I met queenofsheba and thepooh through my radio show, and Kathy suggested that I join in, since I am a bit of a crafter myself. Except, the only talent I have so far is with cross-stitching, and you should see the amount of unfinished ones I have lying around! I think in the past 10 years, I've probably started about 20 projects, and have only completely finished (meaning: mounted and framed) three of them.
Here's one that I did for my friend Heather's wedding. It's relatively simple, but it's the only one I have a photo of online. I'm working on this immense one about cats at the moment, but so far I only have the "C" completed. Cross-stitching really attracts me because it's so soothing. I always do counted cross-stitch. There's nothing wrong with stamped cross-stitch, but I like the counting aspect. I blame the math teacher in me.

Actually, while I was looking for pictures of cross-stitch projects, I came across a picture of another craft project I completely blocked out of my memory. I made this little stuffed penguin one year as a christmas gift. He was a pain in the butt to make, and I hated his little hat, but I love this picture of him all propped up with my sister's cat Krusty. I probably posed him about ten different ways and took pictures, but this is my favorite one. :)

I am also a big fan of this picture, mostly for the look on my cat Sunshine's face. I guess she's not as thrilled about penguins as Krusty is. :)
That's it for now. I'll probably take pictures of my progress on some other projects (including yet another wedding cross-stitch). Thanks again for inviting me to the group!!
2 comments:
I assume stamped is where you just stitch over a pattern and counted is where you make things up on a blank sheet?
Also, fabulous freakout cat eyes.
Yeah, Kathy. That's what stamped is - there are little X's on the fabric & you just stitch over them. I agree, Jenn. I also much prefer counted to stamped.
Welcome!! I'm so glad you're here! The more the merrier I say!!
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