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New to the forum, first stitch project!

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 3:47 pm
by 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!

Re: New to the forum, first stitch project!

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:26 pm
by Pyper
They look great :) I like what you have done with bulbasaur and the badges in the same frame

Re: New to the forum, first stitch project!

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:36 pm
by funkymonkey
Nice work, and nice framing!

Re: New to the forum, first stitch project!

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:44 am
by msstitcher
They look really nice! Welcome to the community!!!

Re: New to the forum, first stitch project!

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:04 am
by DuckyBelkins
funkymonkey wrote: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!

Re: New to the forum, first stitch project!

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:07 am
by 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!! :yahoo:

Re: New to the forum, first stitch project!

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 11:22 am
by 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.

CrazyCucco11 wrote: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!! :yahoo:
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. :)

Re: New to the forum, first stitch project!

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:40 pm
by 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. :)

Re: New to the forum, first stitch project!

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 1:08 pm
by 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....

Re: New to the forum, first stitch project!

Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 3:58 pm
by Digitlanalog
Welcome! :) For being new to it, your stitching and framing is fantastic!! :D way to go! (love the badges~!)