I finally finished! This is a cross stitch of St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana. I started it before I broke my arm and just now picked it back up and finished it.
I will say it was the most miserable cross stitch I have ever done and I have been doing some form of embroidery since I was 5 years old! It turned out lovely (except for my crooked crosses but after redoing them three times I just felt it was meant to be). The colors are lovely but I have learned a lot from this little chart.
One — if your pattern is mostly beige tones — DON’T use oatmeal fabric.
Two — look at the pattern before you ever buy it — if you can — to make sure it isn’t impossible to read.
Three — give yourself the grace to wing it need be.
So, it is done. I am not sure how to finish it — sort of into framing in hoops these days — but I will see — I thought I was going to give up on it but glad I didn’t.
I will revisit when it is framed.
3 comments:
Yay!! Well done!! You can be really proud of that one!
Hi, Mary! It was a struggle for sure but I am pleased with it. Hopefully at some point in this life I will get it framed!
Just saw this post! Your cross stitch looks lovely! I get you about the making sure the background is not too close to the colors in the pattern. But it looks good from the pic you shared. And yes, look at the pattern first! SO agree! If I can't read it easily I pass, which is sad sometimes. Leisure Arts' For The Love of Cross Stitch magazines always had such nice, easy to read patterns. But the Cross Stitch and Country Crafts magazine patterns were more difficult to read.
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