The Introverted Crafter

Onto the next stitch! Same designer, different film, and about 5000 stitches less than the last one. Let's see how long this takes me... Best thing I find is to pick a colour that allows you to map the piece. You've gotta be very careful at counting though! A colleague is leaving, so I've made her a card using a mixture of stamps. There was a plan to do a window with bars on it but it didn't pan out  Until next time  Ems

 Only a short one today. After 16 months, doing 1107 stitches yesterday to finish it, the mummy stitch is done!!! 145800 stitches later.  ....and now I'm on to the next one, which is just under 140000 stitches. Why do I do this to myself? Until next time Ems

So get this, yesterday was the 20th anniversary of supernatural starting, so this week I've decided to make something supernatural themed. I had some 3d resin printed figures of sam, dean, castiel, bobby and crowley that I bought on etsy, and some gumball machines I got from vinted. I don't know why, I've always wanted to alter a gumball machine! I painted everything with black gesso, and used prima art stones to give the machine some texture. I also added some chain links to the top.  I then used silver wax on the machine and figures. I used a cardboard disc covered in cheesecloth so I could glue sam and dean on the inside, and added castiel to the top, and bobby and crowley at the bottom. Finally, I added a lamp on the inside and some skulls where the gumballs usually come out.  I love this so much! And amazingly I got over 1000 likes on fb for it. I'd love to do a pirates one if  could find some decent figures.  I've also been working on the stitch, about 10 days...

Only a short one this week. First, here's where I am on the cross stitch.  It's getting there! I've also used a lot of jump rings to make a necklace this week.  Took a surprisingly large amount of time. Until next time Ems