Cross-stitching/Needlepoint anyone?

I love needlepoint and cross-stitching! You can frame your beautiful works of art very VERY afforably! I have never paid anyone else to do mine for me. Here is what you do: Select a frame that has a mat that will frame your work of art nicely. Get a piece of cardboard (most frames already have a piece inside the frame)You'll need some painter's tape or masking tape. Center your cross stitch on the cardboard, and flip it over. Stretch your cross stitch and tape it down on the back. Keep flipping it over to check that it is still centered. Then, place it in the frame! It's a little tricky, and may take a few attempts before you get it perfect, but you can do it! It's way more affordable than getting it done professionally. Plus, if you get a coupon for JoAnns or AC Moore or any other craft store, it become even more affordable! Good luck! And please, don't let your beautiful, hard worked on pieces of art sit in hiding much longer!!!!

I used to enjoy cross stitching when I was younger but it has become too bothersome for me now. For one thing, my fingers tend to fall asleep when I cross stitch making it hard to complete the project. Secondly, my eyesight is not what it used to be! I think I am also more impatient than I used to be. It takes a long time to complete a crosstitched item.

I used to do it about 12 or 13 years ago. I really enjoyed it. The problem is that it got so the fine work strained my eyes. So I went back to crocheting. I don't crochet with thread, just yarn.

I love counted cross stitching. I have to admit though I put it away for about 7 years and just pulled it back out when I found a pattern to do for my newest grandson. It is a birth annoucncement. I can't believe how easy it was to just pick it back up. I will never put it away again. I have already pulled out all my threads and found a program online that lets you enter in each number of the threads so you can just look at a glace to find out if you have enough thread for a project. I was suprised to find out I have every color that I will need to do any project I choose. I use to only do cross stitch and I gave all of the projects I have done away but 2. After I finish the one for the baby, I am going back and doing the ones I loved and gave away. I do have half of the Last Supper to finish, but it is so detailed I will wait a little while before bringing it back out. I also love to crochet, and occasionally plastic canvas. I will never stop crocheting it will give my eyes a break from cross stitching. I just joined my lot so I don't know if there is anywhere to post pics of finished projects, but someday I will take some photos and make a link to them. I would love to see other ppl's work. God bless and have a happy new years stitching.

Cross stitch is my favourite craft! I get most of my patterns from magazines rather than books or kits though. I'd like to buy more in kit form however I hate patterns with fractional stitches and it can be really hard to tell if there are any in the pattern without looking at the grid itself. One day I hope to be over my 'fractional fear' lol

I love cross stitching! I made my first project when I was in college and it took me 3 months to finish the project. It was a big Jesus face.

Its not hard to learn to stretch and frame work yourself, maybe you could take a dayschool and learn to do it really professionally, but I taught myself from a book years ago and it works just fine.

i love cross stitching and once i get started, i'm so into it that i cant stop until i finished the whole thing. i've had few of my 'masterpiece' hehe hung on the wall at the living room at home and my grandma's living room. the most recent piece was one of 'how to pray the rosary' that i gave it to my best friend.

I love cross stitching I have so many projects that I am working on. When I finish a project I frame it myself Like the one I am almost finished with has a cross and butterflies and says It wasn't nails that held him on the cross But it was his love for you and me. It is the size of a 5x 7 picture so I will probably buy a 8 x 10 frame and a mat board and then what I do is I iron the back side of the picture and starch it and then I pull it tight around the card board backing and then place it on the glass and make sure it is centered then I place it in place and it is ready to go. I have done several like this and the glass keeps it clean and they have loved them.

I love cross stitching! I just love the look of it. I must admit I haven't done it in a while, guess I've been too busy with everything else, but I've got it in mind to get started again. I do lots of different crafts like this, and I love them all!

The framing can be pretty expensive. I hahve framed a few pieces myself and they turned out pretty well. I have also made some nice pillows as gifts.

cross stitch afficionado here! and yes i do agree with you that having them framed is costly. i am able to finish a few projects and they're all rolled up because i still cant afford to have them framed. but its wonderful once you have finished a project, i have a few displayed in my room that i just made blanket stitches on the edges so that they dont fray. when i have the extra money i will have these framed!