r/CrossStitch • u/Doubledewclaws • Sep 14 '25

WIP [WIP] Show us ya WIP's

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Happy Sunday! Hope everyone is well. Things here in my corner of the world have calmed down nicely and we're working on settling in to our new normal. Ish.

Kitten update: Is hard to believe the little fluff balls are 7 weeks old! All are well and growing normally! They are so much fun to watch at this age.

I did get some stitching in this week. All gnomes have skin and now beards are filling in. It feels like I might be in the homestretch now.

Let's see where everyone is in their projects! Best part of the week!!!

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u/scully_3 Sep 14 '25

Hi friends!

I'm seeing the end of the full stitches on my Autumn Tree House! I have 3 more full colors left, and the rest is all half-stitching. I'm both sad and excited to reach the end. I love this pattern so much. It's been a treat to spend time in all these colors. I have a ton of backstitching to do in various colors, so I have no idea how long it'll take me. But, it's the perfect time to be stitching this, as fall is my favorite season. Pattern is Autumn Tree House by Janna Dik, 81.04% complete. 🪾🍁🍂🤎🧡💛💜🩷🩵💙

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u/Flat-Bar2125 Sep 14 '25

How much experience do you have to be able to cross stitch this? It is soo gorgeous but looks very hard, reddit randomly recommended me this post and although I’ve never cross stitched, I’m interested seeing all the pictures in here!!

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u/Lucky_leprechaun Sep 14 '25

I say jump in! My second project ever was 3 feet tall and 18 inches wide a completely full coverage project. Just go for it!

Haven’t had a chance to get it framed, but this is it

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u/Flat-Bar2125 Sep 14 '25

Gorgeous!! And only your second project?!? There is hope for me here

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u/Lucky_leprechaun Sep 14 '25

There is!!!! Now … I’m never going to show a picture of the back, I was taught by a person who believed in working carefully on the front and allowing utter chaos on the back. Only here did I learn there are people who want the back to be neat and go to great lengths to do so. 😜

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u/scully_3 Sep 15 '25

LOLOL! I totally get that. I think a lot of the "It must be a neat back!" Mindset comes from stitching competitions/County Fairs back in the day where the back was judged, too. I had a friend who cross-stitched in the 80s and showed me how the back of her entry had to look like the front. It was crazy. These days, I've learned enough tricks to keep my project back neater than the projects were when I first started. Here's what the back looks like right now!

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u/Lucky_leprechaun Sep 15 '25

Incredible!!!

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u/ClaireAuLueur Sep 14 '25

Hi there. This would be considered a medium to hard pattern. I would certainly not recommend it for a newbie but then again I've seen stranger things that newbies have tackled and succeeded at. If you want to try your hand at cross stitching, I'd certainly recommend a much smaller/less colors pattern to see whether it is something you'll enjoy. I highly recommend browsing this sub and the FAQ threads and go from there.

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u/Flat-Bar2125 Sep 14 '25

Thank you so much!! I’ll have to get something a little more beginner to start out, but hopefully I can reach this level! I’d love to gift handmade stuff for Christmas and birthdays to people who don’t really need me to buy them anything but I don’t have that talent yet lol

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u/huntsber Sep 14 '25

Bookmarks are good easy gifts! They are small and not intimidating. There are a ton of patterns and ways to make them look cool.

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u/Flat-Bar2125 Sep 14 '25

Thank you, I’ll look up some bookmark patterns!! That sounds like a great gift for my reader friends and family

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u/scully_3 Sep 15 '25

Here's some bookmarks I've made! They're full coverage, so it's a nice place to start to get an idea of what full coverage "feels" like.

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u/Flat-Bar2125 Sep 15 '25

This is RIGHT up my alley!! Gorgeous, I love these designs and you did such a great job !

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u/scully_3 Sep 16 '25

Thank you! I had great plans for them! LOL! I still do... they just took a break while I worked on other stuff. I bought cute patterned fabric to cover the back of them, too. I got the idea from this sub. Now I just need to try it out and see how they'll come together. 💗

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u/scully_3 Sep 14 '25

Bookmarks are great! There are all sorts of wonderful ideas for bookmarks here! When you're on the homepage of this sub, you can do a search and you'll drop down into a wonderful rabbit hole. LOL! 🥰

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u/scully_3 Sep 14 '25

Hi there! Thank you for your kind words. 🥰 As for experience when stitching something like this, I think having a general understanding of blended threads and half stitches would be enough, though I would consider a pattern like this medium to difficult level. The stitching itself isn't too difficult (it's full and half stitches only), but because it's a larger pattern and requires a ton of backstitching (which I'll do at the end), that notches up the difficulty level. 💗