What’s really great about this, it’s not that expensive to do. it’s not like we don’t have worn out jeans that I could use, heh. and thread don’t cost that much, or even I could scrounge around some garage sells and pick up alot even cheaper.
However, there is one expense I could see being…erm…useful. A stand hoop. That needle gets just a tad too close, .
All in all, a fun little project. Now I’ll have to design some carnivorous plant ones, and christmas presents, too.
I failed so miserably at this craft but look at you go! Mastered at once, nice one Charles. I like the composition here and am really looking forward to your hungry plants vignette, that will be super interesting indeed!
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Nice job! What type of thread are you using to get the awesome texture? Or is that a special stitch?
I know nothing about this craft, but it sure looks neat!
Basic cross stitch thread. Wife was given a lot that she says she’ll never use. However, a lot of little pieces (Hence the sky colored as is, but, but but, gave me the idea for the ground).
I went into it thinking it was something entirely different, more cross stitch like. However, after I started getting the shag done right, I began to really like it.
However, I do need to see if I can find a way to glue the back side without having to buy a special glue…For this one I had a large sticky tape thing to put on the back side. So that’s one thing I need to see if I can find a simple/cheap method for.
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I seal a lot of my embroidery pieces with plain old Elmer’s water downed. It keeps the stitches from fraying and pulling through since I usually don’t do knots…
This is so cool! I love the different scale of the stitches on the various parts! I have heard of people using regular Elmer’s (or other PVA glue) for punch needle, too.
Wow that’s fantastic, I love how it looks like different stitch types, which it may well be I guess but I don’t know because I haven’t tried needle punch yet, but I did recently pick up a kit so I hope to try soon! Lovely piece tho
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Well, lookie here! Your cool craft is one of this week’s Featured Projects! Congratulations! 
Love the movement in the water and the sky. You’ve done a spectacular job!
