Fabric Density Swatches

These are a few density swatches I put together for reference. First is 14ct perforated plastic. One thing you may be able to see from the photo is how badly the plastic warps and deforms with six strands. At one point, the floss actually broke the plastic, and I had to creatively lay my stitches to keep that from being obvious, but you can still see a little peek of white. On both plastic and fabric, I do not recommend more than four strands for full stitches on 14ct. Even at four, there's enough floss that it gets caught up on itself and tends to create big snags and snarls. For 18ct, I don't recommend more than three strands for full stitches. After that point, the same thing starts to happen. And for 22ct, you only need two. Not only does your floss start to snag, but 22ct is a loose weave, and deforms with too many strands, and pretty soon you actually lose your grid.

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Group Project: Bosch Quilt

This is the Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch. It is my favourite painting in history, because look at it. It's insane. Painted some time around 1500, the Garden of Earthly Delights is a triptych depicting Heaven (or Eden), Earth (or mortal sin), and Hell (or the Last Judgement), depending on one's interpretation of the panels.

Honestly, I just love it because look at it. Is that a man playing a flute with his ass? This is some demented Dutch Where's Waldo.

Why am I telling you about this delightfully horrifying tribute to humanity? Because this is our next group project. We, as a collective, will be stitching this thing. I've wanted to stitch this for a long time, but haven't been able to because in order to preserve all the absurd detail, it needs to be huge. Like, 500 stitches huge. I kind of wanted to make it bigger, but it's already going to be almost 200 pattern pages as it is.

Do you want to participate? Awesome! Here's what…

2019 MadXStitchalong

The 2019 MadXStitchalong is scheduled to take two months this year. Why? Because it's a bit bigger than the ones in the past, for one, and a two-month schedule should hopefully make it easier for everyone to keep up. It's also a drawn design this year, meaning that although the design is bigger, it's going to be much simpler to stitch and count, with a lower threshold for detail.

The 2019 SAL will run from September 1st through Halloween. Also changing this year is the way you will be receiving your patterns. Rather than having to remember to keep checking back at a certain page, there is a form below for you to sign up. Every week, starting Sunday, September 1st, you will receive all your files over email. The SAL will be structured at one page per week, except for the final week, which will be two pages.

Like every year, the design is a mystery. But you do get to know some specifics.

100 x 200 stitches120 coloursColour palette and floss usage - You should only …

Free Pattern: Toothless and Hiccup

Counted Cross Stitch Pattern

102 x 82 stitches
100 Colours
Full Stitches Only
Uses 2013 New Colours

Download includes colour and black and white charts, floss usage, and example image.

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