It’s time for me to show you all what I’ve been working on these last few weeks.
This is the first pattern that I have designed myself and I’m quite happy with it so far. I’ve finished the first go but I think I am going to go back and change the font I used for ‘Life’ to the font I used for ‘football’ as I just don’t think the font I used goes with the rest of the piece.
There were a few small changes along the way too, more to do with spacing or a stitch in a different place that I made a note of and am going to go back and change in the pattern too.
I was a bit worried about the colour changes in the word ‘GAME’ but I think they came out okay in the end. It’s not as abrupt as I was fearing. I really should have taken a better picture as it’s all crumpled but I’ll save that for when it’s done and framed. That’s my excuse anyway!
I did it on 16 count AIDA fabric in oatmeal, which wasn’t as dark as I was expecting so the white pitch lines don’t show up as well, but I think it still works okay.
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Ever The Crafter 
A great idea! It’s our local football derby today and it’s VERY serious.
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Which Derby are you talking about? Just watched the Manchester derby on tv 🙂 it’s definitely a very serious thing!
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Newcastle v Sunderland They drew 1 each.
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It’s a fun design, and would be appreciated as a gift by quite a few blokes, I suspect, so it’s definitely worth getting the pattern revised to your satisfaction!
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I’ve revised all the adjustments to the pattern and changed the font now but haven’t re-stitched that part yet. Unpicking stitches is so hard!
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Isn’t it, though! Which is why I decided to leave my piece well alone, minor bloops and all. That’s the trouble with watching TV while you stitch….
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Haha! I never go back and fix the small mistakes. My whole thing is off by one stitch? Who cares. But I’ve changed a large section completely here so it’d be very obvious.
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that’s brilliant!!! a great design and I love all the different lettering and the green of “game”
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Thanks. I was worried the greens in game would be too blocky but I like how it came out in the end.
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I think you did a great job! What software did you use for charting (just out of curiosity) or did you do it with pencil and paper?
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Thanks. I used PC stitch (10? I think). It’s the first one I’ve designed using it so it’s pretty easy to use. I wouldn’t have the patience to do it by hand!
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That looks great. I love how you’ve got the pitch outline beneath the text, and the colour graduation in Game looks really good.
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Thank you 🙂
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Nice embroidery, made me happy even if I don´t like football 🙂 So well done!
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Nice design and great stitching! I love the color changes in the word “Game”. I think that the font you did “life” in looks just fine. I love the look of all the different fonts. Looks fun 🙂
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