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And new project started. That thumbnail has seen some things... First time using yellow Aida. Kinda like it. Much easier to work with than black. And this is another pretty big stitch so I'm glad I won't need the light under the project.
[\#FantasticCrossStitchToolsAndWhereToFindThem](https://mastodon.social/tags/FantasticCrossStitchToolsAndWhereToFindThem) An after market cup holder/console organizer that normally would fit between your vehicle's console & one of your seats. BUT those who [#CrossStitch](https://mastodon.social/tags/CrossStitch), [#Sew](https://mastodon.social/tags/Sew), [#Quilt](https://mastodon.social/tags/Quilt), [#Knit](https://mastodon.social/tags/Knit), etc, can fit it between the arm of their couch or recliner & their seat cushion 2 organize small things or 2 use as on [#ORT](https://mastodon.social/tags/ORT) collector! Normally costs $10 or less & can be found in most automotive accessories sections of department or automotive tools stores [@lemmy\_stitch](https://sh.itjust.works/c/lemmy_stitch) @crossstitch
[\#FantasticCrossStitchToolsAndWhereToFindThem](https://mastodon.social/tags/FantasticCrossStitchToolsAndWhereToFindThem) Mechanics normally use a [#Mechanics](https://mastodon.social/tags/Mechanics) Telescoping Magnetic Pick-Up Tool 2 pick up small bolts & other metal that have fallen as they work, but those who [#CrossStitch](https://mastodon.social/tags/CrossStitch), [#Sew](https://mastodon.social/tags/Sew), [#Quilt](https://mastodon.social/tags/Quilt), etc., can use it to pick up lost pins & needles so they don't wind up goosing someone when they sit on the couch. 😅 Can be found in almost any automotive store or automotive tool section in Walmart. Some versions even have flashlights on the end! [@lemmy\_stitch](https://sh.itjust.works/c/lemmy_stitch) [@crossstitch](https://a.gup.pe/u/crossstitch)
I have a HUGE favor to ask of all my [#StitchyFriends](https://mastodon.social/tags/StitchyFriends)... BASIC [#StitchingSafety](https://mastodon.social/tags/StitchingSafety) states that one should refrain from holding [#PinsAndNeedles](https://mastodon.social/tags/PinsAndNeedles) in one's mouth while working. Unfortunately, this has been a [#BadHabit](https://mastodon.social/tags/BadHabit) about 40 years old now. If you all would be so kind, PLEASE remind me periodically that my [#Embroidery](https://mastodon.social/tags/Embroidery) needle doesn't belong in my mouth while [#Stitching](https://mastodon.social/tags/Stitching). My poor, sore tongue thanks you. [@lemmy\_stitch](https://sh.itjust.works/c/lemmy_stitch) [@crossstitch](https://a.gup.pe/u/crossstitch) [@christianstitchers](https://a.gup.pe/u/christianstitchers) [@textilearts](https://a.gup.pe/u/textilearts) [@fiberarts](https://a.gup.pe/u/fiberarts) [@fibrearts](https://a.gup.pe/u/fibrearts) [#Handmade](https://mastodon.social/tags/Handmade)
[\#FantasticCrossStitchToolsAndWhereToFindThem](https://mastodon.social/tags/FantasticCrossStitchToolsAndWhereToFindThem) I actually got this one off Facebook awhile back. Florescent [#FishingLine](https://mastodon.social/tags/FishingLine)! Great for [#Gridding](https://mastodon.social/tags/Gridding) in [#CrossStitch](https://mastodon.social/tags/CrossStitch) or [#Basting](https://mastodon.social/tags/Basting) in [#Quilting](https://mastodon.social/tags/Quilting) or [#Sewing](https://mastodon.social/tags/Sewing). It's bright enough 2 be seen, but slippery & strong enough that your needle won't pierce it while [#Stitching](https://mastodon.social/tags/Stitching). If I remember correctly, it comes in more than just neon yellow, too. Can be found in almost any [#SportingGoods](https://mastodon.social/tags/SportingGoods) department or store. [@lemmy\_stitch](https://sh.itjust.works/c/lemmy_stitch) [@crossstitch](https://a.gup.pe/u/crossstitch) [@quilting](https://a.gup.pe/u/quilting) [@sewing](https://a.gup.pe/u/sewing) [@christianstitchers](https://a.gup.pe/u/christianstitchers)
[@lemmy\_stitch](https://sh.itjust.works/c/lemmy_stitch) [@crossstitch](https://a.gup.pe/u/crossstitch) [@embroidery](https://a.gup.pe/u/embroidery) [@textilearts](https://a.gup.pe/u/textilearts) [@needlearts](https://a.gup.pe/u/needlearts) [@fiberarts](https://a.gup.pe/u/fiberarts) [@fibrearts](https://a.gup.pe/u/fibrearts) [\#FantasticCrossStitchToolsAndWhereToFindThem](https://mastodon.social/tags/FantasticCrossStitchToolsAndWhereToFindThem) This is a Monster Dual Adjustable Dashboard Car Mount - Normally for two cell phones or one large one for use in a vehicle. But I found it and immediately knew it would help me immensely when I [#CrossStitch](https://mastodon.social/tags/CrossStitch) because it's compact and it takes up far less room than my tablet's case/cover stand. You can find it at Advance Auto at [https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/monster-double-vision-2-in-1-foldable-dash-mount-2mncm0112b0a2/12252355](https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/monster-double-vision-2-in-1-foldable-dash-mount-2mncm0112b0a2/12252355) or on Amazon
I have been informed that using packing tape to somewhat "laminate" labels on my attempts to reorganize my [#EmbroideryFloss](https://mastodon.social/tags/EmbroideryFloss) [#Stash](https://mastodon.social/tags/Stash) is too noisy at the current hour... Therefore I have been relegated to [#CrossStitch](https://mastodon.social/tags/CrossStitch) for the moment instead... Wow. Twist my arm there... 😉 [\#Embroidery](https://mastodon.social/tags/Embroidery) [#Handmade](https://mastodon.social/tags/Handmade) [#Organization](https://mastodon.social/tags/Organization) [#OCD](https://mastodon.social/tags/OCD) [@lemmy\_stitch](https://sh.itjust.works/c/lemmy_stitch) [@crossstitch](https://a.gup.pe/u/crossstitch) [@embroidery](https://mastodon.social/@embroidery)
[@lemmy\_stitch](https://sh.itjust.works/c/lemmy_stitch) [@crossstitch](https://a.gup.pe/u/crossstitch) I propose a new hashtag for [#CrossStitchers](https://mastodon.social/tags/CrossStitchers) to follow! [#FantasticCrossStitchTools](https://mastodon.social/tags/FantasticCrossStitchTools) or [#FantasticCrossStitchToolsAndWhereToFindThem](https://mastodon.social/tags/FantasticCrossStitchToolsAndWhereToFindThem) . (Yes, kind of a shameless take on J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts series. But better! Because it has to do with [#CrossStitch](https://mastodon.social/tags/CrossStitch)!) So, this is to share all our favorite tools & where we found them so others can search them out & enjoy them too. If it's been gifted, it's okay to share it too, but each share has to include where you got it.
Done! Technically finished before my sister's birthday but needs to be framed and some real life stuff got in the way so will still be belated. But! It's done. And adorable.
What's everyone else working on today?
[@lemmy\_stitch](https://sh.itjust.works/c/lemmy_stitch) [@crossstitch](https://a.gup.pe/u/crossstitch) [@embroidery](https://a.gup.pe/u/embroidery) [@textilearts](https://a.gup.pe/u/textilearts) [@fiberarts](https://a.gup.pe/u/fiberarts) [@fibrearts](https://a.gup.pe/u/fibrearts) I know this is [#Embroidery](https://mastodon.social/tags/Embroidery) instead of [#CrossStitch](https://mastodon.social/tags/CrossStitch) (for the cross stitch groups), but I found this on X (that's such an awful name, isn't it?) and thought it was really cute so I wanted to share. I know there are some out there who organize similar animations with cross stitchers, too, but I've never gotten to participate. Enjoy! [https://x.com/AlexisDraws/status/1125240796645445634?t=slFumsVgCMs0m5\_CJ4pBQg&s=19](https://x.com/AlexisDraws/status/1125240796645445634?t=slFumsVgCMs0m5_CJ4pBQg&s=19) [\#Cats](https://mastodon.social/tags/Cats) [#Yarn](https://mastodon.social/tags/Yarn) [#Caturday](https://mastodon.social/tags/Caturday) [#Embroidery](https://mastodon.social/tags/Embroidery) [#Textiles](https://mastodon.social/tags/Textiles)
[@lemmy\_stitch](https://sh.itjust.works/c/lemmy_stitch) [@crossstitch](https://a.gup.pe/u/crossstitch) [@embroidery](https://a.gup.pe/u/embroidery) [@textilearts](https://a.gup.pe/u/textilearts) [@fiberarts](https://a.gup.pe/u/fiberarts) [@fibrearts](https://a.gup.pe/u/fibrearts) I...kinda sorta bought some more embroidery floss today. Three thread packs at Hobby Lobby. They package it as "Artiste" but it's actually manufactured in Mexico by a company that sometimes goes by "Hilo Iris" and other times simply by "Iris." I found a color list from 2011 online, and a DMC conversation chart they compiled themselves. But, being the OCD idiot I am, I decided to try to match the threads myself...
Getting close to wrapping this up. Will probably miss my sister's birthday, but Christmas is around the corner. Or it'll just be a belated gift.
[@lemmy\_stitch](https://sh.itjust.works/c/lemmy_stitch) [@crossstitch](https://a.gup.pe/u/crossstitch) [@embroidery](https://a.gup.pe/u/embroidery) [@textilearts](https://a.gup.pe/u/textilearts) [@fiberarts](https://a.gup.pe/u/fiberarts) [@fibrearts](https://a.gup.pe/u/fibrearts) [@maker](https://handmade.social/@maker) I decided awhile back that I won't share fully completed [#PrayerCloths](https://mastodon.social/tags/PrayerCloths) to groups because I know they offend some people & I want to be sensitive to that. But I thought it may still be okay to share progress before the Scripture is added. If any are interested in seeing it finished, I'll post that to my page with [#CrossStitch](https://mastodon.social/tags/CrossStitch) & a few others. [\#CrossQuilting](https://mastodon.social/tags/CrossQuilting) [#Embroidery](https://mastodon.social/tags/Embroidery) [#TextileArts](https://mastodon.social/tags/TextileArts) [#FiberArts](https://mastodon.social/tags/FiberArts) [#FibreArts](https://mastodon.social/tags/FibreArts)
[@lemmy\_stitch](https://sh.itjust.works/c/lemmy_stitch) [@crossstitch](https://a.gup.pe/u/crossstitch) Me (at 4:45PM): I'll [#CrossStitch](https://mastodon.social/tags/CrossStitch) for 15 minutes before I start cooking dinner. Husband (five hours later): Can we order Domino's before they close at 11??? [\#Handmade](https://mastodon.social/tags/Handmade) [#ProCraftInation](https://mastodon.social/tags/ProCraftInation)
I just finished one commission that I realized I severely undercharged for once I started it, now I have a few other people asking me to make more pieces! I looked up some info online about setting prices, but I'm honestly never sure how many hours a cross stitch is going to take me to finish, and the other method they recommended was charging by the number of stitches, but that seems like it ends up making things more expensive than people would be willing to pay... Does anyone else have an easy pricing structure they use? Is [@thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee](https://lemm.ee/u/thegiddystitcher) still on here? I feel like she might have some experience with this lol
Now that I finished my commission piece I'm back to my Spirited Away cross stitch! Just finishing the last parts of section 5 of 6 so hopefully this one will be done soon! What are you guys working on today?
Doesn't it look ferocious? Lol
www.bbc.com
I thought you guys would appreciate this breaking news story lol
60% completed, should be done by end of year! :D
The Cacodemon commission piece is going well! Switching back to 14ct for this one is helping it move along quickly lol What is everyone else working on this week?
I'm taking a short break from my Spirited Away cross stitch to make this piece that someone commissioned from me on Saturday! I believe this guy is called a "Cacodemon" and it's from the video game Doom! 
I started this just after finishing Totoro so this is a few weeks of work. Will be a present for my sister when finished.
What are you working on today?
I haven't had time to get as much of this done as I'd like this week, but you can at least see the rest of the 5th panel here taking shape! I hope to get this part finished up by the weekend!
[@lemmy\_stitch](https://sh.itjust.works/c/lemmy_stitch) [@crossstitch](https://a.gup.pe/u/crossstitch) [@embroidery](https://a.gup.pe/u/embroidery) [@quilting](https://a.gup.pe/u/quilting) [@sewing](https://a.gup.pe/u/sewing) [@textilearts](https://a.gup.pe/u/textilearts) [@fiberarts](https://a.gup.pe/u/fiberarts) [@fibrearts](https://a.gup.pe/u/fibrearts) Threading Your Needle vs. Needling Your Thread [https://youtu.be/kWEyM0oQd\_k?si=kw7as3iB4kqFMZnx](https://youtu.be/kWEyM0oQd_k?si=kw7as3iB4kqFMZnx) [\#Sewing](https://mastodon.social/tags/Sewing) [#CrossStitch](https://mastodon.social/tags/CrossStitch) [#Quilting](https://mastodon.social/tags/Quilting) [#Embroidery](https://mastodon.social/tags/Embroidery) [#Handmade](https://mastodon.social/tags/Handmade) [#Needlearts](https://mastodon.social/tags/Needlearts) [#textilearts](https://mastodon.social/tags/textilearts) [#fiberarts](https://mastodon.social/tags/fiberarts) [#fibrearts](https://mastodon.social/tags/fibrearts) [#CrossQuilting](https://mastodon.social/tags/CrossQuilting)
Trying to Thread a Needle... [https://youtu.be/RRqG5z5QdCQ?si=wYl-XwEsaLCGV3X3](https://youtu.be/RRqG5z5QdCQ?si=wYl-XwEsaLCGV3X3) [\#CrossStitch](https://mastodon.social/tags/CrossStitch) [#Sewing](https://mastodon.social/tags/Sewing) [#Embroidery](https://mastodon.social/tags/Embroidery) [#Quilting](https://mastodon.social/tags/Quilting) [#Handmade](https://mastodon.social/tags/Handmade) [@lemmy\_stitch](https://sh.itjust.works/c/lemmy_stitch) [@crossstitch](https://a.gup.pe/u/crossstitch) [@embroidery](https://a.gup.pe/u/embroidery) [@quilting](https://a.gup.pe/u/quilting) [@textilearts](https://a.gup.pe/u/textilearts) [@fiberarts](https://a.gup.pe/u/fiberarts) [@fibrearts](https://a.gup.pe/u/fibrearts) [@sewing](https://a.gup.pe/u/sewing)
Making decent progress on panel 5 of 6 here! It's pretty much just that one soot sprite and a few more of those flowers that take *forever* lol The final panel is almost entirely black and white so that one should go pretty quick once I get to it!
 I keep forgetting about the Lemmy groups, and my health sucks, so this post is just trying to make my addled brain remember these groups, heh. Anyhoo, this project is for my elder son (if anyone remembers the Vault Boy one I made for my younger son a few months back), and I'm attempting a few new tricks. 1. I stapled this monks cloth to a painting frame. It does look like I'll need to do some tightening once I'm done, though. So I hope I can figure that out. 2. I painted the outside, eyes, and mouth, and I do like how the mouth and eyes make the fabric *pop*. 3. I found a larger needle that came with a kit on one heck of a sale at Hobby Lobby, and that is what I'm using. However, it is a tad too large for the yarn I got. So quite a bit of it looks rather frazzled, :thinking:. 4. And I'm attempting (all-be-it a poor one) *flow*. (I have no idea what the proper term would be, heh, but it's where the thread *leans* in one direction, or flows along a line so each row...erm...flows with every other row. (Oof! Well hopefully you can understand that gibberish, HAH). Meh, regardless of the issues (and boy can I not draw worth snot) it still looks pretty darn good. Now for the body...:grimacing:...The proportions are just a tad off, but it'll have to do. --- woops! Guess I didn't post about the Vault Sweet Vault here...Well, here's that one. 
I want to frame that Totoro stitch and my wife would really prefer a round frame. I don't really want to use just a hoop but have had trouble finding round frames in a 12-14" size that seem nice/decent quality. Anybody have any recommendations? *** update: So my wife found a round record album display case that was 12". It had a couple little quirks, but ended up working pretty well. The trouble was nobody really frames round objects. We ended up taking it to a Michaels and they did it, but there were definitely a couple hiccups in the process. (They tossed the back of the frame and just papered over it once they had the stitch in place. Mostly because they didn't pay attention when we said there was a lip in there they needed to take into account because it was meant to display a record... Oh well) From the front it looks pretty great and we have it up on the wall now and I am pretending the back is fine. Heh. ***
After 10 months. Finished. Biggest project I've tackled to date. I'm super happy right now. Will look for a frame to finish the project for good.
I'm still new to cross stitch. My mom sent me this cheetah kit made by The Stranded Stitch. So far, so fun!
Once I finish up these last 2 flowers there are only 2 sections left to do! I still think it's funny that I picked this pattern thinking it would be quick since there are only 10 colors, but it's been so complicated that it's taken me longer than any other cross stitch I've done so far lol
mashable.com
Totoro was too big to bring so I grabbed the little katamari damacy kit my kids got me for Christmas. It was a normal pattern but at the last second I came up with the joke and had to use it. (for those not familiar with the game you play as a prince)
