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Nerdy Crafts!
Shizumarashi Mayuzumi:
God*damn* suddenly I really want to do this in cross-stitch someday: http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/665001/
It'd be pretty ambitious and I do have other things in mind I'd like to do first, but I think that'd be gorgeous. :o
Drake:
Have fun stitching 160000 pockets.
triangles:
Zakenna - was that your Marisa in the Otakon model contest, then? I figure the odds are pretty good it was then! I was totally fangirling all over it when I was in the art show it was awesomesauce :3
I'm working on a cross stitch now for my sister's birthday since she was totally digging the mini one I did for my brother. Unfortunately the craft store was lacking a few key colors so I had to skip around more than I'd like initially, and it's a helluva lot more complex (27 colors and 3.5"x5.2" :o) but it should come nicely!
The Patchcon sprite sheet is just what I'm looking for! I can crank out a Meiling magnet probably with lots of the thread I'm using for my sister's design and fit it in one of those impulse isle 99cent magnet picture frames :V
EDIT: Arashi DAMN WOMAN that's crazy! It'd definitely look awesome but that's a crazy amount of stitching (might be able to cheat with navy blue fabric backing actually that's probably a good idea to cut out a good chunk of the edging) It's not an obscene amount of colors it looks like at least, but it's gotta be well over four square feet big, depending on the count fabric :o :o :o :o
Shizumarashi Mayuzumi:
--- Quote from: triangles on August 23, 2010, 05:15:22 AM ---EDIT: Arashi DAMN WOMAN that's crazy! It'd definitely look awesome but that's a crazy amount of stitching (might be able to cheat with navy blue fabric backing actually that's probably a good idea to cut out a good chunk of the edging) It's not an obscene amount of colors it looks like at least, but it's gotta be well over four square feet big, depending on the count fabric :o :o :o :o
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GIMP clocks it in at 44 colors, poking around with software it does look like it scales down pretty well so it won't necessarily be every pixel accounted for. ;) Like I said though, definitely ambitious and definitely for much later.
triangles:
In the cross stitch programs I've fiddled with you can select how many colors you want, which is nice if it decided that you need 3 stitches worth of medium dark navy blue when you'd honestly be fine with medium navy blue just to save yourself the hassle (this is something I wish I done with my current project!)
As for more content, here's my progress on my sister's birthday gift, based on one of her favorite video games. I think there's enough done that you guys can guess what it is I'm stitching :V