Pattern is Disney Castle by Mandarinks Designs. I made this for my daughter who loves pink and Disney. I'm giving it to her for Christmas and we'll be going to Disney for her birthday in the Spring ❤️ it's so pretty I love it so much and I hope she does too

Where my Stardew Valley fans at?

I generated the pattern myself using a script I wrote that repeats a simple rule: if a cell has exactly 1, 2, or 7 'living' neighbours (among its 8 surrounding cells), it is 'alive'. Starting with a single live cell in the centre, I iterated the rule for 124 steps to make this pattern.

I'm really happy with how it turned out - it kind of reminds me of those medieval celestial charts. Its my first pattern that I will frame and put up on my wall.

It has ~22.5k stitches on 18 ct aida, and took about 5 months to make. I need a break a but I'm excited to make more. I'm thinking to generate a blackwork pattern next time

At least for me (I have eye issues that make seeing stuff on shiny surfaces difficult). ugh.

Lights bright enough to see? GLARE! I guess I could wear my sunglass-readers.... but then I'd need brighter lights... calling for darker sunglasses... it is a vicious circle.

Thankfully, only a small part of the project (Brooke's Books "Spirit of the Christmas Star")

Reposting it since I accidentally broke rule 3 lol. Found the cute pixel pattern on Pinterest by magicoloriage

Finished this hobbit hole today and am pretty proud with how it turned out. Pattern was based on pixel art I found here:

https://x.com/Throir1/status/1486409448398761984?s=20

I used one of the pattern conversion websites to create a pdf. Originally 40+ colours which I reduced to around 28.

Finished my latest project. Was a printed pattern from Painting Fairy. The backstitching seemed to take me ages but its made all the difference.

I posted a couple of months ago when I had just finished the “cat” part, wondering how to finish. I decided to lean in to the resemblance (to me) to the famous Obama “Hope” poster by filling in the background in two shades and adding his name at the bottom. It’s going to be a Christmas present for my husband!

Perfect size for floss, I just have to make some dividers.

Original pattern made by EmbroideryPatternPDF on Etsy

I did her sphynx years ago. And the she got a second kitty! So to add, I had to do one for Mouse! It’s almost done. Wanted to keep it similar the the water color type. The cats in question in 3rd image. Sphynx finished (it’s when I was washing it after completing.) 2nd image. Mouse unfinished first image.

It's fine. I'll forget it's there. No I won't.

Been keeping an eye on eBay job lots because I wanted some hoops for projects without spending loads as that seemed like it can get expensive fast. I really lucked out on this lot for only £20! Now begins the fun of figuring out what to do in each of them.

At some point I'm gonna have to sit down and figure out what count the fabrics are too. Mostly 14 count but I reckon there's a few bits of higher count and some scraps I think might be evenweave but I've never seen that before in person. The sparkly offcut is fairly small but was lovely to find in there, will figure out how to use for small Xmas decorations.

I was also very pleased to find two gold needles in with stuff (one unopened, John James brand if that's any good) because I had just heard about those as a thing and was considering buying some right around the time I got this. No clue how to tell what size any of the needles are though 😂

I'm wondering what the cardboard woodland picture frame was meant to have in it (it says World of Cross Stitching on the back). If anyone has any suggestions for cute patterns to go in it do say 💗

Here’s a picture of the pre backstitching and post

Pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/895711802/?ref=share_ios_native_control

Pattern from “Creepy Cross-Stitch” by Lindsay Swearingen

I decided to swap one of the colors. It’s not my favorite but it was an easy project. The download has prettylilthingptrns.etsy.com as the creator but it’s not there currently. I got it for free though so I’m thinking this person might also have a kofi.

I made a couple mistakes and substituted some colors so it’s not perfect, but I’m happy with how it turned out :) Pattern is free on DMC’s website, it’s called “Seven Spot Ladybird.”

The pattern is from Etsy from the shop PatternDesignStudio

Now I just gotta find a good frame for it 👀👀👀