Embroidery: Yes, all the threads must be separated

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cool kids inc.: May 27, 2005; I swallowed a bug

Hey, I've been doing cross stitch, too!

This was my first project:

And this is what I'm working on currently:

It says "TARDIS Sweet TARDIS" to the right.

# ¿ Jan 16, 2015 22:43

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 06:26

cool kids inc.: May 27, 2005; I swallowed a bug

suddenly cats posted:

drat, those portraits are really cool! I'm tempted to try one for myself.

So I gave my newlywed friends their Godzilla cross stitch, and they loved it. Here's my current project:

Well this is great. I love the party tit quote!

# ¿ Jul 8, 2016 21:03

cool kids inc.: May 27, 2005; I swallowed a bug

poolside toaster posted:

Just back from Michael’s, bought some basic supplies - some scissors, needles, Aida cloth (16?), and a variety pack of floss. Going to try some simple block color designs just to get more used to the techniques.

Where do y’all get your supplies? Michael’s had a conspicuously poor selection of project kits (mostly cutesy/kiddie crap), but a big selection of floss colors. I suppose I should start searching for patterns as well...

It's been a hot minute since I've done any cross stitch, but there are an estimated metric gently caress load of patterns and kits online. Etsy has some fantastic kits if you're looking to avoid the cutesy stuff.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2018 01:24

cool kids inc.: May 27, 2005; I swallowed a bug

Tears In A Vial posted:

The Greve textile museum in Denmark is doing a Covid themed exhibition. I was very honoured to be asked to contribute my large format stitch that I posted a few months ago.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_h1IiNndhF/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIGR9DvngQT/

I think they had hoped for things to be better, rather than worse by now, so I'm not sure they're going to get quite the attendance they had hoped for. It's a real shame, but the exhibition is open until June so maybe we'll all be shot full of Vaccine by then?

Well this is the coolest thing I've seen in a good long while! Grats!

# ¿ Nov 28, 2020 01:28

cool kids inc.: May 27, 2005; I swallowed a bug

https://a.co/d/dpUZX8g

The Royal School of Needlework Book of Embroidery is great for this. I got a digital copy on sale for like 10 bucks and I reference it all the time.

If she's amenable to online resources, I've yet to find a guide more comprehensive (and free) than this one:

https://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/stitch/

She's a bit chatty, but not more than necessary about the history of the stitch and if you don't care it's easy to scroll down to the photo tutorials for each.

This is separated by family so if you have a vague notion of the look you want, you can get a whole bunch of options on how to do it here.

For example, I struggled with French knots at first, came here to the knot family tab and learned how to do colonial knots which are easier for me and get an almost identical look.

One thing to note is that on Amazon/Etsy there are a lot of unscrupulous folks literally copying patterns for samplers, so if you want to buy one, be sure to find the OG creator if that matters to you.

cool kids inc. fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Feb 10, 2024

# ¿ Feb 10, 2024 16:53

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