All posts containing finished cross stitch.
SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon Crew Blueprint Cross Stitch by Lord Libidan
Title: SpaceX Falcon 9 Dragon Capsule Blueprint Date Completed: September 2020 Design: Lord Libidan Count: 14 Canvas: Navy Colors: 1 Pop Culture: Space, SpaceX, Falcon 9, Dragon Whilst one of my most loved cross stitches are blueprints (to name just a few, my Futurama Ship Blueprint Cross Stitch and Star Wars Lightsaber Blueprint) I…
NASA Space Shuttle Blueprint Cross Stitch by Lord Libidan
Title: NASA Space Shuttle Blueprint Date Completed: August 2020 Design: Lord Libidan Count: 14 Canvas: Navy Colors: 1 Pop Culture: Space, NASA, Shuttle I rarely revisit a cross stitch idea. For me, once the idea is done, it's done. However, whilst stitching my Star Trek Enterprise LCARS cross stitch, I had a real yearning…
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…