This was supposed to be my mindless evening stitching project, but the earworm has me singing the song all. day. long. I’m going to be so tired of the melody by the time the x-stitch is finished I don’t know if I’ll want to keep it around
It’s a marshmallow world in the winter, when the snow comes to cover the ground. It’s a time for play. It’s a whipped cream day. I wait for it all year round.
Throwback to this pattern that reminds us that Hope is Never Silent. We need more Harvey Milks, who was a politician and gay-rights activist during a turbulent time in history. Pattern no longer available, the designer has retired.
Rainbow Bridge - one of those patterns I hate promoting, but people may find solace in stitching it. I designed this to celebrate and process the passing of our pets, with lots of options and customization included.
https://badstitched.etsy.com/listing/1659792917/rainbow-bridge-cross-stitch-pattern-pet
Starting point on the day! I managed 8.5 of the 24 hours yesterday and have no plans to go anywhere, do anything or even get dressed today, so that should leave a nice easy Sunday! In theory, anyway.
This may be the untidiest stitching I've ever done but it looks good from a distance and that's what matters 
Not a bad start to this mornings cross stitch.
Obviously though, its Saturday and I am creature of habit. So its time to pull on some clothes and then venture out, on the hunt for coffee with @BenartyComputer making the excuse that today will be a timing run for my hospital appointment on Wednesday. Any excuse for coffee, like we need one 
Pattern is Floral Hexagon SAL by Carolyn Manning for Lakeside Needlecraft.
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Absolutely no idea how I got from "let's stitch something easy with no thinking required this weekend" as of last night, to digging out this old (somewhat hated) project as my #24hocs plan, but here we are.
This is my starting point on the Gamer SAL from PixStitch that was a charity thing from 2021, honestly not sure if it's still available or not but it's pretty cool.
Spent the first of my 24 hours just prepping, getting it into the frame, manually adding 90-odd colours to Pattern Keeper. And then started hour two by doing 4 stitches then immediately frogging them.
This bodes well 
So, yesterday I said I'd dig up some more examples of weighted backstitch I've done, so here's two . A cryptid, and an intrepid ladybug. #crossstitch
And finished! It was a fun quick stitch and it absolutely looks better than 6 colours plus black would suggest.
Backstitching is my favourite part.
FINALLY got around to posting the new batch of Vintage Vexes cross stitch patterns!
https://ko-fi.com/alien_sunset/shop/vintagevexes
thanks again to my awesome sample stitchers :D
I finished the x-stitch that was supposed take just a few days while I waited for more floss to arrive. That floss has been here since the end of February and I am a much slower stitcher than I thought 
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Hey does anyone have a good source for smaller artists/makers creating and selling #embroidery (including but not limited to #crossStitch) patterns? Printed kits are ideal, but counted patterns are also ok. I’d rather not just buy some mass market stuff from a crafting chain…
My partners and kids are interested in me teaching them, so if at least some of the stuff on offer is novice-friendly, bonus!
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International Bat Appreciation!
I hope when you think of bat cross stitch patterns, that you remember that I've got a bunch of cute batterns! This one is called Bat in a Flower!
International Bat Appreciation Day! Yay! My favorite holiday for bats. This is my tiny alphabat sampler, a color customizable cross stitch, model stitched by my pal Lumidrell. It's currently 25% off in my shop!
https://badstitched.etsy.com/listing/1887467790/tiny-alphabet-cross-stitch-sampler
Quick progress shot of the #COUS (cross stitch of unusual size) for #wipwednesday
I’ve cropped the photo to what will be one quarter of the finished project! I think it will surely be at least a year to finish this!
Alright, it's been 26 days since my last #WIPWednesday. I finally have something a little more substantial to share, and I didn't want to flood anyone's feed every week, so here it is.
I wanted to do the banner just under "Begins" but I forgot that I couldn't source the colour at the time... So off to the shop I go!
Samifer 
