I stitched this years ago, in the late 90's, I believe. It was before I'd ever stitched on linen, which I first did in 1999 (New Year's Eve, actually), so...yeah. Late 90's. Probably.
I got the pattern from a craft magazine, one that wasn't specific to stitching. It was a craft magazine that just happened to have a cross stitch pattern in it. I remember I fell in love with it instantly. I don't know the name of the magazine, or if it's still in publication. I do know that the pattern was printed on pages that were like newspaper. It was very smudgy, so I handled it as little as possible. It didn't occur to me to put it in a protective sleeve.
I can't say that I would stitch this patten today if I were seeing it for the first time. It's not my "style" anymore; it hasn't been for some time now. I still like it. I think it's quite cute. Charming, even. But probably not something I'd choose to stitch today. And if I did, it would definitely be stitched on linen or Lugana. I can't seem to work with Aida anymore.
I'd heard that would happen once you started using linen, but I didn't believe it at the time. I do now. ;)
Anyway, since I can't share much of my current WIP with you, I thought I'd show you a little something from the past. Even this pic is old, though; some of you may recognize it from my Flickr photostream. Maybe I should dig through my container of old projects and snap some pics to show you guys. That might be fun....
9 comments:
(swoon) it's adorable! Thanks for posting it, it's perfect for this time of year that's for sure!
A lovely finish. I think our tastes change over time. I still stitch on aida and dabble with evenweave. Did you start your L*K Winter ABC?
It's darlin'! And so season appropriate.
Know what you mean about not being able to go back to aida! Had to go out and make a special buy of it when I started teaching my niece to stitch, since I'd long since gotten rid of all of it.
I do my cross stitching on aida because I'm such a newbie at cross stitching. I can't see how I could stitch on anything else at the moment!
Thanks everyone! ♥
Lesleyanne, no I haven't started it yet. :( I told myself I can't start it until I've finished making at least a couple Christmas gifts. :/
Nicole, I used to be the very same way! Linen looked far too complicated when I started stitching. Now I've been stitching on linen twice as long as I did on Aida. :)
so adorable. I love the leaves.
what! I want to see all your older projects!!!! This is SO cute! I love that even your earlier projects are PERFECTLY stitched! what the what! So guess what? I go to the post office today & the gal is like, OH! You got a package but it wasn't sent to the right address! I held onto it for you...AND ITS MY PATTERNS! BUT!!! They are still sending me new ones!!! haha!!!!! Crazy right???? So now I have double copies!!!
So so pretty!
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