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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Counting days, counting stitches

Only a few more days till my husband comes home, and I find myself keeping busy to make the time pass more quickly. 

Today I felt the need to put in some old Stargate dvd's, park on the couch, and hand-stitch. 

power up project

This is my first time doing cross-stitch...pretty much ever. I mean I had one or two attempts when I was 9 years old or so, but I was too impatient for anything that wasn't quick. Cross-stitch is not quick. At. All. 

Working on such tiny stitches with nothing but a printout of some pixelated images was definitely not as relaxing as, say, a nice back-stitch or some hand quilting. But I find cross stitch lends itself particularly well to this kind of image, and the end result is very satisfying.

I can't say yet what this is for, but I can already say that I won't be keeping it. Which is a little sad for me, but I'll get over it. Most of what I make I give away anyway. 

Happy Wednesday!

7 comments:

  1. Those are very cute! Cross stitch is really fun once you get into it.

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  2. It's official. We'd totally be BFFs in real life.....

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  3. Pretty cute. I cross stitch and I feel it isn't quick either. I love the look of it though and I think that's why I do it. I find embroidering is much more relaxing.

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  4. Those are cute! And what tiny cross stitch. I don't know if I'd have the patience for that. Can't wait to see the finish!

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  5. If there ever is a reason for the existance of cross stitch, I'm pretty sure imitating pixel-ated computer images would be it.

    I've never tried cross stitch, but I'm sure I will someday!

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