A Cross Stitch In Time @a-crosstitch-in-time - Tumblr Blog

So, life's not been great, but in case someone was interested in the amigurumi I was crocheting when I made this post, beware! The final result!!! Husband included

They're Misery and Lowe, the main characters of "Bride" by Ali Hazelwood. I was mostly excited about the coloured eyes and blushes, not gonna lie, but I think the end result was really really cute. I'm especially proud of how Misery's hair turned out

They have their own complements too, but I'm gonna keep that for a different post, so stay tuned if you're interested 😎

“Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. then your love would also change.”

—Romeo & Juliet

#I’ll take better photos of this finish when I get the time #but this was just a fun and cute project #pattern is by Sodastitch #and I really want to show it off 🙈#I changed the backstitching colours from the original pattern (it was supposed to be done in all black thread)#but I like the softer effect of using different colours #Soda Stitch #cross stitch #craft #needle and thread #crosstitch #needlework #romeo and juliet #shakespeare

"but a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more"

#pattern is by LinaOva on Etsy #cross stitch #craft #needle and thread #crosstitch #needlework #mermaid #the little mermaid

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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King

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Cross Stitch Patterns // Sprouting Lupine

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Eowyn is finished, and my Lavender and LOTR series is officially a series!

Adapted from the patterns Celtic Spring and Celtic Winter by Marilyn Leavitt-Inblum

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Celestial Orcas by NeedleLotDesigns. mesmerized by the color work and shading here

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Huge thank you to @piescrossstitch, who did this first and told me where to find the pattern for it. I just added beads to the mix because why not. It glows when you add a tea light inside, too!

EDIT: Pattern is from the September 2021 "Cross Stitcher Magazine", issue 374. I found a scan of it here.

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The Unicorn's Garden, my cross stitch take on the medieval tapestry "The Unicorn Rests in a Garden"

The Unicorn's Garden Cross Stitch Pattern | Sprouting Lupine Shop

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I bought a quarterly needlepoint magazine from 1991 today for $1 at an op shop, and there’s a four page spread about a woman who completely faithfully remakes samplers from the 1600s and the part that blows me away is that she was keeping women in history alive.

The original sampler maker was a teenaged girl called Loara she’s the only one known of seven siblings in that family. She was born approximately 1632 and had passed before her father had in 1656 which they know because it was mentioned in his will.

So in the 1630-40s a girl made a sampler, in 1991 a woman had put in years of research before recreating the sampler as Loara had 350 years earlier , and I’m reading about it in 2024.

Embroidery keeps women alive in history, and it’s part of why I love samplers so much.

Here’s a quote from samplers that I think about often:

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One should always have at least 2 craft projects going. That way, when one of them is messed up and misbehaving, you can switch to another, and let the first one sit there and think about what it's done.