#plastic canvas stitching pattern

[boogiepopmeup]

We got a new WIP and OH GOD ITS HUGE. why?!?

[captain-britain]

I made a Ko-Fi!

I'm selling my cross stitch, knitting, crochet, and plastic canvas patterns on Ko-Fi.

https://ko-fi.com/captainbritainpatterns

[thejellyfaerie]

So I may have picked up a new hobby.

[justkeepstitching]

Nanny’s Pyrex Pattern

The person who designed this pattern on Bracelet Book had a few different vintage Pyrex patterns. I was thrilled to find my grandmother’s (who we all called “Nanny”) pattern. She had a whole set of dishes with this pattern that I fondly remember using when I was growing up. Sadly, she passed away last year, but I will always think of her when I see this Pyrex pattern. It’s called Butterfly Gold, for anyone who’s wondering.

Pattern Time!

[maxaroniiiii]

it's them!!

[teashopcrafts]

hey! i also do plastic canvas and im a huge fan of your stuff! do you sell patterns? even if its rudementary, i'd venmo you! or, if you dont mind me asking, how do you create the movie cover and book cover art patterns? its amazing!

Hello! and Thank you!

I do sell some of the patterns in my shop. It all depends on demand and what I can manage to get digitized to make them nice and official looking, lol. I draw everything out on graph paper in pencil and kind of do alot of the thread color choices in my head as I go. Which ones were you looking for patterns to?

[smasterilli]

Hi! I really like corgis, and that's why I decided to dedicate one of the Christmas decorations to them. It remains to change the year =) You can find the cross stitch pattern and tutorial in our store on Inspire Uplift and BuyMeaCofee

More about this pattern on my web site:

https://smasterilli.com/product/christmas-bad-corgi-cross-stitch-pattern-pdf-for-plastic-canvas-0409/

[stellacendias-stellarstitches]

Cat Keychains

Colors can be customized based on your cat's colors. These three were based on my friend's cats Cosmos, Sophie, and Odyssey

$5 each plus shipping

The cats themselves!

[centralsaints]

I love learning a craft by completely winging it without even a pattern

[unshatters-your-teacup]

UH OH BESTIES IM GETTING INTO ANOTHER FIBER CRAFT

[rkherman]

Here is the pattern and info for my Hollow Knight layered cross stitch, if you'd like to make one yourself!

Total canvas size is 92 W x 64 H.

Images 3 to 6 are the layers from back to front.

The black outline from the plastic canvas will be the black outline around the sections, instead of actual stitches (see this post).

The dark grey bars at the bottom are filler stitches with a random neutral colour. I did this to keep the thickness of the whole layer consistent, even if it's a bit extra work.

In between each layer, I glued a piece of mounting board to give the layers depth.

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Thread colours (For Lecien Cosmo, as it is more available at my local needlecraft stores. You can google conversion charts to DMC, or print it out to colour match yourself):

Image 3: 2563 (green) 566 (medium green)

Image 4: 566 (medium green) 735 (teal) 166 (medium blue) 168 (dark blue) 600 (black)

Image 5: 2563 (green) 566 (medium green) 500 (white) 212 (pale blue) 164 (blue) 166 (medium blue) 168 (dark blue) 600 (black)

Image 6: 500 (white) 562 (light green) 2563 (green) 566 (medium green) 735 (teal) 213 (light blue) 2214 (bright blue) 273 (lime green) 813 (pink) 287 (wine) 176 (purple) 600 (black)

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If you make something based on this pattern, please tag me or link me the post!

[finnsfancyfings]

Gåvlebocken christmas tree ornament I made to hopefully manifest a goat burning 🔥

provided the jackdaws leave anything left

Adapted from a pattern in issue 325 of World of Cross Stitch, stitched onto plastic canvas and then felt

[lpanne]

Round two of pride inspired Bargello patterns

All designs are on 10 count plastic canvas and cut so that there are 34 holes wide and tall.

DMC Tapestry Wool: Noir, Blanc, 7275, and 708

DMC Tapestry Wool: Noir, Blanc, 7275, 7770 and 722

DMC Tapestry Wool: Noir, Blanc, 7275, 722 and 708. (This one i should have cut down to be 33 x 33 but i wanted all my coasters to be the same size)

These are a little more complicated designs using Bargello as you aren't doing just doing straight lines of stitching. I wanted to try some more difficult patterns and when i saw a flag for the Asexual spectrum i felt like it was perfect to try the 4-way Bargello.

Again as a reminder of on how to read the top pattern:

the ones were i'm literally drawing the lines doesn't have this issue but i don't want to go back and redraw the top pattern as drawing with backstitch takes so much time!

And here is the link to the post were i talked about some of the difficulties i ran into first learning how to stitch this style of embroidery: https://lpanne.tumblr.com/post/751029562546274304/bargello

[cookie-stitch-25]

Flowers 🌸

Gifts for my grandmother and another relative 💜❤️

- Plastic canvas, cross-stitched on one side. White felt on the back side

- The pattern is taken from Pinterest and recolored in my colors available

- Pattern

[summergirl2408]

sooo I'm thinking of trying out cross stitching, any tips? 👀

(also any site I can find fandom-y patterns? 👉👈)

Ok so take all of this with a grain of salt cause I kind of just winged a lot of stuff and maybe looked up some stuff as it became relevant so no clue how much I actually know lol

This is gonna be a long one

Basic supplies:

fabric:

You can technically cross stitch on any kind of fabric but especially for the beginning you definitely want either aida fabric or maybe evenweave. You'd probably want to stay away from linen even tho some people also like to cross stitch on that stuff. (Personally I have not tried out evenweave or linen and just stick to aida for the time being)

Aida fabric is gonna look something like this with clearly visible holes to stitch into and multiple fibers in between each hole.

Evenweave and linen are kind of similar in the way that they both just single strands of fiber woven together and you stitch in the holes this woven fabric just produces naturally.

The main difference is that evenweave (as the name implies) has nice and even fibers which gives you an even grid to stitch on like this

while linen kind of has a varying thickness throughout (which some people like but tbh I'm not a fan of) like this:

There are also other things like plastic canvas (mostly used for stitching ornaments, keychains and stuff like that) or even wooden ornament bases with holes pre-drilled but tbh you can really stitch on anything that has holes in a grid 🤷🏼‍♀️ (I've seen people stitch on strainers before and the next project I have planned is gonna be on fly screen so ya know there really is not much of a limit)

For stitching on other things (like clothes or maybe a bag) there are also special kinds of fabric that can help so the image you're stitching is still nice and even. The 2 options most people use are either water soluble canvas (basically like a thin plastic sheet with holes in it that just dissolves completely when you wash it after you're finished stitching) or waste canvas (looks like normal aida but the fibers are held together way less permanently so you can pull them out one by one after finishing stitching).

fabric count:

How fine the fabric is (which translates directly to the size of the finished image) is generally expressed as the count of the fabric. The count is just the amount of holes per inch of fabric which means the bigger the number the finer the fabric. So a 14ct fabric has 14 holes/inch or ~5.5 holes/cm while a 25ct fabric has 25 holes/inch or ~10 holes/cm. Aida commonly comes in 11,14,16,18 or 20ct while I have seen evenweave and linen up to like a 50ct. For beginners people usually recommend starting with a 11ct or 14ct fabric but tbh I jumped right in with 18ct and didn't have any problems either 🤷🏼‍♀️.

floss:

The "yarn" used for cross stitch/embroidery in general is usually refered to as floss. I would definitely get proper embroidery floss from the get go (please don't be like me and get random cotton yarn that is not meant to be split in multiple strands and try to split it anyways because I can tell you that while it does work it is not really that pleasant of an experience). Embroidery floss usually comes in these little things called skein.

They are usually 8m in length and made to be split into 6 strands. How many of those strands you actually use for stitching depends on your fabric count and personal preference. Here is a good resource on how many strands to use.

In terms of brands the biggest one (and the one most patterns are based on) is DMC. Their basic embroidery floss is called mouline special. There are a few other brands with large ranges of colour like Anchor or Rico Design as well. Those are all 100% cotton. There are also cheaper options made from polyester. I can't really say much about those tho because I personally do just use DMC 🤷🏼‍♀️.

needles:

There are different options of needles but I'd definitely recommend going for tapestry needles. They have a rounded tip so there is way less of a risk to accidentally stab yourself. Not having a sharp point might make pin stitches and fractional stitches harder tho.

In terms of material the standard is nickel-plated steel. For people with a nickel allergy there are options like gold-plated needles or the Pony Black brand needles.

In terms of brand a lot of people swear by either John James or by Tulip and most people say that while DMC produces the best quality floss their needles are not good. But tbh I've been using DMC brand and I like them just fine 🤷🏼‍♀️.

Needles also come in different sizes for tapestry needles you'll usually see sizes 18,20,22,24,26 and 28 with a bigger number signifying a smaller needle. A rule of thumb people use to determine what size needle to use is to kinda match the needle size to the fabric count (so a size 24 needle for 14ct fabric, a size 26 needle for 16ct fabric and a size 28 needle for 18ct fabric) but I use a size 24 needle on 18ct fabric and have absolutely no problem so that's that 🤷🏼‍♀️.

People also have very different opinions on when to switch out your needle for a new one. The 2 main opinions here seem to be "I switch my needle out whenever the plating is starting to rub off" vs. "I switch out my needle once I lose it or snap it in half". (I am very much on the side of the second option because I feel like as long as the needle isn't snagging on the fabric I don't need to replace it so I stitched a full 122k stitch piece with 1 needle)

hoops/frames:

Hoops are most often made from wood/bamboo. There are plastic ones too tho. You clamp the fabric between the inner and outer hoop so it keeps the tension for you.

Another option that does the exact same things are frames like for example Q Snap brand ones (and I think most people who do use frames actually swear by Q Snap and say that off-brand ones don't hold tension nearly as well)

It's basically just personal preference if you do like to use a hoop/frame but I personally just stitch in hand and don't use anything like that.

other equipment:

embroidery scissors:

There are a lot of really cute embroidery scissors in fun shapes (stork shaped seems to be really popular for some reason) but just a small basic one is more than enough (but definitely very necessary).

stand:

If you do choose to use a hoop or frame there are stands you can clamp them in so you don't have to hold them in your hand. There are different types of stand like smaller ones that just hold the project over your lap

or big floor stands that can also be used while standing.

A stand makes it possible to stitch with 2 hands (one in front of and one behind the fabric) which makes stitching faster once you're used to it.

They are definitely not necessary tho, especially when just starting out and can be really expensive.

pattern keeper:

An (android) app you can load up (compatible) digital patterns into. A lot of pattern makers make their patterns compatible with the app. It helps to keep track of process, allows you to highlight the colour you're currently working on and shows you how many stitches of each colour are left. It is I think an 8€ one time purchase and I absolutely swear by it especially for bigger patterns and so do many others (I've seen people who only own apple products genuinely buy a cheap android tablet only to be able to use this app).

needle minder:

Basically looking like a pin (some people make their own out of enamel pins) with a magnet in it that is held onto the fabric with another magnet behind the fabric. Used to stick on your needle when you're not using it so you don't lose it. Some collect them because there are really pretty ones out there. Only really an option if you use a hoop or frame tho.

needle threader:

The name basically explains the thing and it's not like it's a cross stitch exclusive thing either but I thought I'd include it because I do quite regularly see people who don't know how to use them/what they are.

Usually looks sth like this

or has a hook at the end instead of a wire loop. You push the needle threader through the eye of your needle, hook the floss onto it/pull it through the wire loop and the pull it through again with the floss. I usually don't bother using a needle threader unless I stitch with like 4+ strands because then it gets hard to thread by hand 🤷🏼‍♀️

seam ripper:

Can be useful when undoing areas you made a mistake on if you don't care to preserve the floss.

grime guard:

Not really something you can buy (except for in some etsy shops) but some people make them for themselves. Basically a ring of fabric with elastic so it can fit around a hoop/frame and protect the fabric from the natural oils of your hand. Some people use them but most don't bother.

floss cross:

Just kind of an example for the various kinds of software/website/app there are for creating your own cross stitch patterns. Floss cross is just the one I prefer. It is free and has a lot of really nice options and it is especially really easy to turn pixel art into a cross stitch pattern with it.

Gonna have to continue this in a reblog because of the picture limit 😂