145 Times People Cross-Stitched Beautiful And Unique Things And Shared Them Online

If you enjoyed Bored Panda’s article on the subreddit r/Sewing, you will probably like this one too!

It’s called r/CrossStitch and the people who belong to this sub are just as creative and skilled.

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Just one quick scroll and you can find a stitch of the meme that perfectly represents our quarantine mood, the legendary Bernie Sanders’ pose at the inauguration, and plenty of other cool projects.

However, going through a subreddit that was created all the way back in 2010 can take you quite a while. So we hand-picked a set of photos of the most impressive works the members of r/CrossStitch have shared. Enjoy!

#1 Came Across This On Facebook…it Took Him 20 Years To Finish This Periodic Table Of Elements

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#2 Day 5 Of Quarantine, I’ve Run Out Of Fabric And Have Had To Resort To Cross Stitching This Old Strainer. Turned Out Pretty Good I Think!

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#3 Schrödinger’s Cat Glow In The Dark Is Finished!

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#4 A 2020 Update: Lost The Boyfriend But Kept The Cat. Priorities

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#5 I Stitched The Representation Of The Quarantine Mood

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#6 Finally Got Around To Finishing This One!

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#7 Today I Ironed My Mega-Cat Project & It’s In The Mail To My Aunt!

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#8 My 6 Year Old Has Been Getting In On The Cross Stitch Hype In My House Too. He’s So Proud, He Wants To Show His Progress Off To Everyone!

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#9 I Lost It At The Glasses

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#10 Literally Took Blood And Tears, But I Am Very Proud Of My First Project

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#11 Got Back Into Stitching After A Long Break, Finished This Beauty Last Night

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#12 Cross Stich On A Wall In Estavayer, Switzerland

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#13 I Just Started A New Job Where I (Annie) Sit Between An Ann And An Anna. So I Self-Drafted A Direction Sign

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#14 A Few Months Ago I Posted That I Was Cross Stitching My Old Cats For Mums Christmas Present – Cat 2/3 Is Complete! Sadly We Lost This Guy To Old Age While I Was Making This, But The Process Of Stitching Him Was Very Therapeutic. Pattern By Me Using Pixel Stitch

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#15 I’m Sure This One Belongs Here

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#16 Current Circumstances Have Significantly Changed The Meaning Of This One Since I Started It In February

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#17 I’m Terrible At Starting Huge Projects But Never Finishing Them. This One Was The First “Big” Piece I Ever Completed And It Took Four Years! I’m Particularly Proud Of The Shawl

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#18 Half Way Down, “Spanish Lace” By Riolis. Stitched 1 Over 1 On Monaco

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#19 Done And Dusted Just In Time For My Best Friend’s Birthday! Pattern By Olga Lankevich

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#20 Ring Box I Made For Proposing To My Now Fiancee!

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#21 My Mom Made Me A Pokemon-Themed Tissue Box!

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#22 My Trio Of Us National Parks

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#23 Disney Stained Glass Project, Complete! Still Can’t Believe That I Did This!

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#24 First Time Cross Stitching On Clothing And My Boyfriend’s “It’s Too Nice To Wear” Response Is Making Me Look Like This Cat

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#25 I Completed My Ocean Triptych Today!

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#26 Bernie At The Inauguration Stitch By Kitschystitchesau

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#27 I Made Blackwork Kyoshi For My Best Friend! (Self-Drafted)

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#28 I Made A Thing! Self-Drafted

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#29 1.5 Years Later And I Am Finished!

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#30 Before And After Backstitching

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#31 Over 5,000 Hours And 3+ Years In The Works. My Mother Finally Completed Her Counted Cross-Stitch With 606,875 Stitches

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#32 My First Everest. This Took 4+ Months And 100 Headaches, But I Have Finally Finished The First Big Project I’ve Started. I Cant Wait To Give It To My Mum!

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#33 1 Year Ago This Saturday I Came Home With An Empty Cat Carrier After Helping To Release My Best Friend From A 2 Year Battle With Terminal Cancer. I Worked On This Piece Through Tears That Week, And Just Got The Frame Back In Time To Hang It In His Memory For The One Year Anniversary

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#34 Hi To All! I’m A 27 Yo Cross-Stitcher And I’m Proud To Show You My First Big Completed Project With Backstitch. I Think It’s Still Not Perfect, But I Really Adore My Result. Pattern “Purring On The Roofs” By Cutepatternsbymaria

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#35 I Did This For My Boyfriend Who Is A Gynecologist

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#36 Everyone Loves A Good Before & After Backstitching, Right?

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#37 It Took Me Two And A Half Years! Gamer Nouveau By Gecko Rouge

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#38 My First Ever Cross Stitch – My First Wedding Anniversary Present To My Husband

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#39 My First Cross Stich Ever. Bought This Pattern Close To My Place. Don’t Judge!

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#40 A Minecraft Bee I Just Finished! I Love How It Turned Out

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#41 So I Finished My Summer Stitching Project A Little Early

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#42 The Day He Proposed

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#43 This

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#44 I Fixed It. Got The Kit At Joanns

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#45 My Take On A Target Bag: A Sack For All My Yarn Balls

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#46 My Beautiful Raven Is Finished! Sooo Happy With How This Piece Turned Out. I Hope You Enjoy Looking At It As Much As I Do!

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#47 Added A Few More Paintings To My Art Collection! (Self Drafted)

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#48 Social Distancing Romance

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#49 My 8 Year Old Finished Her First Cross Stitch Project And She’s So Proud!

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#50 I’m So Happy With How It Looks, I Wanted To Show Someone

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#51 Today Is A Good Day! By Kitschystitchesau

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#52 I Did The Plague Doctor Pattern, But With My Own Flair

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#53 After 23 Years, It’s Finally Done

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#54 Finished This Dragon Today! One Of My Favorite Patterns I’ve Ever Stitched

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#55 Finished A Very Tiny Quarantine Stitch! (I Had Some 32 Linen And Was Curious What It Would Look Like If I Only Stitched Over One) Thank You To U/Radioactivejellyfish For The Covid Bacteria Pattern. The Lettering Is Also A Freebie But I Couldn’t Find The Original Post To Credit The User

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#56 My Planet Cape!

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#57 My Very First Finished & Framed Project, Even Though I’ve Been Stitching For About 25 Years

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#58 Finally Finished The Piece I’ve Been Working On For 18 Months! A Collage Of All The Harry Potter Book Covers

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#59 I Hear You Like Neat Backs, This Isn’t One…

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#60 Ready To Graduate!

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#61 My Grandmother’s Senior Portrait!

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#62 A Gay Agenda For My Coworker

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#63 After Two Years And Over 35,000 Stitches, I’m So Proud That This Blue Beast Is Finished! Pattern By Modern Folk Embroidery

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#64 My Brother Complained That I Never Make Him Anything. I Changed That Today

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#65 Are Cat Lovers Here?

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#66 Probably My Most Satisfying “Before And After Backstitching” Example Yet!

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#67 My First Big Project Is Finished! I Enjoyed This One Very Much And Learned The French Knot

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#68 My Mum Sewed This Mermaid Over 18 Years Ago And It Has Been Left Folded Up Inside A Cupboard, I’ve Told Her She Should Frame It!

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#69 Bee Haw And Yee Claw, Partners!

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#70 This Is A Wedding Gift For My Future Daughter In Law. It Says What Her Name Will Be When She Marries My Son & Their Wedding Date. (Her Middle Name Means Cherry Blossom) The Cross Belonged To My Late Husband. She Asked My Son If His Dad Would’ve Liked Her. He Would’ve Loved Her

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#71 Game Over!

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#72 Cute Mini Kitchen Stitch

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#73 Summon Demons

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#74 Some Freestyle Stitching To Make The Super Bowl Manageable To Watch. No Pattern, My Freestyle Inspired By Femme Bohemian

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#75 I Made This For The 30th Birthday Of My Boyfriend As A Reminder Of This Hell Of A Year:) The Pattern Is My Own, The First Pattern With Which I Started My Shop Stitchaloft On Etsy

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#76 Finished Just In Time- Sums Up 2020 Fairly Well

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#77 My Mom Told Me To Find A Hobby

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#78 Happy Earth Day! I Made This Cross Stitched Globe Several Years Ago

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#79 I Finally Finished It!

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#80 I’m Sorry, I Had To. Pattern By Stitchpenny On Etsy

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#81 Finally Forking Finished

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#82 My Very First Self Drafted Pattern: My Son’s First Words

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#83 Looking At This Wall Gives Me Dopamine

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#84 I Think It’s Fair To Say That My Abuela Has Been Very Productive During Lockdown In Spain!

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#85 Since The Other 30 Year Old Dudes Are Representing, I Figured It’s My Turn. I’m A 35 M And I Stitch. Here Is Some Of My Work

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#86 Always Has Been

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#87 Backstitching Before And After! This Was Three Months Of Work In Total. I Love How Much Difference The Backstitching Made!

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#88 Gift For My BF: His Favourite Buddy On A Hoodie. My First Attempt To Stitch On A Regular Fabric. Pattern By Laselvadesign From Etsy

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#89 My Friend Has Had A Tough Time Recently. The Final Straw Was When The Company She Bought Her Sofa From Told Her They’d Lost Her Sofa And She Wouldn’t Have It In Time For Xmas. I Cross Stitched A Pattern With A Sassy Comment She Said To The Sofa Company In Anger In An Effort To Cheer Her Up

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#90 Evil Queen By Medusa Dollmaker Available From Gecko Rouge. Its On 25 Count Linen 1×1. 98,479 Stitches And Has Taken Me 15 Months To Complete

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#91 I Started Crossstitching To Do Ukrainian Embroidery. I’ve Been Picking This One Up And Setting It Down For A Few Years. Finally Finished. Self Drafted

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#92 My Latest Work Encapsulates My Life!

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#93 Finished This Stardew Valley Map Last Year, Realized I Never Posted It Here

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#94 I’m A 35 Year Old Dude Who Just Finished His First Crack At Cross Stitching And Am Giggling Like A 5 Year Old. Definitely Scratched That Itch To Create

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#95 Adorable Moon Jar, With Opalescent Aida That I Dyed Pink And A Glittery Purple Painted Hoop!

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#96 Red Dress Meme Aka Distracted Boyfriend Meme

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#97 Heard You Guys Enjoy A Little Before And After Backstitch Action

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#98 Lots Of Firsts With This One. Glad To Have A Little Mascot!

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#99 My First Mirabilia Finish!

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#100 Ponyo-Style Ramen

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#101 I Wanna Be Teh Vury Berst!

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#102 I Have Finally Finished My Most Frustrating Piece To Date! The Northern Lights

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#103 My Second Piece, Snow Place Like Home

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#104 Two And A Half Years Later, Finished My First Large Piece!

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#105 The Most Complex Project I’ve Ever Finished

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#106 Made This For A Dear Friend Who Had To Downsize Her Wedding Last Weekend To Parents And Siblings Only!

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#107 “The Humble Bee” By Dominionsisters. It’s Only Four Inches, So The Bee Is Sized Almost True To Life

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#108 Added A Nice Touch To My Shirt!

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#109 It’s Full Of Mistakes, The Back Is A Mess And I May Have Cried Twice, But I’m So Happy With My First Cross Stitch

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#110 My First Ever Cross Stitch And I’m Hooked!

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#111 My Mom’s First Time Cross Stitching!

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#112 Christmas Present That Was Finished Just In Time!

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#113 My First Finish Since Last Summer

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#114 My Latest Project- With An Appropriate Amount Of Cat Hair Stitched In

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#115 First Time Trying Some Black Work For One Of My Favorite Foods!

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#116 I’m A Father Who Learned To Cross Stitch Because His Daughter Wanted An Aurora “Old Fashioned” (A.k.a. Cross Stitch) Picture. Page 1 Complete Of A 9 Page, Full Coverage Piece…this Took Me About 5 Days, But Pace Definitely Cannot Be Maintained…

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#117 My Second Ever Project! So Proud Of It

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#118 I Just Really Love Lemons, Okay?

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#119 A Gift For The Husband Who Loves To Irritate Me By Calling All My Hobbies Knitting. Pattern From Backstagestitches On Etsy

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#120 Due To Popular Demand The Screaming Birb Pattern Is Here!

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#121 Couldn’t Quite Finish In 2018, But Worth The Wait! My First Attempt With Black Fabric And I Really Enjoyed It!

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#122 I Made This For My Transgender Son. I’m Very Proud Of Him!

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#123 Honk! Honk Honk Honk! (Untitled Goose Game)

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#124 My First 4 Craft Tarot Cross Stitches – I’m Hoping To Put Together Enough For A Whole “Deck” Eventually

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#125 Saw You All Like Before And After Photos. Here’s A Before And After Backstitch And Bling Of My Latest Finish

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#126 Pattern: Twisty Knot Designs On Etsy. First Time Trying Blackwork

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#127 So This Is My First Attempt At Cross Stitching And It’s Addicting. I’m Happy With How It Turned Out Even Tho I Made Some Mistakes

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#128 Done After Year And A Half. I Love How It Turned Out. Deets In Comment

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#129 As Soon As I Saw This Rabbit I Knew I Would Never Be Free Of Its Thrall Until I Made It

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#130 My Friend Has A Chonky Cat Named Salem, So I Had To Make This For Her! Pattern From Stitchfiddle/Self-Drafted, Meme From Sabrina The Teenage Witch

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#131 Backstitching Is Not My Favorite Part, But In This Case It Was Definitely Worth It

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#132 Love How This Turned Out

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#133 A Few People Suggested Turning This Into A Set, So I Did!

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#134 Decided To Finally Stop Lurking And Post These Lighthouse Stitches I Completed Several Months Ago

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#135 Look What My Friend Made Me For My Birthday!

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#136 Reclaiming The Hobby My Ex Told Me Was “Just Another Way For Me To Stay In Bed”. I Stitched A Bee And Told Him To Buzz Off

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#137 It’s Finished! Mount Rainier National Park!

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#138 Who Else Enjoys Some Subtle Cubicle Snark?

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#139 With Midterms Stressing Me Out, I Decided To Learn How To Cross Stitch. My First Project!

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#140 Censored Peach By Alpnglw On Etsy

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#141 My Favorite Project So Far!

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#142 Just Finished My 1st Cross Stitch Project!

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#143 Aurorae

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#144 Quick, Silly Stitch To Try Using Waste Canvas. It’s Definitely A Bit Harder To Stay Even! Self-Drafted

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#145 Quarantine Finish #1 (Pattern Is A Freebie From Snarky And Nerdy Cross-Stitch Facebook Group)

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