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Now that the Epic Mario Cross Stitch is (finally) finished , I started showing it of (virtually at least). I posted it on several crafty communities and one gaming website I work at. It was well received everywhere. One thing that surprised me the most was that everybody finds the piece so large, while I [...]

After two weeks of no stitching due to our trip to London and Christmas, I more than made up for it in this past week, by stitching a total of 38 hours. I have worked my way to the right, but mostly downwards the page, where I discovered more flowers and a rabbit. This corner [...]

 On our recent trip to London (more about that later), I bought a Tudor Rose bookmark kit at the Tower of London. Like I said before, I love the middle ages, and this was the most beautiful medieval cross stitch kit I could find. The kit itself was very complete. It had extensive instructions, more [...]

 Now that I have picked up cross stitching again, I dug up one of my old works in progress. I bought this kit back in 2002 in the US, and started work on it back in The Netherlands. I worked on it for a while, but a combination of hot weather, an error, and getting [...]

 I picked this corner of our couch as my stitching corner. I have a regular lamp with a flexible neck that can be a regular light in the room, or my spotlight for stitching. The small table is good for my small bobbin box (which holds the blends). The big bobbin boxes (for full skeins) [...]

Well, after 24 hours of stitching in one week (two weekends really) I believe I now know the meaning of the concept of confetti in cross stitching. I started out with two or three colors (blends really) that fill up a great bit of the piece on the right. But then I got it into [...]

Well, since I only worked on it for one day and one evening, I think this still counts as week 0. I started last saturday evening (December 6th 2008). This is only three symbols on the chart, but it is already looking great. I can’t wait to do more!

I did it! I finished the Epic Super Mario Cross Stitch I started nearly 10 months ago. To recap: I got the pattern here, on Sprite Stitch. I started on February 23rd 2008, and finished on December 8th 2008. It measures 200 x 150 stitches, and was stitched on even weave, over one (I know [...]

Well, I finally started. We made a contraption with the super frame and the rolled up fabric at the edges. The rolled up fabric (quite a lot as was to be expected) is covered by an old cut up T-shirt to protect it from dirt and the pressure of the frame. I prepared some of [...]

Well, this weekend we aren’t spending at home. So, I packed a whole bag with both the Super Mario Cross Stitch, as well as suplies for the “A Mon Seul Desir” cross stitch. I had finished the logo on thursday, and got started on the cloud. I am working from large to small, since I [...]