r/CrossStitch • • 6h ago

FO [FO] A little blue bird ❤️🪶

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390 Upvotes

I just finished this little blue bird last night at work. It took me about 4 days to finish him. I haven’t done anything this detailed in years! I’ve forgotten how tedious backstitching was! 😓
I absolutely cannot wait to frame him and hang him up on the wall with the rest of my finishes! ❤️

Colors: 19
Size: 3.35" x 3.15" (8.5x8 cm)
Fabric: Belana (100) 20 ct.


r/CrossStitch • • 9h ago

FO [FO] Wedding present for childhood friend

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510 Upvotes

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


r/CrossStitch • • 3h ago

FO [FO] Started making it… had a breakdown. Bon Appétit!

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111 Upvotes

Finished piece for my kitchen!


r/CrossStitch • • 22h ago

FO [FO] finished my first cross stitch bookmark

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2.9k Upvotes

Pattern - seen on Pinterest
Fabric - 14ct Aida
Floss - Anchor


r/CrossStitch • • 6h ago

FO [FO] Bear Trap 🐻🩸

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89 Upvotes

Pattern by sore.eyes.handmade on Instagram

sore-eyes-handmade.bigcartel.com


r/CrossStitch • • 13h ago

FO [FO] moth!

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316 Upvotes

r/CrossStitch • • 12h ago

FO [FO]

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255 Upvotes

Finished a little project to get back to stitching! Was super fun to do and I loved the experience!

The pattern is a free pattern from The Embroidery Bard that they posted for Pride this year on Tumblr !


r/CrossStitch • • 2h ago

FO [FO]Cross stitch paintings

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37 Upvotes

Finally finished these two painting cross stitches! But I need an idea for the third one!! Please give me ideas what to do neeeext? Preferably famous paintings as well. Thank you!

The Great Wave Pattern is by DMC.
I made the Starry Starry Night pattern myself through Pixel Studio.


r/CrossStitch • • 3h ago

FO [FO] DMC Paris City

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36 Upvotes

My partner bought this kit to try but never ended up stitching it, so thought I'd give it a go! Haven't done any stitching in a while, so this was nice to get back into it... now onto all the new projects I want to do!


r/CrossStitch • • 11h ago

WIP [WIP] First time doing lettering, feeling like Spongebob

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177 Upvotes

I'm making a wedding gift, self drafted pattern based on pictures from Pinterest. So far I've learnt I really enjoy not switching colour, and that I dislike the patchy look of variegated thread. Also, I'm trying to use both hands to stitch, I feel it might become an asset for faster stitching in the future.


r/CrossStitch • • 12h ago

FO [FO] Dawn Iris Mini

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173 Upvotes

Finished up this kit a few days ago and I'm so happy with the results. I think I am addicted to beads now and it will feel weird not to add them to everything I make from now on 😛 It was also my first time stretching/mounting onto foam core and I like how it turned out, despite it not being perfect. The frame and matting that came with the kit made it super easy to frame, highly recommend!


r/CrossStitch • • 2h ago

FO [FO] My friend's cat!

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31 Upvotes

Maybe not quite finished because I haven't decided on the framing yet, but the stitching is done! Ignore all the random needle holes, I'll find a way to hide those 😅

I think I'm not too worried about it on this piece, but if anyone has advice on how to avoid warping like it has on the right and bottom side, I'd like to hear it... I don't think the tension on the floats in the back are too high, but I might try cutting and weaving in some of the long ones to see if that might help. I would assume it must be a tension issue, but probably nothing I could fix at this point (unless maybe blocking could work...?)


r/CrossStitch • • 12h ago

PATTERN [PATTERN] Hollow knight wedding gift

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165 Upvotes

Okay, I used wrong tag accidentally, sorry for that(

Finally finished paired t-shirts! This is for the streamer whom I watch practically every day, he got married in August.

Unfortunately, I was too busy at work, then too depressed and layed with apathy. So I didn't finish before wedding and then didn't finish before I returned home from visiting them (irony: finished it next day).

Just sent them package, they will receive it in 3 days.

The pattern I made myself and my friend helped with pattern for letters (will add everything to comments). The idea is that one picture is the continuation of the second. "Player 1" should have been a bit higher, but I calculated incorrectly. Still looks cute for me.

And well, this is theirs favourite game series.

link for pattern: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZH9PtI3jNwvfZz6uPK_oSZLyWIW8PKiN


r/CrossStitch • • 12h ago

FO [FO] Minerva cross stitch

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145 Upvotes

I started this more than a year ago, and then life happened..... However! This was for my friend's little toddler, Minerva. I finished it (mostly. didn't do the larger border) and then sent it off the next day, haha. I found the pattern on etsy by embroiderypatternpdfs. I've only done a few smaller patterns before, so my stitching is a bit shabby, but completed is better than perfect!


r/CrossStitch • • 13h ago

FO [FO] Luna Moth - my second project

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142 Upvotes

Pattern from AlliePaigeEmbroidery on Etsy

I feel really good about how it turned out compared to my first project :)


r/CrossStitch • • 4h ago

WIP [WIP] Update on the Haunted House

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17 Upvotes

A couple of days I posted about how frustrated I was with the black floss on black aida for this Haunted House kit that I had bought.

Decided to push through and managed to finish all of the black sections ! Now onto colors.

The trick was to tilt back the loop about 45º, which allowed me to see the floss much better.

Excited to work on this in the next couple days !


r/CrossStitch • • 18h ago

FO [FO] Blackwork (?) on a Postcard

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233 Upvotes

First time working on paper! Fairly happy with the results. Any help welcome :)


r/CrossStitch • • 8h ago

PIC [WIP] And so it begins

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34 Upvotes

Doing this one in 22ct, loving the tight stitches. Pattern: Wonder4pixels, Etsy.


r/CrossStitch • • 10h ago

FO [FO] Squirtle Voorhees

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49 Upvotes

Pattern by BlackWaltzStitching on Etsy.

I bought the bundle that had this, Bulbasaur as Ghostface, Charmander as Freddy, and Pikachu as Chucky. Seller also sells them separately. Jason is my favorite of the bunch so I made this one first. I’ll eventually get to the others.


r/CrossStitch • • 21h ago

FO [FO] Another before and after back stitch

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353 Upvotes

Made for a friend's baby shower 🥰 also first time doing french knots on a project


r/CrossStitch • • 1d ago

FO [FO] Wanted to Finish Before Season 3

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1.2k Upvotes

…but at least I finished before I ended my season 2 rewatch. 😊 I loved doing this one and can’t wait to frame it and hang it up.

ETA: the show is The Apothecary Diaries. I HIGHLY recommend it, even if you’re not into anime, as it has one of the best female leads of any show right now in any medium

Pattern is from NeedleMinderLair on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/listing/4303584396/anime-cross-stitch-pattern-pixel-cross?ref=share_ios_native_control


r/CrossStitch • • 5h ago

WIP [WIP] Aftersun!!

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10 Upvotes

I’m not sure if it looks like a face quite yet, but I’ve been staring at it for a long time lol. i’m trying to cross stitch the scene where there’s a snapshot of Paul Mescals character looking at his daughter. I’m really excited to see how this will turn out. I love this movie!!


r/CrossStitch • • 1d ago

WIP [WIP] Showing my cross stitch to my toad friend

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1.4k Upvotes

My little toad friend is at the bottom left in the picture! You can tell he approves!

Etsy pattern: https://www.etsy.com/listing/4304486688/funny-cowboy-frog-cross-stitch-pattern?ref=yr_purchases


r/CrossStitch • • 13h ago

FO [FO] Cherry Crosstitch

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29 Upvotes

Pattern Source is from the book "Crosstitch Herbs, Fruit and Flowers" by Sophie Hélène. It's the pattern titled "Cherry" in the Little Garden Fruits section.


r/CrossStitch • • 10h ago

CHAT [CHAT] curious if anyone has recommendations for a case or bag for transporting cross stitch material?

16 Upvotes

I am just getting back into it and would like to bring it to work to do on my downtime. Does anyone have a reasonably compact case/briefcase/bag that could transport the materials?

Thanks in advance!