Captain Marvel cross-stitch keychain
I had seen these 2x3" photo keychains mentioned as good for cross-stitch, and had been vaguely contemplating making something for a while, because I broke my last keychain (Garnet on one side, Ruby and Sapphire on the other). After the Captain Marvel movie, I decided I wanted to stitch her symbol, but I didn't love any of the patterns I found, so attempted my own. I went for the comics version rather than the MCU because it was simpler and therefore seemed more suited to the limited space.
There are pictures in this Google Photos album, but I'll try to embed the best one here:
[Image: cross-stitched version of Captain Marvel's red, yellow, and blue star symbol]
I stitched this on 22-count white Aida (22-count is usually listed as Hardanger, but it said Aida on the tube), over one, with 1 strand of floss. Colors: red: DMC 498; yellow: DMC 973; blue: DMC 336; backstitching: DMC 823. The outside backstitching is two strands, because I really wanted the angles to be smooth and straight and the thicker backstitch helped me hide the jagged bits. (I had initially thought about doing a strand of yellow and a strand of dark blue together, but it didn't look as I wanted.)
I really liked this! It was a very easy relaxing stitch—well, once I got used to stitching on 22 count, which is quite the change after stitching on 14 or equivalent for my whole stitching career. And it looked just how I wanted it when I finished the stitching. Unfortunately, I don't love it as a keychain, but I have some ideas on how to fix that next time.
( link to pattern and lots of natter on process )
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