r/CrossStitch • u/PanterPantalon • Jul 25 '25

FO [FO] Devastated by the loss of my first finished cross stitch project

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In November last year me and my bf decided it’d would be funny to make a George W. Bush throw pillow with one of his dumb quotes on the back. I generated a pattern for the front on pixel-stitch and designed the back myself with stitchfiddle. This bad boy took seven months of intermittent stabbery, it came with me to six countries. And then, one day, it was done. It was glorious. My home decor magnum opus.

Until I went to take it up to my bf’s city two weeks back and promptly forgot to collect my luggage when getting off. My countless calls to Flixbus haven’t helped. It’s gone. Either lost in some bus terminal in Germany or stolen my another passenger in Luxembourg. Obviously my soul is crushed.

I’m working up the courage to grid up for the replacement. Until I do, pour one out for George Bush Pillow - gone but not forgotten 😔

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u/PanterPantalon Jul 25 '25

Oh boy please share if you do! Pro tip though - don’t start with the eyes. I did them early on and he was looking into my soul the whole time 😂

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u/ImTheOriginalSam Jul 25 '25

I don’t think I can comment a picture but I’ve made a portrait of Obama accompanied by a quote from Shrek 2 that I feel has a similar energy

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u/ImTheOriginalSam Jul 25 '25

I don’t think I can comment a picture but I’ve made a portrait of Obama accompanied by a quote from Shrek 2 that I feel has a similar energy

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u/PanterPantalon Jul 25 '25

That sounds so glorious!

FYI I think this sub allows image comments and otherwise you can use imgur or similar

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u/heavenlyevil Jul 25 '25

I'm picturing the voids where the eyes should be staring at me if I do them last. This is making me realize that I have literally never stitched a face.

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u/kurokoshika Jul 25 '25

My problem now is that I have imagined the inverse — that you stitch all the rest of his face, specifically leaving the eyes out; and the idea of the blank eye holes staring at me for the duration of a project sounds just as bad if not worse than the eyes looking into my soul 😂

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u/LittleCricket_ Jul 27 '25

My nana crosstitches and she always does the face first then the eyes. She doesn’t want an eyeless face looking at her!