My Meiko Cross Stitch

Hi all, I thought I'd show you guys some of my projects. I do conversions from photographs to cross stitch designs then stitch them. Its a very time consuming hobby but here is some of my work

This is the first convert I did and to be honest I'm not all that happy with it



I now have a much more precise method of conversion

Here's me working on it and Meek watching me, obviously I haven't finished it yet



This is my latest project a convert of Scotts car. This is an A3 size image consisting of 36,000 stitches

The original



My stitch pix

That takes patience, something I am not blessed with!

Ahhh Lei I think they are lovely, I bet they make wonderful cushions and great Christmas presents (Oh no I mentioned Christmas and it's only August)

Haha Kathy you are off my friends list

They are very good.
I not do I not have the patience for it I also have fat finger syndrome which will probably result in me more likely in doing something like stabbing myself in the eye

I think it's great, well done.
I can't even follow a pattern for x stitch, let alone design my own. As for the patience......

That is impressive. I am totally useless with any needle and thread (usually run to mom's to get hems done). Also don't have the patience, or the attention span to do something like that.

They look good

I did my favourite picture of my old horse. Mind you I cheated and sent it off to be converted into a chart because I only wanted to do the 1 picture , then just did the cross stitch of her. I was pleased I got it competed before we got her put down last year at the grand old ago of 30.

Wow that amazing
So sorry to hear the news of your horse

Wow Maggie, you just bought a tear to my eye, that is beautiful thanks for sharing it with us

Thanks guys. She was a fab horse. I had a great time with her. I had her for 22 years. She was still galloping up for her tea 6 months before we had to have her put to sleep.

How do you convert the photos? I used to do a fair bit of cross stitch, but I'd love some of the dogs.

As I say I sent mine off to be converted, so I wouldn't like to reconmend any, I know the software is expensive. Here is where I got mine converted. They were very good. http://www.elite-designs.co.uk/

Thanks, I'll have a look at that!

Lovely work Meiko. Needles & me dont go together and I certainly not that patient.

Caryll wrote:How do you convert the photos? I used to do a fair bit of cross stitch, but I'd love some of the dogs.

I do the converts too, a wee bit cheaper. Unfortunately I'm still working on my website

i got dmc software from hobbycraft it is fantastic as you can choose as many colours you want to use and u know u can the nearest match possible

I love cross stitch and might have to have a look into this they look ace

they are amazing. I did a few small cross stitches when I was in hospital, I found it very theraputic (sp?). I had no idea you could sent off photos to be converted into patterns. I might do a few of my girls, would be something nice to relax me after work