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Star Trek Enterprise LCARS Ship Schematic Cross Stitch by Lord Libidan
Title: USS Enterprise LCARS Ship Blueprint Date Completed: August 2020 Design: Lord Libidan Count: 14 Canvas: Black Colors: 9 Pop Culture: Star Trek The Next Generation I called my Star Trek Voyager Blueprint Cross Stitch my magnum opus, but apparently, I was wrong. I started planning my Voyager blueprint years before I started…
Linen sampler embroidered with silk, by Elizabeth Parker, Ashburnham Forge, Sussex, England, about 1830. (Source: Victoria & Albert Museum)
For as long as I've been cross stitching, there have been snarky cross stitches, NSFW cross stitches, postmodern cross stitches, tongue-in-cheek cross stitches, and even just the plain old retro cross stitches. These designs are great, but they serve a purpose; to subvert. But what exactly does that mean, and is it as contemporary as…
Sadly this isn't how customers are... :/
When you've finished a cross stitch you have a few options on what to do with it. You can frame it for display or just store it. Traditionally, these are the only two things people think of doing with cross stitch. But there is another way; sell it. Now, before we start, I'm not…
14 Count Aida and 28 Count Evenweave (source: cloudsfactory.net)
I often see people talking about stitching on linen, evenweave or monk's cloth, and people in the comments are quiet. It took me a while to work it out, but people aren't aware you can cross stitch on other fabrics. Most people see just the standard cross stitch fabrics like aida and evenweave, but you…