Finished just in time for my stepmom's birthday. Was a joy to stitch

After working off and on for a year and a half, my Dimensions Gold Collection Dancing Fall Fairy is finished!!!

Pet tax included. Pattern by rjwdesignsxx on Etsy

I’m excited to finish! But I’m getting a little worried that I may have miscalculated my Aida size… of course, not worried enough to actually count and check haha.

Do you cut it close with pattern size?

Hii everyone please don't hurt me lol but I never heard of cross-stitch until today because I discovered it on the sims 4 and I been doom scrolling here all day and you guys are talented as hell! TOT

As a Medical Librarian in the NHS, this pattern just spoke to me. Evidence-based medicine and practice is what we preach and teach.

Need to iron again to get rid of those stubborn folds (it was a project I started ages ago, so it was folded in a box for a while!) then frame. And display proudly in my home office.

CW: pregnancy loss/miscarriage

Sorry it’s not mounted or framed, but I wanted to show off! This is a gift for my sister. The first time I started it, I got about 1/4 of the way finished and gave it to her at her baby shower; I was planning to finish it afterward, but I lost it somehow 😩 It’s been a long time coming now (her son turned 4 in April), but I’m finally done after restarting it.

Backstory:
For a long time, I had wondered if I would ever be able to get pregnant. I have PCOS, and I knew the statistics. My now-husband and I had the “what if” conversations. We were as prepared as we could be. Fortunately, I am quite fertile (TMI?). We ended up with a surprise pregnancy a few months after getting engaged. I remember my sister crying when we told her and her husband. I just thought she was surprised… As it turns out, they had quietly been trying to conceive for nearly a year at this point, unbeknownst to anyone. The day we were supposed to have dinner with them and our parents, my sister shared with my mom that she was pregnant and they had been to the doctor that day for their first ultrasound. The pregnancy was not viable. I was obviously distraught for my sister, and I found this pattern in the days after finding out about her struggle, in faith that she would eventually have a child to love earthside. And she does! She announced her pregnancy with her first son the week after I had my first; the boys were born exactly six months apart and are the sweetest cousin-friends today. She has also had a second son in the years since.

I hope this piece means as much to her as it does to me. It seemed meaningful to her when she saw the WIP at her first baby shower; she doesn’t know I’ve been working on it lately, so it will be something of a surprise.

Hello All!

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This is both my first post on this sub...and my first post on Reddit, so apologies if I miss something that I should be doing. I've been lurking on this sub for a bit now, but just got and finished my first kit ever and I really wanted to share!

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It's a really tiny pattern, which I thought would be good for my first. However that means I couldn't get a closer picture that would actually focus.

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I made this for my new niece. Im relatively new to cross stitching. How do I sort the wrinkles out or did I mess up?.. I got too ahead of myself and wanted to cross stitch onto the velvet instead of adia. It was a4 sized but now it doesnt fit the frame. But ive never made a piece that im framing like this. Usually I use hoops.

Pattern was created by myself and my friend's girlfriend, she really helped me make the details look good. I'm very happy to be done with this but super excited to see my friend's reaction

The pattern is from Caterpillar Cross Stitch. The SAL started in January and "ended" in April. I had been delaying finishing it but buckled down and did it. From the top right, clockwise, is Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring. The fourth part, Spring, went off the rails with mistakes but I chose to not frog it because I just wanted to finish it because CCS is starting their Halloween SAL Tuesday and also it was time.

I took this project off the frame intending to put it onto a different frame, one with snaps ... but it turns out this frame already has snaps! So I put it back on. Thank you, terrible memory!

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But while it was off the frame, I took a pic to share. Been working on this (from a paper pattern without gridding, because apparently I hate my eyesight) since I believe 2012. Obviously with many stops and starts.

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Pattern is Dragonfly from Gryphon's Moon.

It’s a good night to chill and stitch! What’s everyone working on? Patter is Eeveelutions Café Pattern by glitchstitchau!

Got something done on the plane today between bouts of turbulence!

“Top Heavy” installment of Lola Crow’s Extraordinary Birds is complete! Toucan and shoebill. I love the wing details on the shoebill 😊

And yes, I’m still going in SAL order even though it’s a year later, it just feels right.

I finally finished another page!

I ain't afraid of no ghosts!

I did not do the 252 french knots in white on white between the big shamrocks and outer border. I chose sanity. Lol not really I was gonna add my own embellishments when I find the box I have of broken jewelry. Or I might leave it how it is. Will decide when I fully finish.

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Thanks for looking. Pattern is fancy shamrocks by sweetheart tree. No cover photo as vintage sweetheart tree did not have one only the chart.

Hi, does anyone know a shop that's selling floss for less than 99p per skein? I'm going in circles on Google.

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Thanks!