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I've designed an Esquie cross stitch pattern, that can be used as a bookmark!

He's serene, he's jovial - the definition of friend-shaped. He should be in the dictionary next to "amiable."

I did the test stitch on ~3"x7.5" of 14-count plastic canvas, and printed the little bookmarks at 70%.

The full pattern is available on my Etsy, with a birthday-month discount during July! ⤵️ I'll have nicely printed copies of the paper bookmark version with me at my next few shows.

Serene, jovial Esquie will protect you! Stitch a friend to carry with you. This pattern was designed as a bookmark! He also works excellentl

[vainartisan]

Happy 20th Anniversary to the Minish Cap! To celebrate, I've released the cross stitch pattern for the 5th "stained glass" as seen in the intro...

“A long, long time ago...

when the world was on the verge of

being swallowed by shadow...

The tiny Picori appeared from the sky, bringing the hero of men a sword and a golden light.

With wisdom and courage, the hero drove out the darkness.

When peace had been restored, the

people enshrined that blade with care.”

Here's "Enshrine the Blade", available now as a cross stitch pattern.

Hyrule has been saved! The guardians of the sword have sealed the darkness within this chest, in the distant past. Stitch up the massive sta

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Cross stitch Esquie bookmark, designed and stitched by me. Pattern here 💜

[vainartisan]

Hey - psst - heyy, you remember that post I made a while ago? No? Well, I'm back with an update~!

Chihiro & Haku are nearly done now, I'm finishing up their backstitching this week, and I'll let you guys know when the pattern is available 😘

(if you like, I have more studio ghibli patterns available for download on my Etsy: VainArtisanDesigns)

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Finished a bitty commission!

The glowing blues are somewhat more violently teal in person, but the lightbulbs in here are crazy yellow; I gotta fix that.

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Working on a quick little pattern for all the cat folks out there~

Blog snippet below, if you're interested. (I finished a hat!)

Taking a day to draw, finish sewing in the ends on this hat that took me both longer and less time than I expected, and plan out projects for the next few months.

Hat done!

It came out pretty okay! Only the first knit thing I've powered through and finished. I usually crochet, so this was pretty big. The yarn was two strands held together, two handpainted merino/bamboo shades that my husband gifted me from an estate sale, and two matchy merino greens from a mini skein set I already had. Used about 40g between the four yarns, from the 80ish grams I started with.