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This little Earth cross stitch pattern is great for beginners and would be cute in an Earth or solar system themed room.
The design, from And Wabi Sabi, is 43 by 43 stitches, or 2.79 inches on 14 count fabric.
It looks like is just uses three colors and the shapes of the countries are simplified so this should be a pretty quick stitch.
The pattern is available for purchase on Etsy.
[Photo: And Wabi Sabi.]
Looking for more Environmental Cross stitch patterns? Check these out.
I am known to be really paranoid when it comes to cutting cross stitch fabric for a project. I will math it out, count, recount, think about it, worry, decide it needs to be bigger than math plus my already large margin for error suggests. If I could just be confident in choosing the correct size of fabric I’d have a lot more stitching time!
Sometimes you have a lot of extra fabric beyond where you are stitching because your fabric is too big. Or maybe you’re just working on a big project that leaves excess fabric potentially in your way when you are stitching.
Hannah Hand Makes has a post all about how to deal with excess fabric on the sides of a large cross stitch project (which is actually a podcast if you’d rather listen). She is talking more about huge stitchalong projects where you need a big piece of fabric than my particular problem of timid cutting, but the same advice applies.
I am lazy and don’t want to buy new products, so I would probably devise some sort of rolling and clamping situation with items I already have in the house, but she has some great tips for actual products you can buy that will help with this situation such as large hoops, standing frames and scroll frames. One of these solutions would certainly be worth the investment if you’re doing a year long (or otherwise long term) stitchalong or really big project where that excess fabric is going to cause problems.
Because beyond being annoying, odds are good I’m going to end up stitching right through that extra fabric and making a big mess.
Check out all the tips for working with a really big piece of cross stitch fabric over at Hannah Hand Makes.
What’s the biggest cross stitch project you’ve ever made? I’d love to hear all about it!
[Photo: Hannah Hand Makes]
I’m sorry you’ve had many negative comments related to no more images. As a country we are always looking for instant gratification it seems. And the images contributed to that. HOWEVER, all I have to do is read the title and brief description to decide if I want to go to that particular craft. Not hard to do.
Thanks for telling us why- I had wondered about it but definitely not upset. I look forward to each day’s newsletter- with or without images!