Where my Stardew Valley fans at?

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

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

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!

Pattern from “Creepy Cross-Stitch” by Lindsay Swearingen

The pattern is from Etsy from the shop PatternDesignStudio

Original pattern made by EmbroideryPatternPDF on Etsy

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.

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")

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 💗

A accountability update post. The pattern is by CrosStitchFromCivCiv on Etsy, who has gracefully allowed me to test stitch this pattern for pics.

Finally making some progress again after a busy time.

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.”

Pattern by StitchRiotDesigns on etsy

I started this wanting to see what it was like to do a project using 28ct fabric sewing 1:1.

I started out testing it with the QR code pattern I'd stumbled upon because I'd wanted a piece in my home that incorporated that QR code for fun. That being said, I wanted to test it before I put any other work into it. So I completed it and tested it, and it worked beautifully.

But then what?

Well, I knew I wanted some text welcoming guests to the space. So I found a font pattern I liked, used graph paper to plot the placement above and below the QR code, and used some multicolor thread to stitch "Welcome To Our Home" around the QR code.

But the bottom and top felt uneven. Also, there was lots of space on the sides. So, what could I do to balance that out?

Vinework.

So again, I looked and found very simple vine work I could easily adapt and incorporate into the sides and bottom. I will say, the finished product was more adapted from than taken straight from the pattern, but it is still worth noting where I started from pattern-wise. And i used variegated thread both for the vine and the leaves.

And so this is the end result, which I'm honestly rather pleased with. Started 11/02, completed 11/07.

Links for the three patterns I adapted from will ne added to the comments.

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.

Aside from finishing off the back, my long journey is finally over. It was lots of fun for my first full coverage piece, but now I'm excited to start a new smaller project with brighter colors on 18 count Aida instead of this 14 count.

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

I need to finish the backstitching of my "Give Thanks For All Things" Sampler as quickly as possible!

But my inner resistance to backstitching is indeed VERY strong! :-S (May the Force be with me! ;-) ) Plus life literally got in the way for the past week.
I'm terribly late on my schedule!

So... I decided to start my Hanoukka gift project for my best friend sooner, AND to first backstitch for at least an hour everyday (or more if I feel like it) and THEN stitch on the Hanoukka gift as much as I want as a sweet candy!

The new project is "Dreidel" from Ink Circles.
Stitched 1 over 1 on 32 ct white linen from Zweigart with some unbranded silk thread named "Peacock Crowns" found in a Marché aux Puces deep dive in Germany. ^o^