I can't draw for shit - but give me a needle...

Metasynth said:

Count the holes in the canvas to know where to put the colors....?

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Yessica... said:

It's A LOT of counting. The canvas is always blank first - I think?

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yeah meta, i'm far from a pro, but from what i understand, there's counted cross stitch, which is just a blank canvas that you have to count each hole and go off of a pattern, and then there's cross stitch that already has the pattern on the canvas, and you just do the cross stitch right over the pattern... yeah, i just checked with a pro, lol.. counted, no pattern, normal has the pattern on the canvas already..

Metasynth said:

Haha...a gallery showing of eclectic cross stitches...I can see it already...lol

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hey, you never know, they might make epic 4/20 gifts, pmsl..

racerboy71 said:

hey, you never know, they might make epic 4/20 gifts, pmsl..

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Dibs on the first signed piece...haha...

THEY would - I've been wanting to design funny cross stitch patterns for ages. Then usually...I would just choose to watch "House" instead. hahaha

I used to sign my pieces. Actually I did 2 Huuuuuge ones, for each of my serious ex boyfreinds. They took months to do. And are probably both ashes in a fire at this point in time.

Guess you gotta make sure you're giving them to someone who won't end up hating you.

hahahahaha

Yessica... said:

I used to sign my pieces. Actually I did 2 Huuuuuge ones, for each of my serious ex boyfreinds. They took months to do. And are probably both ashes in a fire at this point in time.

Guess you gotta make sure you're giving them to someone who won't end up hating you.

hahahahaha

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I have ex's who I don't like that gave me things I still own. I appreciate the gesture, even if I no longer appreciate the person.

Oooooh, maybe my heart-felt stitching renditions of "with or without you" and also "Hallelujah" are only collecting dust in a closet - and not burned in effigy....

fingers crossed

Yeah, Somewhere I have a jar full of thousands of tiny different colored oragami stars, most likely just sitting in a forgotten drawer.

Metasynth said:

Yeah, Somewhere I have a jar full of thousands of tiny different colored oragami stars, most likely just sitting in a forgotten drawer.

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Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.....

Yessica... said:

I used to sign my pieces. Actually I did 2 Huuuuuge ones, for each of my serious ex boyfreinds. They took months to do. And are probably both ashes in a fire at this point in time.

Guess you gotta make sure you're giving them to someone who won't end up hating you.

hahahahaha

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Yessica... said:

Oooooh, maybe my heart-felt stitching renditions of "with or without you" and also "Hallelujah" are only collecting dust in a closet - and not burned in effigy....

fingers crossed

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yeah, i tend to agree with meta, and think one would have to be a pretty cold hearted douche bag to burn something an ex gave you, especially if it was something hand made that took a lot of time.. i still have all sorts of weird shit from ex's some where or another..
my mom knitted a blanket for an ex gf of mine, even after we were broken up... her mom just told me a few months ago that she still uses it.. we were at her mom's dropping off a new baby blanket and baby clothes my mom knitted for her new baby at the time..

My last ex broke into my e-mail account and read pages upon pages of an online diary I had been writing to myself in order to work up the nerve to break up with him.

In his readings, he probably came across many things that would be impossible to forget, such as the deconstruction of his personality and very negative statements about the size of his manhood and sexual prowess.

Some things you just can't unsee...

I guess figuratively, I kind of did take his penis as a trophy.

I believe that cross-stitch is burned, or in a dumpster.

Maybe that should be a new scale in bad break-ups?

Sandra: "It was a really messy break--up"

Yessica: "Yeah, but was it burn-your-cross-stitch bad?"

hahahahaha.

Well, the first cross-stitch I ever did was of Bart Simpson, on hard plastic (a very easy and newbie canvas for cross stitches).

The year was...oh Gawd...1987 and I was 6 years old.

I think you can manage...

I am impressed, except for the part about that poor guys penis. That will learn him about lookin where he aint supposed to

wow! that is awesome!!!!!

Hey @april - I SWEAR I was cross stitching your face waaaaaaay before I came on here...

bahahahaha - I felt the need to say that. If not - the whole "thousand hour cross-stitch" would seem REEEEEAAAALLLLY creepy...

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very cool

you should do needle work on some grow bags

tekdc911 said:

you should do needle work on some grow bags

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It takes - fuuuuuurever. Best to call Skynet and leave that up to the machines...

Yessica... said:

Oooooh, maybe my heart-felt stitching renditions of " life goes on with or without you" and also "Hallelujah its over" are only collecting dust in a closet - and not burned in effigy....

fingers crossed

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there fixed that for you


kinda F'd up you took months to needle point a break up letter
just busting your balls ........... well chesticles in your case