Can a cross stitcher handle real embroidery? Facing my fear! 

*Looks nervously at publish time and date* Yeah..um...this project took longer than expected! On the bright side though I've finally got all the feeling back in my thumb.

That looks so good! I've done a little bit of hand embroidery, but not as much as I'd like. The main thing holding me back is figuring out a nice and easy way of transferring patterns to fabric. I'm pretty sure cross stitch is mainly my go to craft, because I can look at a pattern and stitch it directly onto the fabric just by counting, no prep needed.

Thank you for outlining your list of doubts. It is similar to mine and good to know we are not alone! Those are all reasonable fears!

Thank you so much for posting this! I too am a cross stitcher who has been thoroughly intimidated by embroidery, but really really wanted to try it for a long time. You made it so much less scary, and made me believe it’s at least with a try. I love this pattern, and think it’d be great to do the series if all went well, since hopefully I’d be able to see progress in the different repeated elements in them. And I love them!!!

I just caught up on your whole channel and I've really enjoyed it! I am new to cross stitch. I actually used to do some embroidery but cross stitch was scary to me! So much counting! 😱 Here's to facing crafty fears 💪

Definitely a 9 out of 10. Excellent job for your first time. Very impressive. Love it.

This looks great! I haven't tried embroidery yet because I haven't finished several cross stitch/blackwork projects yet. Maybe someday but I don't want another huge pile of unfinished projects to build in another hobby category. Lol

Learning Embroidery is actually a really good skill🥰 have you seen all the beautiful hand embroidery that are on dresses embroidery can make an outfit go from pretty to absolutely gorgeous 💖. Also find a really good thimble to use while you embroider it will protect you’re hands.

I’m still barely 1.5 years into crochet, back into crocs stitch, embroidery and only a couple weeks into knitting. Being so new to all of the crafting really makes it easier for me to say well, ain’t none of it gonna be perfect. I’m not even doing stuff to actually finish it. So much less pressure. Just playing around and not actually worried if my tension or stitches look trashy occasionally.

Love this!!! And those puff ghosts are too cute! I did a bit of embroidery when I was a kid and then a bit more before I discovered (stamped) cross stitch last year. I have a few embroidery pieces I want to get back to and you've inspired me to dig into that stash and get 'er done! I think it's a great complimentary craft to cross stitch cuz I have so much floss left over from cross stitching that I don't have to buy nearly as much for embroidery projects.

I think you did a fabulous job! Very cute. I have yet to try embroidery. I did buy sock yarn for my haven't-started-but-maybe-someday knitted socks. 😂

You did great!!! You may want to try tracing the pattern with a Pilot Frixion pen the marks disappear with heat, leaving only your lovely embroidery.

Michelle that looks amazing!! I've loved embroidery but the thought of it really does put me off, you've made it look so simple (mistakes and all) if my tenth try is anywhere near as good I'd be well chuffed !

I looooooove cross stitch, but there's a huge mental block in leaping to embroidery. I really should just do it, but I still have that mindset that if you can't do it perfectly first go then you've failed. I'll have a word with myself!

At 6:25 onwards you're talking about the fear of wasting your supplies and I think almost everybody has this fear to some extent; I know that I definitely do. I did some maths recently on this very thing, because I find mental maths exercises for things like this quite satisfying (I know Im a bit odd that way). Taking an average online price of 99p for an 8m skein of DMC thread/floss, which was what a quick google search told me. I rounded it up to £1 to make the maths a little easier. That 1 quid divided by the 8m gives us 12.5p per metre. Each metre of thread is 6 strands, so 1 strand at a whole 1m long is a tiny bit over 2p. I was saving short lengths about 25cm (10") - about half a penny. That made me consider that most of my thread isn't even a big name brand, and that I got 120 skeins for under a tenner. Even if I round the figures to 100 skeins for £10, that's 10p for 8 metres. 1.25p per metre of 6 threads. Just over 0.2p per metre of each thread. (And reality is slightly cheaper than this, because I got 120 skeins for under my tenner.) Now, I need to stop myself from buying more supplies. Like thats going to happen!

Looks great Michelle! The transferring the design would be a stumbling block for me. Though I'd like to try it sometime.

Love your sense of humor! Try using an erasable pen (frixion by Pilot) which irons off what you didn’t cover. I’ve been cross stitching, but now you’ve got me thinking about this- love the Magnus and Quill designs. Thanks!

We must function on the same brain wavelength because I was just filming my flosstube today and saying that I wanted to work on some more embroidery projects! I also want to get better at embroidery, I see so many amazing ones and I'm like I want to do that! So thanks for the extra motivation that it's not all that scary! So glad you kept with it, because it's amazing! I do remember the last time I worked on an embroidery it hurt my hands quite a bit trying to get the thread through the fabric, I had needle indents in my fingers! But I also remember that it was SO much faster than finishing a cross stitch project! I hope you keep at it, and keep sharing! I think in December I'm going to do a bunch of tiny ones like an advent type thing, we'll see how it goes!

I hope to give embroidery a try some day (thankfully one of my wife's friends is a master embroiderer and will be able to help me through any mishaps), but my long time craft goal was to learn how to make wire and stone chip trees and right now I'm prepping for my first ever craft fair as a vendor and I'll be selling a bunch of wire trees. It's both exciting and terrifying. :D

You did great ❤

Looks great! Well done. You've inspired me to give it a try😊

Great video! I've been using my cross stitch knowledge to emblazen clothing but I often think about how good embroidery looks on clothing. I need to try someday for sure, it's just a new extra step whcih is scary, like you say! In regards to craft budgets, one thing that's helped me hugely as of late is finding out a local charity shop has a HUGE craft area of half loved threads, wools, knitting needles, crorchet hooks, scrap fabric, off cuts and end of rolls, strips of aida and evenweave, and the list goes on. It's been hugely helpful in encouraging me to try more crafts without worrying about the cost too heavily. Worth people checking out their local shops to see if any do similar.

I relate so much! Cross stitch is my love but I do adore thread painting. It turned out so great!

Brilliant 🤩 ❤

I'm a wee bit late, but wanted to share a word I came across a fair bit back, from crocheters who also knit but I'm certain it fits here, is ""panstitchual".

You came out with this video at just the perfect time! I am an embroiderer and knitter, but I tried my hand at candlemaking but ... unlike you, I didn't do much research, I spent an hour on Pinterest looking at cute photos, saw a couple of tiktoks of aesthetic candles, and just WENT with it. I assumed it would be a piece of cake, so I didn't worry about the cost/waste (I bought a few cheap candles to melt down and play around with and when it comes to things like glitters to decorate with, I already have them and any of the materials I bought like essential oils, I can use around the house. My brain concluded that I'll probably be good at this/how hard can it be? and if I find it boring, nothing will go to waste anyway!) Then I sat down and did it ... One hour in, I made a colossal mess, a shitty candle ... but at least I did it! I will say, my candle making ambitions fell pretty flat after that, I certainly won't be going into business anytime soon, but I learned enough that I may try it again (albeit with more careful planning and prep next time). I also managed to fix up my awful lumpy candle the next morning when I had the idea to melt the top of it with a hairdryer to get rid of the surface lumps. It's still a very ugly colour because I screwed that part up, but at least the top is pleasantly smooth and tidy instead of the bumpy and crusty looking mess it was before! I'm VERY proud I managed to fix that mistake at least. At the end of the day, I follow the mantra "Its not about being GOOD at something, it's about having fun" so in the end, I loved my arguably ugly candle despite being able to see its many imperfections. I had an idea and even though the execution wasn't perfect I DID succeed in making my own little candle! I'm so glad you gave this style of embroidery a try because it IS daunting to look at and certainly has a bit of a learning curve, I've done a couple of embroideries that are rather detailed but even now, I fret over making an "ugly" piece despite having done it enough time to know that I usually make something I'm happy with. I remember my apprehension when I first tried it, but now it's something I really love! I like to remind myself of that when it comes to trying new hobbies. There was once a time I couldn't knit or stitch, but now it's my passion, so getting over that fear and trying is well worth it in the end!

I think the final product looks good. I hope you do it again. Did you put interfacing on the back of your cotton or leave it as is?

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I think its your choice of fabric…. It’s too tight of a weave. Your needle definitely shouldn’t be THAT hard to pull through. I’m a cross stitcher myself and have only dabbled in embroidery, BUT man, that little POP! That the needle makes when you pull it thru was enough for me to jump right in and face my fears! I just ADORE that sound!!! 😂