AAARGGHHH...THREAD INCREASE!

I was at plaza pkns in shah alam waiting for my hubby when i came across this handicraft shop. I entered and enquired whether they sell DMC thread. I was shocked when they told me RM1.80 each colour.

My cross stitch pictures

 (My 3rd cross-stitch picture, it now hangs in my hubby's office right behind his desk)

 (my second attempt of the Holy Mosque cross-stitch, still uncompleted)

 (this is my latest project....yet to be completed....wonder when???)

 (This was my 1st cross-stitch picture, the Holy Mosque in Mecca)

 (My 2nd cross-stitch picture, took me 7 months to finish)

(My 4th cross-stitch picture, a kampung house, took me only two months to finish)

Well, I started an interest in cross-stitch in 1998.  Wow.....almost 13 years ago, and a picture of the Holy Mosque in Mecca was my first project.  I completed it towards end of 1999.  Well, it took me almost a year to complete it because I only do cross-stitch while watching TV after dinner.  Usually I will spend about two to three hours doing cross-stitch.  It would also depend on my moods.....

It also took a lot longer to finish a picture because, sometime I got lazy and not in the mood to do cross-stitch.  So, usually after a lonnnnnggg break, it becomes utterly difficult to start again....but then, when I did start cross-stitching again, I got all geared up to complete the picture.... Yet, when I got 'high' doing it, there was no more thread to continue.... so, have to wait for a few more finished coloured thread  before I could go to the handicraft shop to buy the much needed thread.

The DMC thread which I am using is so expensive nowadays.... When I first started, it cost only 30 sen each.  Now it costs RM1.40.  So, if my hubby wants to buy my cross-stitch (he bought my first cross-stitch for RM3.500) he will have to pay triple the amount of my first cross-stitch picture, heheheehee.... Well, I will only sell my cross-stitch pictures  to my hubby, because, then my cross-stitch will not leave the family home.......Well, actually, I wish to complete at least 7 pictures before I die, so that each of my children will have a picture to hang at their respective homes.

I hope I could complete the above last two pictures before year ends, and begin another cross-stitch picture of a bowl of fresh fruits to hang in my kitchen.early next year, InshaAllah.

Cross Stitch - My 6th picture

The above is my sixth cross stitch picture. But it is still incomplete. Perhaps I could complete it in two months' time. My first cross stitch was a picture of the Holy Mosque in Mecca, which I did in 1999. Then a picture of a yacht sailing towards an island. My third picture was a galleon on the rough sea (that picture now hangs in my husband's office). Then came my fourth picture which was an old kampung house. For my fifth picture, I did the Holy Mosque again, but it has yet to be completed.... and now I am doing the above picture which will be my sixth.

Usually I will only do my cross stitch while watching television, and I only watch television after my dinner. Once I start doing my cross stitch, I would be so engrossed and sometimes felt my impatience to complete it fast. But then, my picture will only be complete within 6 months to a year... Well, I take my time to complete it..... No pressure whatsoever...

My interest in doing cross stitch surfaced when I visited my sister in law and saw her house full of cross stitch pictures which she did herself. There were framed flower pictures, cushion covers, table runners and table cloths. Wow.....

She was the one who taught me the basic of doing cross stitch. I bought a cross stitch picture of the holy mosque and showed it to her. First she taught me to fold the cross stitch cloth and marked the centre point. Then, using coloured marker pens, I would mark the tiny squares with a coloured marker pen of each coloured thread used. Having done that, I would start sewing the cross stitch onto the cloth. I could sit and do cross stitch until its time for me to go to bed....