A cross stitched stained glass window of the head and shoulders of a black cat against a colorful background. There is a lot of stitching not yet done.
Also working on Black Cat Stained Glass 3. It's going much more slowly now that all the 310 is done!
A black cat sits on a branch with a dark gold full moon behind it, swirls and wee bats above it, "Oct 31st" across the bottom, and seventies-style triples arches in terracotta, gold and brown around the squared-off edges.
Working on Midnight Dreamer from The Wooly Ewe, using floss left over from my Pirate Robin thread pack for Cozy Nest. (Also using the thread pack for The Proper Stitcher's Merry Ewe, and likely several more projects bc WOWZA got a lot of floss!)
A black, white and purple cross stitch. There is a border of quilt stars and skulls, and it reads "one day your skull will be as empty as a conch shell on a fence post, full of wind and gentle quiet. Today it's a cauldron of ghosts flesh and electricity, water and memory, a machine that makes reality. Now, here, your skull is the garden where fact flowers into meaning."
Totally forgot to post the finish of the Cryptonaturalist Sampler. I did add some metallic silver here and there. Love it!! #crossstitch #screamingheartdesign
A frame of eight-pointed purple stars and white skulls are cross stitched around words that say, so far "one day your skull will be as empty / as a conch shell on a fence post / full of wind and gentle quiet / today it's a cauldron of ghosts / flesh and electricity, water and memory / a machine that makes reality". At the bottom: "Here your skull is the garden where facts flower into meaning."
90%, almost there...
A partially completed cross stitch of a stained glass cat window. Much of the colorful window at the top is filled in, and the cat's ears and the shape of the back of its head and neck are stitched.
Up to 35.98% on Black Cat Stained Glass 3 from Stitches Sew Beautiful.
A NashStashStartathon cutesy frame around part of the image of The Summoner from Autumn Lane Stitchery. The Summoner is the second Forbidden Forest chart. A human(?) person in an elaborate dress/robes hovers over a portal out of which a grotesque long-armed antlered demon emerges. The demon towers over and frames the tiny summoner.
Turns out I started something (The Summoner from Autumn Lane Stitchery), just not the thing I expected to start (Goddess of Bread from UnconventionalXStitch). #crossstitch
A frame of eight-pointed purple stars and white skulls are cross stitched around words that say, so far "one day your skull will be as empty / as a conch shell on a fence post / full of wind and gentle quiet / today it's a cauldron of ghosts / flesh and electricity, water and memory / a machine that makes reality".
Stitched on The Cryptonaturalist Sampler from @screamingheart.bsky.social for the first time this year. I really need to get it finished, I'm at like 60% rn #crossstitch
That should read "thus extra backstitch.)" I hate autocorrect.
It's Time for Halloween from Witch's Garden Crafts. Cross stitched to show Halloween things: jack-o-lanterns, ghosts, black cats, bats, pointy hats, pointy boots, skeletons, cauldron stew, witch's brew, broom zooms and candy corn.
It's not even close to the called-for colors (except black), and I have since learned that the printed DMC 14 count should not be used with designs that have white (this extra backstitch. It's Time for Halloween from Witch's Garden Crafts, finally done.
A black and orange beaded crescent moon cross stitched on black perforated paper.
10th finish: Enchanted Moon from Mill Hill. Fully finish someday, sure, but all the stitching and beading is done so it's a finish!
An Assisi-style cross stitch. The background is stitched, the main image is picked out in black stitches. Here, the cloth is white, the stitched background is a deep tomatoey orange, and the main image is an adorable jackalope (bunny with antlers) surround with and marked with geometric daisies.
9th cross stitch finish for 2025!
Assisi Cuties: Jackalope, Bendy Stitchy Designs
Colors: Gentle Arts Simply Shaker Tomato (7058) and DMC 310, 2 over 2"
Fabric: 28ct evenweave
A cross stitch of a dragon mandela, Elemental Dragons: Fire from Ink Circles. Stitched using two strands of floss over two linen threads on 28ct blue stash linen. Stitched in a variegated orange/yellow floss, GA Sampler Threads "Orange Marmalade".
Woohoo! My eighth finish for the year, and my first-ever #wipgo finish! Elemental Dragons: Fire from Ink Circles, on 28ct blue stash linen, stitched in GA Sampler Threads "Orange Marmalade". Started in 2021, now done!! Cross stitch finish ftw!!
A mandala made of dragons cross stitched in Orange Marmalade sampler threads. The bottom quadrant is not yet completed.
302 on Elemental Dragons: Fire, 875 stitches left. Still more cross stitch to go....
A cross stitch of Disney's Pocahontas, except it's just her dress, some of her hair, one shoulder and a bit of border.
Cross stitch "why did I say I'd do 600 stitches on multiple things?!?" part two: Proud Princess, and ancient kit I started long, long ago:
Pale green cross stitch of a lighthouse, two and a half boats, and various sea creatures. There is a stitched frame, most of which is still empty, but for the aforementioned items.
Cross stitch frenzy today to finish challenge stitch counts for imaginary internet points. First up: Fish 'n Ships from Long Dog Samplers.
Just found out that @shadowartfinds.bsky.social has licensed some images to @unconventionalxsti.bsky.social (INSERT HAPPY SHRIEKING HERE) for cross stitch and I am being VERY RESTRAINED and only getting 3 charts to start (Betrayal, Fearless Familiar and Finders Keepers). All y'all go look!!
Betrayal is one of my favorites of yours!
Two framed cross stitches. On the right, two deer are separated by a decorative garden urn. Lyrics from "What a Wonderful World" surround them. On the left, three stitching witches are framed by specialty stitches, some initials, and the words "Black Cat Society".
Got to see my stuff hanging in an Actual Needlework Show. Yay cross stitch!
A cross stitch, half done, of three shape of an owl against a star-filled sky. The owl's head and tail look like an owl. The shapes of its wings are filled with images of foxes in the forest under a moonlit sky.
In the Night Forest, Riolis kit. Saw this on 14ctAidaGirl's flosstube & got my own kit immediately. Really want the finished piece, but it has been a pain to stitch. I think I'm near 50%?
Black Vintage Sampler from OwlForest Embroidery. Partially stitched on opalescent mottled blue/white linen with black threads. The top and bottom borders have been drastically reduced because the fabric, while really big, was not quite big enough!
Tophat Dude finally has his hat! And there's a chandelier floating over his head because why not. #crossstitch #owlforestembroidery
A cross stitch in black that reads "Please be patient with me, I am from the 1900s". The white spaces in the old-timey letters and furbelows in the top half of the piece are filled in with VERY bright yellow and orange beads.
More letters, more sparkly! I keep thinking it will go faster, but the beads are cheap(!!!) and getting them to line up has been very. I'm loving the results, though!
A cross stitch on black of selected lyrics from the song Cell Block Tango from the musical Chicago. Women posed behind cell doors against vibrant reds, oranges and yellows, are interspersed with lyrics that have the emphasized words in the same vibrant colors. Examples: "you POP that gum ONE MORE TIME" or "SINGLE my ASS".
Got more done on Taylor & Cromwell's "Cell Block Tango".
I'm just gonna be uncomfortable and hope I don't lose things out of my pockets all day. Grrrr.
Today I have the fun of wearing jeans that aren't altered yet. The pockets are laughably shallow. The waistband is too wide. There's not enough fabric in the seat. This combo means even with a belt, I need a long shirt to keep from flashing underwear if I bend or sit. At least I *can* fix them. Sigh
A cross stitch that reads "Please be patient with me, I'm from the 1900s" in a black, old-timey font that is slowly being highlighted with very bright yellow and orange shiny beads.
The pattern doesn't call for beads, but SPARKLY MUST OCCUR. Design from @screamingheart.bsky.social, hopefully fully sparkly this week.
Cross stitch of a jackalope, except the jackalope isn't stitched, the oval background is stitched instead. Black backstitching needs to go around all the edges of the piece and then some. There is currently a needle with black thread swirled around on the fabric.
I can't start a jackalope until I finish a jackalope (it's a necessary rule). There's nothing left but 1500+ backstitches and some cross stitch flower centers!
A cross stitch of a stylized mountain scene with a tree on the left and a river running along the bottom. Everything is formed from Quaker motifs in variegated threads in blues for the water, greens for the tree and hills, yellows for the sun and a pretty blue-lavender-beige thread for the mountains.
I am running out of close-to-a-finish cross stitch projects. So, just finished this one:
Rocky Mountain Quaker, From the Heart NeedleArt by Wendy
Colors: variegated from stash
Fabric: 18ct cocoa (?) from stash
99 stitches and DONE
A cross stitch of leaves in reds, golds and greens, interspersed with the words autumn and autumn leaves.
Finished!
Dreaming of Autumn Leaves, Rosewood Manor (cropped)
Colors & Fabric: called-for
This just p. 1&2 of the full pattern. Things were duplicated/shifted to make the right side even. Disliked the fabric (too transparent), and a lot of scattered confetti. Stopping here, because I am done.
Hey, everyone. Let's share Rose's website as far and often as possible. Her name was scrubbed from NASA's website thanks to orders to erase women in STEM. Rose fought through poverty and homelessness, and every time I look at the moon, I think of her.
www.rosedf.space/explore
THANK YOU!!!
