Cross Stitch Progress (SAL)

I finally managed to unpick all of the backstitching on my Peter pan quote and can show you a proper picture of the finish. Here it is framed and hooped. I'm pretty proud of the fact I designed that and as always for any patterns I make it's available in my etsy shop as a…

Cross Stitch Update

First off I want to say thanks for all of the advice I got on my last cross stitch update. I've given a few of the ideas a go since then but I have to say it hasn't gone well. I tried back stitching in brown like a couple of you suggested, then green as…

First Cross Stitch Finish of 2017

I have a finish to show you! Not only did I manage to finish the stitching for my pin cushion, I also managed to actually finish the pin cushion. Here it is fully stitched and also fully finished. And some close ups: I'm really happy with it, I hashed the counting a little in that…

Cross Stitch Sal Update

It's been another three weeks (what?!?) which means another post for our stitchalong. We've got a couple of new stichers joining in this time. Welcome! Amazingly I have managed to squeeze in some stitching around Christmas. I've manly been going back and adding back stitching (there's a lot of it!) and details which means it…

It’s finally time to eat some cake

It's time for our stitchalongs three week post and I have a finished piece to show! Get the cake out:I'm going to be having some yummy lemon cake I think. How about the rest of you? What's your favourite cake? It's obviously not washed or ironed yet as you can see where its just come…

Finished Hogwarts cross stitch SAL

I've finished my project! All in all it took me about four and a half months, it's only my second ever cross stitch project and I'm rather proud of it! We washed and ironed it last week and here it is: I tell you, washing it was a very nerve wracking experience. I was certain…