Showing posts with label cross stitch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cross stitch. Show all posts
Monday, March 30, 2015
Saturday, March 28, 2015
New Project
New cross stitch project is underway. Custom pattern created for a friend who is getting married this fall. I have just under 6 months to complete it. Going to be tight.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Cross Stitch - done! And framed!
Done! I'm ready to get these little guys out of my life. Even though I'm super happy with how cute they turned out. Apologies for the iPhone photo.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Cross Stitch Progress is - in a word - Slow
Don't get me wrong. I love cross stitching. But it is a form of torture. It takes foooorreeevvver. And if I don't wear guards on my wrists the Carpel Tunnel strikes with mighty force. But these pieces are coming along nicely, if slowly. They are for a complete stranger, I am probably going to lose money on the deal and I have abandoned all of my other current projects... but it's worth it. Look how freaking cute they are!
PS Tomorrow is my 5th wedding anniversary. Look how cute we were!
Friday, March 29, 2013
Littering and...
A new pattern posted to my Etsy store. I cannot get enough of this pattern making program.
No word yet on whether my Diplomat Friend has received my package yet.
Steady progress made on custom cross stitch. The picture below is out of date. I will post another tonight... she said optimistically.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
March Madness
Well. Haven't the last two months zoomed by. I'm not quite sure how that happened. But I can say that I have spent a lot of time on my *fab* new Etsy shop - pieces of candy crafts aka https://www.etsy.com/shop/piecesofcandycrafts
I had a few quilts lying around that I decided to try and sell online. The photos came out, well, crappy. So the ads do not convey the well crafted snuggliness of said quilts. But I have a few baby gifts that I need to dole, so I suspect all will work out for the best.
The main products I am schilling on pieces of candy are cross stitch patterns. I could probably spend weeks on end playing around on MacStitch, my cross stitch pattern software program of choice. *buzz market* The most popular pattern is that of a baby announcement that is very simple and modern, with a little elephant design. These designs are certain nothing ground breaking and I will have to keep my day job. But I like them, they make me happy, and the 6 or 7 people that I have customized the pattern for seem happy as well.
I was commissioned to stitch a few of these for a nice woman in NY. I am waaayyy undercharging her (basically just for the cost of materials plus about $10, which works out to approximately $.00000001 per hour of labor), but they are fun to work on and I like the idea of my work hanging on someone's child's walls.
So we'll see where this goes. I'll have to post photos of the Fetus Charlie's Hungry Caterpillar quilt - the only other project I've been working on lately. I boldly decided to free motion quilt. I had a lot of faith in my Husqvarna quilting machine. *buzzzz* I won't keep you in suspense - it turned out beautifully! It seems pinning the crap out of it yielded great results. I loved the way that you couldn't do it wrong. Unlike stitch in the ditch or lines at right angles, anything went and you didn't have to sweat the small mistakes here and there. The most annoying part was that my thread broke alot - I don't know if I should have been using a heavier thread or what. Something I will have to investigate before my next FMQ project.
And for good measure, here is the Rupper:
I had a few quilts lying around that I decided to try and sell online. The photos came out, well, crappy. So the ads do not convey the well crafted snuggliness of said quilts. But I have a few baby gifts that I need to dole, so I suspect all will work out for the best.
The main products I am schilling on pieces of candy are cross stitch patterns. I could probably spend weeks on end playing around on MacStitch, my cross stitch pattern software program of choice. *buzz market* The most popular pattern is that of a baby announcement that is very simple and modern, with a little elephant design. These designs are certain nothing ground breaking and I will have to keep my day job. But I like them, they make me happy, and the 6 or 7 people that I have customized the pattern for seem happy as well.
I was commissioned to stitch a few of these for a nice woman in NY. I am waaayyy undercharging her (basically just for the cost of materials plus about $10, which works out to approximately $.00000001 per hour of labor), but they are fun to work on and I like the idea of my work hanging on someone's child's walls.
So we'll see where this goes. I'll have to post photos of the Fetus Charlie's Hungry Caterpillar quilt - the only other project I've been working on lately. I boldly decided to free motion quilt. I had a lot of faith in my Husqvarna quilting machine. *buzzzz* I won't keep you in suspense - it turned out beautifully! It seems pinning the crap out of it yielded great results. I loved the way that you couldn't do it wrong. Unlike stitch in the ditch or lines at right angles, anything went and you didn't have to sweat the small mistakes here and there. The most annoying part was that my thread broke alot - I don't know if I should have been using a heavier thread or what. Something I will have to investigate before my next FMQ project.
And for good measure, here is the Rupper:
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Here is my latest finished work. It is the first thing that I've cross stitched in a while - I really quite enjoyed it. Adding the fabric border was super easy, and I just put it in a simple frame. I wish I'd gotten a photo of the back - all sealed up with duct tape. Worked like a charm.
And here's a shot of me and The Rupper at the beach in New Hampshire. You haven't lived until you've made your baby cry by dipping his toes in the freezing cold ocean.
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