So its my friends wedding in March 2014 and I decided to do a wedding cross stitch for her as a gift. After a significant amount of looking I came to the conclusion that the cross stitch kits just didn't suit. Too childish or feminine or something the bride might make herself. I wanted something special.
I eventually found a sampler I thought was lovely and promptly brought. I didn't really read the stitches required thoroughly...
I got it a month or so later and went OMG! So many different stitches, so many pages of instructions. I promptly put it back in the envelope it arrived in and ignored it for another month. It's a good thing weddings are planned we'll in advance because this is going to take me a while.
Started officially today.
I had to give up on the 'Alicia's Lace' row. I just couldn't conceptualise it and every stitch I put in looked wrong.
So the first row completed is the gold braid double running stitch. I somehow made it twice as long as it needed to be. After unpicking the extra at each end I'm happy with this line (as long as you don't look at the back which is a bit ragged)
The next line is a modified partial Rhodes stitch. These turned out pretty darn cute and the little cross stitches over the top in gold braid makes it sparkle. They were easy to count as well.
And the final line using a broad cross stitch covered by three vertical and three horizontal stitches. The vertical and horizontal stitches were done in a strand of Gloriana Silk #046 'fallen leaves'. All I can say is that this floss is so incredibly nice and soft and pretty. After an aborted start where my broad cross stitch was half a stitch out (thankfully noticed very quickly so minimal correction required) the line was completed with minimal fuss but ultra pretty.
Fingers crossed for the rest of the sampler. The hardanger part at the bottom terrifies me. Before this I pretty much did cross stitch only, this is so outside my comfort zone its not funny.
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