Bev with her Ducky blanket has me thinking about combining my two loves !

I have been cross stitching since I was little. I remeber learning when I was about 6, with big, fat plastic needles, wool, and big plastic re-usable 'grids' that were like giant aida.

I moved to quilting after getting a bit tired of doing samplers in cross stitch whenever friends had their babies, plus I was short on time, as two friends had babies at the same time. The first one got a cross stitch sampler, the second one got a baby quilt!

I have a cross stitch 'WIP' in my drawer that I pick up occasionaly, but it is big one, harder than the baby ones I used to do. I also have a set of three cat cross stitch pictures, have done two, will get round to the third, one of these days :roll:

I cross stitch too, but I haven't worked on the piece I have had going the last few years for some time. I'm so close to finishing it now too. I'm over the half way mark on the backstitching!! I have wayyyy too many projects now!! And I can't seem to stop adding on more!!!!!!

The addiction is getting out of hand!!!!!! LOL

My grandma and mom got me started with cross stitch long time ago (just the X's) because it was easy for me to do before I started quilting they hadgiven me a project of making these large24x24 cross stitch quilt squares. well they were done long time ago but they are in the stash with everything else!! :lol:
Oh and I still only do the X's :oops:

As I am a fan of hand quilting, I tend to do cross stich in the summer when its too warm to sit with a quilt on your lap. The great masters pictures are my favourites. I'm doing one of Monet's irises at the moment.

I love to cross stitch as well!! I think that is why I like to hand quilt so much! I am making my new nephew a birth announcement in between all my quilting! I am planning on giving it to him for a Christmas gift so I am not on a tight deadline! But it is so much fun to do!
Kendra

I love cross stitch, the x's and counted. I enjoy doing it when I sit out on my porch in the summer. I just finished cross stitching some chickens on an apron for a gift. My friends kitchen is done all in roosters. she gave me an apron to repair for her so while I had it I dressed it up.

Oh I cross stitch (haven't in years though) crochet, knit (trying to at least) now sewing. Oh man if I took on more crafts I think Dh would SHOOT ME. lol because I have stuff EVERYWHERE.

I am in the process of finishing a quilt that blocks are cross-stitched and then added sashing and borders. Dont have a camera so cant take a picture. My mother made 18 of them in her lifetime and I have four of them here at home. They are used very loveingly all the time on our beds. Will be doing more of them as time goes by.

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, been doing it for over 20 yrs now :D