I am just picking up cross stitch and working on my first project. I am obsessively wish-listing kits I want to do in the future, but I should probably wait and see if I can finish one project first, lol. I am doing what I think is a simple kit to start and really enjoying it so far.

Anyone else cross-stitch?

I do!! I actually one an awards when I was in 5th grade for it.

Ooh, well done! I did finish my first project and have moved onto something much larger. It was the one and only larger kit I could find in the craft store, so I picked it up. I am enjoying it, but it's going to take a long time.

This is what I'm working on right now: "Sorrento Hotel"

And this is the first project I did: "Home"

Are you working on anything right now?

I like the Sorrento Hotel one. Reminds me of a cross stitch my mom did a few years ago.

I did this this one summer.

And I finished this one a few weeks ago.

Currently I'm working on this one.


I really want to do this one, but that probably won't happen until next summer when I have time to spend hours a day on it.

Aww those are too cute! And that geisha one is going to be beautiful, but definitely a lot of work.

I really want to do this one because it reminds me of Ireland, where my DH is from.

I'm hoping I can get this one done in time for my friend's birthday in December. I'll probably still be working on Sorrento Hotel by then though!

That's a good reason to do that one!

My BF is German. His dad is 100% German, and was raised by his German immigrant parents, so he raised my BF in a very German household. When we get married, I'm planning on doing a Lord's Pray sampler cross stitch (like girls used back in the 1700s) in German. Then beneath it, I want to cross stitch a street from a German town, so hopefully it'll look sort of like the the one you want to do, just German looking.

I cross-stitch, too. My grandmother taught me when she visited from Romania one summer. I'm currently working on my third seashell-themed project. :P

It's a great way to relieve stress while adding beautiful decoration to a house or apartment.

Sweet, Hapa and I are not alone! I have a friend coming over Saturday to craft together. She does scrapbooking, and I'll work on my cross stitch.

I scrapbook too, haha!! I've been cross stiching since I was 6 and scrapbooking since I was 9.

I have a huge storage container FULL of cross stitch items. I use to do it all the time, but I've gotten out of it over the last few years. But, after reading this I had to go look at my favorite mermaids patterns! lol