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joyshirley

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Hi, everyone

I really enjoy cross-stitching. I haven't done any for a long time. I like using canvases with the pic already on it and then all I have to do is buy the matching threads and away I go. I've done several big ones for other folk but never one for us. Perhaps I'll have a look in the craft shop soon.
 
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I do cross-stitching , although I do it in bouts these days - either I'm stitching feverishly any time I can for a week or so, or I don't touch it for months!

I'm the type of person who always goes for big, complicated designs - I like Paula Vaughan, Teresa Wentzler, Lavender & Lace - those types of things.
 
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Hi everyone!

I discovered cross stitching several years ago and now it's a favorite thing to do to unwind and let my mind kind of go still for awhile. As a writer, sometimes I need to shut down the thinking process for a bit and just relax, lol.

I'm currently working on a portrait of Christ for my bedroom, over the bed. After I finish that, by the end of the month I'm sure, I'm going to start on a bunch of Christmas ornaments to send to friends and family. Last weekend at a garage sale I got a great book with 501 smaller sized motifs and they have fifty different Santa patterns, most of which are perfect size to laminate, put on a ribbon and give as ornaments!

Anyone else already planning their Christmas stuff? lol
 
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I have been interested in cross stitch since my grandma first gave me a needle and thread as a child and have just started a new project of a beautiful Japanese woman in a patterned kimono. In the past one of my smaller projects was a bookmark for my Bible with an image representing faith, hope and charity.
 
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I did stamped cross stitch as a kid with my grandmother but my stitches never looked quite right. When I was in my early 20's I used to ride the bus to work every morning and usually sat next to the same lady each morning. She was doing a counted cross stitch so I just watched her for a few weeks and then went to my local craft store and bought a little kit. I've been hooked ever since -- nearly 20 years now. I love the way the fabric helps to keep your stitches uniform and some of the newer charts are so nicely shaded they almost look like paintings rather than stitchery. I enjoy seeing something come forward out of the blank space. I always have several projects going but my 2 main projects right now are a really nice representation of the creation story and a bellpull for my neighbor. The creation story one is one that I have been working on for several years and I have no idea how many hours I have into it. The bellpull is one I started just a few weeks ago -- it is from a pattern I found in a Stoney Creek magazine. They have great patterns but lots of backstitching!!

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~~whimz~~
 
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ChildByGrace said:
Hi

I was just wondering if anyone else on here does cross-stitch?
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I do needlepoint which is almost like cross-stitch,except done on plastic. I can take a cross-stitch picture and put it on plastic and it comes on real pretty.
 
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I love to do counted cross stitch. I have done the Last Supper & also a portrait of Christ. I wish I could post the pictures. It won't let me until I have 100 posts. I made one of the Last Supper & gave it to my parents for Christmas of 2003. I sold one last year & have another done that is also for sale. I also sold the portrait of Christ & I am working on another. I have done so many I lost track of them. It is very addicting.
 
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simpletrust

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I've recently started to cross stitch, I'm still on my first one actually I've enjoyed it so much so far I've already bought a couple more kits. I'm going to give a couple of them as gifts. Already I'm wanting to do more difficult projects because I think I could handle them, is there any risk in being too ambitious with skill level so soon? Are harder ones a lot easier to screw up than they look? In the future I'd like to make a banner for my church, although maybe really am getting too ambitious there, lol.
 
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