but I did it myself and it doesn't look that great. I think I might take it to a professional framer.
Glad I'm not the only cross stitch lover lol!
I am! I love cross stitching, just dont get enough time to do it! I'm almost finished one to go up in bubs room - is winnie the pooh, tigger, piglet and a few ducks under a brolly with silver rain falling down - just have the rain drops to finish :) may be considered old fashioned, but I love it!
I love crocheting blankets too, and love sewing...just never got the hang of knitting haha! I think it would be awesome if more people took up the hand crafty stuff :) is great for me cause I cant bear to be idle, but can watch a movie happily if I have a needle or a crochet hook in my hand!
:hello: put me down as a xstitcher. I started an A-Z 10 years ago, lost the pattern, had a friend find the pattern but still haven't finished it yet! If I could, I would do it 24/7
does anyone know where you can get really good patterns from? There used to be a really good shop in Adelaide years ago that had them. I'm after a birth sampler one for bubs.
Cross sticher here as well, but to be honest I have not touched it since I fell pregnant with number one :redface: Would love to get back to the one I started years ago "Castle Sampler" by Teresa Wentzler (I love her stuff), I have another big one waiting of hers called Fortunate Traveller. A lot of blended threads, so takes a bit of set up to get some stitching happening.
Got into it when I was 12 or 13yo. At High School they had "extra subjects" of an afternoon. We were late rocking up to enrol and all that was left was Danish cross stitch. Not impressed at the time, but really enjoyed it once we got into it.
Are you still in Adelaide ?? There is Gina's which is on Research Rd in Pooraka. Not sure where in Adelaide you are if you live here. Pretty sure Gina's is still there. I was going to take a drive there this coming week as I need 1 thing of DMC cotton that I somehow missed on my online order the other week.:
OK me as well!! I started when a friend was having a baby 8 years ago and did a birth sampler for her and its just got bigger since then. I am 3/4 of the way through DD's which is a little girl reading a book with toys around her. I had better get off bb and back to crossstitch!
Sue
Astro - no longer in Adelaide - unfortunately :( Let me know if she does mail order.
me too :dance:
I started when I was pretty young (after my mum taught me how to hand sew, knit and crochet) and I used to make bookmarks for my friends with their name and a little pic on them (self designed)
I did a sampler for DS1 all i had to do was put his name etc into it once he was born.
I used to use graph paper to create my designs ... but then again I have been told I'm pretty crafty like that.
I really should pick it back up again (now with 4 kids, don't really have much time for anything, for instance a blanket I started crocheting for DD who is now 5 :rolleyes:) but yeah, will get back around to stuff eventually :rofl: