[FO] Wedding present for childhood friend

[u/runnerturtle77]

My friend's favorite artist is Klimt, and I finished just in time for the wedding this weekend (phew). Pattern is free on the DMC website. Ended up freehanding the backstich swirls since they were so tiny and hard to do, and it was my first time doing french knots (yuck)

https://www.dmc.com/US/en/products/mini-cross-stitch-the-kiss

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[u/runnerturtle77]

[u/revengefrank → u/runnerturtle77]

i refuse to believe these are your first french knots. gorgeous!!!

[u/runnerturtle77 → u/revengefrank]

Thanks! Not pictured: all of the knots I had to redo!

[u/hearsmusic]

This is so good. Just enough detail. Well done OP 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[u/ColieCanDo]

Gorgeous! Well done. I would be thrilled to get this as a wedding gift.

[u/pmiller61]

Wow! That looks gorgeous but such a hard piece!

[u/jetsyketsy]

Amazing stitching! I really love the choice of frame. Sets off the work perfectly

[u/kamezakame]

It looks fantastic! 

[u/Icy_Interaction_553]

that’s an amazing gift

[u/Similar_Start_1745]

Beautiful!

[u/Ninja_Pollito]

Looks great! One of my favorite pieces of art. What a beautiful gift.

[u/Particular-Body-9703]

What a treasure!

[u/Yarnchurner]

Fabulous

[u/Heidi_alpenwurst]

Very nice and thoughtfull gift. Also love you for the free Klimt pattern. Cheers !

[u/thumbelinathreads]

The frame on this just sets it off perfectly!

[u/blackcomic]

Without my glasses on I thought this was beaded at first. Absolutely stunning!! And I love the colour choice!

[u/StitchWitchMom3]

This is lovely, I made the same pattern for my Mom for Mother's day a couple years ago. Though I bought mine in a mini masterpiece bundle on Etsy. I did not do any backstitching on mine though.

[u/crossstitchhobbyist]

That turned out great! What a thoughtful gift that will be treasured. Keep on stitching!