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Cross Stitch: One of My Favorite Hobbies

I've been doing counted cross stitch for more than 20 years. My grandmother suggested it after several failed attempts at crochet (maybe if I had learned from someone left-handed like myself?)

Most of my cross stitch designs have been created as gifts for friends and family, but I do have a few samples to share here. The mini-quilt shown left was one of more than 30 fashioned from leftover scraps of aida cloth and odd remnants of embroidery floss. I love small projects like this because they're easy to tote around and work on almost anywhere.

I usually have at least one large and one small cross stitch project in the works. My large project (sea shells) has been in progress since the early 1990s!

Several of my close friends are also into cross stitch, and it's fun to share new patterns and ideas. I've also heard about a group of women who get together regularly to 'stitch and #@?!%!' (rhymes with 'witch'). Sound fun? Why not try a small project on for size. You'll be making personalized gifts for your friends and family in no time.

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Counted Cross Stitch

A Few Facts Courtesy of Wikipedia

Cross-stitch is a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches are used to form a picture. Cross-stitch is usually executed on easily countable evenweave fabric called aida cloth. The stitcher counts the threads in each direction so that the stitches are of uniform size and appearance. This form of cross-stitch is also called counted cross-stitch in order to distinguish it from other forms of cross-stitch. Sometimes cross-stitch is done on designs printed on the fabric (stamped cross-stitch); the stitcher simply stitches over the printed pattern.

Cross Stitch Trivia

In the United States, the earliest known cross-stitch sampler is currently housed at Pilgrim Hall in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The sampler was created by Loara Standish, the daughter of Captain Myles Standish, circa 1653.

Mini Quilts in Counted Cross Stitch

Created with Leftover Floss and Aida Cloth Remnants

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Aerobearics

Counted Cross Stitch Kit

I made this from a cross stitch kit back when I was teaching aerobics. My instructor friends each received a personalized bear, matted and framed.

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Mini Quilts in Counted Cross Stitch

Created with Leftover Floss and Aida Cloth Remnants

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The Kitchen is the Heart of the Home

Vintage Counted Cross Stitch Pattern

I love black cats, and have done several cross stitch projects featuring them. This design is based on a silhouette from more than a century ago, a pattern discovered in one of my many cross stitch books.

New Cross Stitcher's Bible

by Jane Greenoff

New Cross Stitcher's Bible (Cross Stitch (David & Charles))

by: Jane Greenoff

Amazon Price: $13.99 (as of 05/30/2012)

Livermore, California Montage

Counted Cross Stitch Kit

I made this for my mother from a kit designed by artist Joan Beiriger. The montage features the entrance gate at Concannon Vineyard, City Hall, a Totem Pole, the Train Station, St. Michael's Church, the Post Office, old Carnegie Library, the Downtown Livermore Flag Pole, and a cowboy, which represents the Livermore Rodeo.

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Counted cross stitch yields high quality works of art: Shirley Ahalt puts her initials on a completed piece of counted cross stitch. The piece behind her, of her step sons, took two years to complete and has almost a quarter of a millions cross stitches in it. / BRICE STUMP/THE DAILY TIMES FRUITLAND -- It ...
Pinpoint artistry: Moravia fabric artist practices a delicate craft: Newhart prefers to work on 32-count linen material, she said. Most needlepoint work is done directly onto the fabric, on which the pattern is already imprinted. Marjorie prefers instead to recreate her counted cross-stitch work onto a plain linen ...
Prince George's County community events, May 31-June 7: Friday, June 1 College Park Needle Arts Society, work on quilting, knitting, embroidery and counted cross-stitch projects. 9:30-11:30 am Fridays, Old Parish House, 4711 Knox Rd., College Park. Free. 301-277-9630 or cpneedlearts@earthlink.net.
Evelin Kasikov's 'Portrait Project' Uses Untraditional Method For Portraiture ...: Instead of traditional photography or paint, artist Evelin Kasikov uses a traditional stitching technique in an untraditional way to depict her subjects in her "Portrait Project" series. Kasikov uses cross-stitching, a form of embroidery, ...

Mini Quilts in Cross Stitch

Here's How I Used Up Odds and Ends of Fabric and Floss

Here are the quilts I kept. Several more were made into smaller samplers for friends. This collection is usually framed, but it's been in storage and the quilts have shifted a bit. I'll be remounting them on a new board before reframing the piece.

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Sea Shells in Progress

My stepson's bathroom is decorated with my sea shell collection, so I'd like to finish this for him. He wasn't even born when I started this project 18 years ago!

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fashion-mayhem Apr 26, 2012 @ 10:29 am | delete

Some lovely pieces. I used to love cross stich but dont have the time anymore.
This lens has inspired me to try and start up again or at least teach my daughter she loves craft stuff ideas

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pc10rn@yahoo.com Mar 1, 2012 @ 11:37 pm | delete

Where can I find the Kitchen is the Heart of the Home pattern? I Made it years ago and lost the pattern

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KimGiancaterino Mar 3, 2012 @ 1:40 am | delete

I'll look for it in my cross stitch books. I may have given it to a friend.

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macmcrae Apr 13, 2011 @ 11:25 am | delete

lovely lens =) I also have a WIP that I started 16 years ago, a Disney one of Bambi. Really like the way you use up the scraps, I may put that in action here, have lots of bits and bobs in the craft drawer that could be put to good use.
Thanks for sharing!

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ohcaroline Apr 13, 2011 @ 10:55 am | delete

This is a wonderful collection of your needlework. I like your quilt works. I have a number of works I need to finish. I hope to do a lens on my works when I get them all unpacked.
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