I really like sharing actually detailed, lovely and painterly cross sew designs, however they at all times make me somewhat jealous. I really feel like I don’t have the persistence for such an enormous venture, particularly contemplating the largest venture I’ve ever tried has barely been began for most likely nearly two years now. (I’ll end it earlier than my daughter graduates highschool, which supplies me two and a half extra years!)
A superb instance of the attractive cross stitching I want I may do is that this peacock butterfly and overlook me nots design from XFree.
The colours on this one are simply so fairly and the vary of colours within the flowers and the butterfly each make them look that rather more actual.
It’s no shock that this one makes use of a whopping 57 colours in addition to 7 blends to make that magic.
After which there’s the dimensions. At 160 by 149 stitches, the product description helpfully(?) notes there are 22,830 stitches “within the marathon,” a phrase that made me giggle however can also be most likely fairly lifelike for the way it feels prefer to sew such a factor.
When completed on 14 rely cloth this design would measure 11.4 by 10.62 inches, or 28.96 by 26.97 cm. The sample consists of measurements for different sew counts if you wish to make it somewhat smaller.
However truthfully I feel once you’re making a venture this large you may as nicely make it large, proper? Such that everybody who walks into the room the place it’s hanging after you end it is going to discover it.
If you wish to take this one on, you could find the sample from XFree on Etsy.
Within the meantime I wish to know, what’s the largest cross sew venture you’ve efficiently completed? Do you want large initiatives or smaller ones? I might like to share extra of what you prefer to sew, so let me know within the feedback!
[Photo: XFree]
Blue Butterfly Cross Sew Sample [Cross-Stitch]
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