Cross-stitch ahoy!

[ginkage]

I finally got the first part of my cross-stitch project done. Now I can consider the second part as well as adding a beading needle to my project box for it. My thread needles have too big of an eye for the beads I want to use. That's okay, though, since I'm leaving the beads until later anyway.

This is the first  photo I took of the finished project. It was sitting on my knee with the bulk of the remaining fabric tucked below it. The fabric, before trimming, could have covered the entire width of my full size futon. Just an idea of scale.



Second picture, moved a bit of a ways down onto the bed. I had to do a bunch of image crap to these. My lights and the paint in my room turn all my photos butter yellow (it's not the camera, trust me).


Stitch close-up number one. Metallic thread is a pain.


Stitch close-up 2. I love these colors.


For an interesting comparison, here's the BACK of the project.


Zoom in on the back.


Just a fun one for perspective and getting some of the macro function on my camera to actually work. 

I found a pic of the actual thread colors to give an idea just how washed-out the colors/light in my room made this.

For anyone who is curious, this is Castles In The Air from www.papillon-creations.com.  18ct Antique White Aida. I plan to shunt one of these pics off to their website to add to the gallery (hope I make it!).

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Wow....

Gorgeous. That's all I can say.

yo' mama who is dang proud of your work

[mizbelle.livejournal.com]

beautiful! i always wanted to try cross stich. how long did it take you to do this piece?

[ginkage.livejournal.com]

Well I was pretty driven to get things done so, hours-wise, it took me about twelve hours. I spread that over about two days. Normally, I'll sit and do a little work on some of my projects while I'm watching TV for a couple of hours. Then I put them away so they take a lot longer. :)

Cross stitch is fun and relatively easy to pick up. I know Michael's and A.C. Moore carry small kits that are good for beginners. :) And there are TONS of websites for more ideas. :)

[mizbelle.livejournal.com]

nice :3 it sounds right up my alley but every time i've thought about getting into it i go "nooooo not another hobbyyyyy!"

what i REALLY wanna try someday is like free-form embroidery. make all my towels all pretty or something XD

[ginkage.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I'd love to do that, too. Another fun one is blackwork, which is usually done all in one color (though it's fun to switch some things up now and then) and makes pretty patterns.

*laugh* There's always room for more hobbies. ;)