Miss Clawful's Cross-Stitch Projects

[Miss Clawful]

Of all my cross-stitches that I want to frame this one I would like to frame most, yet aside from the ones I done for my mom and others I have yet to frame any of mine.

Cross-stitch is super easy TigerLily. Materials don't cost much, find a nice easy to follow tutorial and a very simple basic pattern to start, you could probably surprise yourself and learn it quickly, I did. I started out looking at enlarged pictures of sprites in the earlier Nintendo Power magazines (that was tough to eyeball for accuracy), well before ever using a computer (pre-2006) to make the whole pattern thing easier. My stitches, especially the backside were very sloppy, but the actual stitching, making the X's, was easy (fine-tuning, making them neater came later).

[funkymonkey]

Love it!!! Great composition.

[Miss Clawful]

Okay! Quite a long time since last updating. Where the heck was I last? Ah, the 5 swords. Well, after that one was completed I was going to try and actual did start a new composition work, but half way through it I found I didn't like it as much as I thought I would so I cut apart what I did, used the empty parts of material for smaller projects I'd be working on soon after. So begins my updates, lots of new cross-stitches.

Skull Cross - Holy Diver background detail



PATTERN:
42x70 pixels = 3"x5"


MATERIAL:
Black Aida (14ct)

COLORS (DMC):
301 - Medium Mahogany
402 - Very Light Mahogany
951 - Tawny

total colors: 3

DATE/TIME:
Started stitching: February 26th 2014
Finished stitching: February 27th 2014
225 minutes = 3 hours 45 minutes

STITCHES:
467

PROGRESS LOG:

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2/26/2014
6:30pm-7:00pm
8:50pm-9:45pm - got skull done
10:10pm-10:30pm
10:35pm-10:50pm
11:00pm-11:25pm - got snake done

2/27/2014
4:10pm-4:55pm
7:05pm-7:40pm - got cross done (all finished)

NOTES:

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Found this background image some months ago (its from the Famicom game Holy Diver), thought it'd make a nice cross-stitch.

[Miss Clawful]

Legendary Wings - Winged Crystal



PATTERN:
42x70 pixels = 3"x5"


MATERIAL:
Black Aida (14ct)

COLORS (DMC):
301 - Medium Mahogany
221 - Very Dark Shell Pink
951 - Tawny
803 - Ultra Very Dark Baby Blue

total colors: 4

DATE/TIME:
Started stitching: March 2nd 2014
Finished stitching: March 3rd 2014
470 minutes = 7 hours 50 minutes

STITCHES:
816

PROGRESS LOG:

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3/2/2014
4:00pm-5:00pm - got tawny highlights done
5:05pm-5:55pm
6:45pm-8:15pm
10:10pm-11:20pm - got medium mahogany done

3/3/2014
11:50am-12:45pm
4:35pm-6:20pm - done with very dark shell pink
10:20pm-11:00pm - got crystal done (all finished)

NOTES:

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Between stages you get a screen with a message, the border surrounding it is scrollwork design and winged crystals, I had been wanting to cross-stitch a pair of those wings since some time ago, finally got around to it.

[Miss Clawful]

Vice: Project Doom - Lion-dog statue background detail



PATTERN:
42x70 pixels = 3"x5"


MATERIAL:
Black Aida (14ct)

COLORS (DMC):
367 - Dark Pistachio Green
954 - Nile Green
951 - Tawny

total colors: 3

DATE/TIME:
Started stitching: March 4th 2014
Finished stitching: March 4th 2014
180 minutes = 3 hours

STITCHES:
335

PROGRESS LOG:

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3/4/2014
3:00pm-5:00pm - got dark pistachio done
8:00pm-9:00pm - got statue done

NOTES:

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This lion-dog statue had been something I'd been pondering stitching for a while. You see these in the background on stage 3 of Vice: Project Doom for the NES.

[Miss Clawful]

Wizards & Warriors II: Ironsword - treasure



PATTERN:
42x70 pixels = 3"x5"


MATERIAL:
Black Aida (14ct)

COLORS (DMC):
919 - Red Copper
402 - Very Light Mahogany
745 - Light Pale Yellow
415 - Pearl Gray
White

total colors: 5

DATE/TIME:
Started stitching: March 5th 2014
Finished stitching: March 5th 2014
280 minutes = 4 hours 40 minutes

STITCHES:
540

PROGRESS LOG:

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3/5/2014
12:15am-1:30am - got diamond done
1:40pm-3:45pm
4:50pm-6:10pm - got coins and crown done (finished)

NOTES:

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A dragon's ransom of treasure. This, along with at least a half dozen other choices I had intended to cross-stitch for the Bling Challenge at Sprite Stitch last year, but I simply just wasn't in the mood to stitch at all then so it got postponed until today, when along with several other recent stitchings I decided to do now being as I'm all out of large sheets of material but have plenty of scraps to work with.

[Miss Clawful]

Conquest of the Crystal Palace - The 3 Crystals



PATTERN:
56x84 pixels = 4"x6"


MATERIAL:
Black Aida (14ct)

COLORS (DMC):
153 - Very Light Violet
747 - Very Light Peacock Blue
951 - Tawny
White

total colors: 4

DATE/TIME:
Started stitching: March 5th 2014
Finished stitching: March 10th 2014
540 minutes = 9 hours

STITCHES:
1180

PROGRESS LOG:

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3/5/2014
11:00pm-12:00am - got very light violet done

3/6/2014
1:20pm-2:25pm - got very light peacock blue done
10:15pm-11:05pm - got tawny done

3/7/2014
11:20am-11:50am
7:00pm-7:35pm
11:00pm-11:25pm
11:40pm-12:00am - got pink tama done

3/8/2014
4:30pm-6:30pm - got blue tama done

3/9/2014
8:45pm-9:45pm

3/10/2014
8:55pm-10:05pm - got yellow tama done (all finished)

NOTES:

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A very simple design, yet I liked the colors and how these crystal balls were layed out. This was another possible choice for the Bling Challenge at Sprite Stitch last year which I passed on. So what's so special about these (my mom didn't get it, didn't see any way why I'd choose something like this to cross-stitch)? Well, at the beginning of the game, Farron's trusting ally and advisor (a guardian dog) lays before him three crystal balls, each provides Farron some enhancement, but you may only choose one to use for the entire game (if you want to try another one out you'll have to play again and make a different choice). The Life crystal (pink) increases your max health at the start. The Flight crystal (blue) gives you a boost in jumping. The Spirit crystal (yellow) gives you shooting power. Once you pick a crystal its power stays with you the whole game.

[Miss Clawful]

Batman: Return of the Joker - gargoyle statue



PATTERN:
56x84 pixels = 4"x6"


MATERIAL:
Black Aida (14ct)

COLORS (DMC):
500 - Very Dark Blue Green
317 - Pewter Gray
318 - Light Steel Gray

total colors: 3

DATE/TIME:
Started stitching: March 11th 2014
Finished stitching: March 12th 2014
400 minutes = 6 hours 40 minutes

STITCHES:
777

PROGRESS LOG:

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3/11/2014
6:30pm-7:35pm
9:20pm-10:35pm - got very dark blue green done on gargoyle
11:00pm-11:15pm
11:40pm-11:55pm

3/12/2014
12:20am-2:00am - got pewter gray done on gargoyle
12:05pm-1:15pm - got light steel gray done on gargoyle
2:30pm-2:50pm
3:25pm-4:05pm - got pedestal done (finished)

NOTES:

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While looking for dragons to get patterns from for later possible cross-stitch projects, thinking of other ideas too, gargoyles came to mind. The best one I could think of right away was from the very first stage of Batman: Return of the Joker on the NES, and so putting aside others in the line up of next pieces to do, this one was started immediately. There are three of these gargoyle statues, on after another, each, when Batman gets close will zap him with bolts of lightning, this also is the only moment they are vulnerable to attacks as well. The colors and details on this statue make for a perfect cross-stitch on black material, shows a lot of depth and is just so bad ass a pose and design.

[Miss Clawful]

Double Dragon II: The Revenge - Glow-in-the-dark double dragon logo



PATTERN:
56x84 pixels = 4"x6"


MATERIAL:
Black Aida (14ct)

COLORS (DMC):
E940 - glow-in-the-dark

total colors: 1

DATE/TIME:
Started stitching: March 13th 2014
Finished stitching: March 15th 2014
295 minutes = 4 hours 55 minutes

STITCHES:
614

PROGRESS LOG:

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3/13/2014
6:00pm-7:00pm - got kanji done

3/14/2014
7:30pm-9:20pm - got left dragon done

3/15/2014
7:20pm-8:20pm
9:15pm-10:20pm - got right dragon done (finished)

NOTES:

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Been wanting to do something glow-in-the-dark for a long time since I'd tried it out over 2 years ago. My first time using this floss made me hate it, tricky to thread through the eye of the needle and easily frayed if snagged on anything, such rough dry hands, cuticles and even the slightest barely visible tear of a fingernail. But having wanted to stitch something cool that would light up in the darkness I had to give it another try. But, I'm going to stick to small things, at least for now, see how it goes. So, first up, the twin dragons that adorn the floor at the end of mission 8 of Double Dragon II: The Revenge.

You are probably wondering what it looks like in the dark, well I tried, just could not get the darned thing to glow strong enough for the camera to see it.

[Miss Clawful]

Dizzy the Adventurer - spinning wheel



PATTERN:
56x84 pixels = 4"x6"


MATERIAL:
Black Aida (14ct)

COLORS (DMC):
919 - Red Copper
902 - Very Dark Garnet
760 - Salmon
317 - Pewter Gray
White

total colors: 5

DATE/TIME:
Started stitching: March 16th 2014
Finished stitching: March 18th 2014
410 minutes = 6 hours 50 minutes

STITCHES:
821

PROGRESS LOG:

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3/16/2014
1:35pm-2:55pm
5:00pm-5:30pm

3/17/2014
9:25pm-10:25pm

3/18/2014
1:05am-1:30am - got red copper done
12:55pm-1:40pm - got salmon done
2:00pm-4:10pm - got very dark garnet done
6:00pm-6:40pm - done!

NOTES:

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One day while trying out various games on emulator, I decide to give Dizzy a whirl. Watching the intro story this interesting item catches my eye. I captured the image. Not sure why, but this one, as odd as it seems was begging to be stitched. It certainly is an ordinary object if there ever was, but perhaps it was the rarity of such a piece that caught my attention, afterall, as much as I'm aware of, its a one of a kind as far as NES games go--I've never seen such an object in any other game I have ever played.