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moonvoiceI had a really good start of the year for cross-stitch, and then massively slowed down around late July-August actually weirdly partly because the shows I was marathoning (SVU and X-Files respectively) both got pulled from streaming sites, and I just haven't been able to get my brain back 'online' to manage to do cross-stitch again?
It's been really weird. And the stupid thing is, I own all of the X-Files, but apparently that extra step/few steps of changing the DVDs etc. is enough for my brain to go 'no, too hard, do work instead.' Not very useful!
As always, all of these are kits, I don't use hoops (or do anything 'properly') and I mostly just do it to zone out for a bit.
Owl Forest's Frog Princess x-stitch kit - This was the first kit that introduced me to 'single square' stitching, which was *intense.* You can see it on the face and the hands of the princess.
There's no back-stitching (mostly) in the Owl Forest kits, and I like that their colours are very basic, with natural gradations of colour in the floss (except for white and black)
RTO's - Hare in the Night x-stitch kit - This has been one of my favourite projects in a while, the colours were so interesting.
This one shows my process of working in quarters or eighths (in this case, eighths).
One of the projects that looks *completely* unfinished without the back-stitching
And with the back-stitch
Details. I'm quite proud of this one.
Please excuse the cat fur:
Merejka's Bullfinches x-stitch kit (incomplete)
Normally I don't back-stitch until the very end of a project, but for once I'm back-stitching as I go. This is about half-way complete. (Actually now it's much further along, but I don't have a photo of that).
It's amazing how much of a different the back-stitch makes in this project.
Decorative embroidery (ongoing) - I took on this project because the hems were falling apart, and I didn't want to re-hem the jacket. It's a Studio Ghibli jacket that can't be purchased anymore, and I think I've had it for around 8 years now. It needs some more work to actually make it like, less 'falling-apart-y.' I have a habit of literally wearing my clothing until it falls apart, and now I have I guess, some very not good skills at doing something about it.
Obviously this is all hand-sewn and awful. But I'd rather walk out of the house with awful embroidery rather than like, the 50 holes in my hems, lol.
In this one you can see one of the other fraying sections I have yet to fix (probably with more flowers).
It's been really weird. And the stupid thing is, I own all of the X-Files, but apparently that extra step/few steps of changing the DVDs etc. is enough for my brain to go 'no, too hard, do work instead.' Not very useful!
As always, all of these are kits, I don't use hoops (or do anything 'properly') and I mostly just do it to zone out for a bit.
Owl Forest's Frog Princess x-stitch kit - This was the first kit that introduced me to 'single square' stitching, which was *intense.* You can see it on the face and the hands of the princess.
There's no back-stitching (mostly) in the Owl Forest kits, and I like that their colours are very basic, with natural gradations of colour in the floss (except for white and black)
RTO's - Hare in the Night x-stitch kit - This has been one of my favourite projects in a while, the colours were so interesting.
This one shows my process of working in quarters or eighths (in this case, eighths).
One of the projects that looks *completely* unfinished without the back-stitching
And with the back-stitch
Details. I'm quite proud of this one.
Please excuse the cat fur:
Merejka's Bullfinches x-stitch kit (incomplete)
Normally I don't back-stitch until the very end of a project, but for once I'm back-stitching as I go. This is about half-way complete. (Actually now it's much further along, but I don't have a photo of that).
It's amazing how much of a different the back-stitch makes in this project.
Decorative embroidery (ongoing) - I took on this project because the hems were falling apart, and I didn't want to re-hem the jacket. It's a Studio Ghibli jacket that can't be purchased anymore, and I think I've had it for around 8 years now. It needs some more work to actually make it like, less 'falling-apart-y.' I have a habit of literally wearing my clothing until it falls apart, and now I have I guess, some very not good skills at doing something about it.
Obviously this is all hand-sewn and awful. But I'd rather walk out of the house with awful embroidery rather than like, the 50 holes in my hems, lol.
In this one you can see one of the other fraying sections I have yet to fix (probably with more flowers).
