New to the forum, first stitch project!

[missabaldwin]

Please bear with me... I'm not sure if I'm going to be posting this correctly.

I purchased a few patterns from a seller on Etsy to try my hand at cross stitch. And now I am hooked.
I made these for my brother, sister and myself.
I added the badges for my brothers from a pattern I found on here. Made by ami-lynn.
Framed them and gave them to my siblings yesterday. They love them!
Thought I should share and hopefully start being a part of this community.

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Any tips on my process are appreciated.

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Don't mind my dogs big nose in the pic, he's needy.


I have a few ideas for my next project and I can't wait to show you all more!

Hope I posted this correctly!

[Pyper]

They look great I like what you have done with bulbasaur and the badges in the same frame

[funkymonkey]

Nice work, and nice framing!

[msstitcher]

They look really nice! Welcome to the community!!!

[DuckyBelkins]

Nice work, and nice framing!

I agree, it took me about 2 years after I finished my first project to even try framing (which I did poorly) so great job!

[CrazyCucco11]

Wow! The badges are beautiful, and your pokemon are so cute!! Welcome to spritestitch! Im pretty new too, i would recommend checking out the 'techniques and guides' section. I have learned so much about blocking, ironing, storage, and more. The people here that write the techs and guides are so knowledgeable! Welcome!!

[missabaldwin]

Thanks everyone for the welcome!
And thank you for the compliments. Especially on the framing. So glad my HS Painting teacher taught me how to matte/frame. Even though this was hardly the kind of matting/framing she taught.

Wow! The badges are beautiful, and your pokemon are so cute!! Welcome to spritestitch! Im pretty new too, i would recommend checking out the 'techniques and guides' section. I have learned so much about blocking, ironing, storage, and more. The people here that write the techs and guides are so knowledgeable! Welcome!!

Thank you!
I read the blocking tutorial just the other day and it clicked! It's just like watercolor! It makes so much sense. I'm definitely going through all of them now.

[Daizeh]

Nice work.

But, you need to know that you don't need to buy patterns any further. A lot of people here share their patterns for free in the patterns sections.

[Blink190]

Love the badges! And yeah, definitely don't go wasting money on patterns. But it's a very nice pattern, I've been wanting to do the badges as well....

[Digitlanalog]

Welcome! For being new to it, your stitching and framing is fantastic!! way to go! (love the badges~!)