cross-stitch: Rainbow Pride Planet pin

[kate_nepveu]

Gosh, cross-stitching little things is addictive. They finish so fast!

I made this Rainbow Pride Planet as a pin. The model is on black fabric but I hate stitching on black and only the edge was going to show, so I went with white. Stitched on 18 count to fit the largest cover buttons I could find—which I recommend, they were super easy to put together, and then I just used Krazy Glue to attach a bar pin. Mostly stitching on 18 count was a relief after the 22 count of the Captain Marvel keychain, but I am super tired of stitching on Aida; 18 count is probably big enough that I could have used the sewing method, but the fabric was just so stiff. (Also occasionally the stitches would get a little crowded, which is visible to the extreme perfectionist such as myself.)

Picture at Google Photos in case the below embed stops working:

I have the materials to make another one of these, does anyone want one in due course?

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[rosefox]

That's awesome!

[kate_nepveu]

Thanks! Gonna wear it at Readercon.

[jesse_the_k]

That's lovely, and would be the perfect hat pin.

[kate_nepveu]

Not really a hat person, so shall keep to my shirts!

[yhlee]

I would love one, but only if you have no other takers.

Also, I have discovered a new cross-stitch pattern shop, whee! :D Options!

(I know, I know, I should be mono-cross-sticherous if I want to finish anything haha. Lessons learned from a previous life of cross-stitching.)

[kate_nepveu]

it will be yours, in the fullness of events!

and I dunno, it's true that it takes me a long time to finish big projects, but on the other hand it's fun to have travel projects or time-sensitive ones, and ultimately it's about fun, so! (your pin will be a travel project, for instance.)

[yhlee]

Eee, thank you!

...that's true, I wouldn't mind a small travel project. I should get one of those fobs (?) that you can use for thread-cutting that airport security I hear tell will let through, as opposed to scissors.

[kate_nepveu]

I've never had trouble getting little scissors through, but it's all so arbitrary . . .