Birds cross stitch embroidery design

Birds cross stitch embroidery design for a top

Many years ago, I had made this for myself in hand embroidery on a top when I was in college. Now I made this for my college going niece using Wilcom. She was absolutely thrilled and like always it is sure to draw some compliments. This is the first design in cross stitch that I tried out on my Innovis 4000 and I was absolutely pleased. Worked in 6 strands, 10 crosses to an inch.

If anybody likes some of the designs that I have made myself, I would love to sell them; just let me know, you can post a comment here : http://my-free-embroidery-designs.blogspot.in/2012/11/birds-cross-stitch-embroidery-design.html#comment-form

Cross-stitch design for my kurta

Cross Stitch embroidery design for Kurta

I decided to do a design in cross-stitch for my kurta/top for a change. The design took a lot of time to stitch out on my Brother Innovis 4000; about 3.5 hours... Whew! Probably a half hour more time because the white thread kept breaking; the green one was ok. I used No. 30 thread in 150/2 denier in viscose rayon and used the six strands so that the design was dark enough (10 stitches to an inch).

If you look closely at the cross-stitch embroidery design, you will find some flaws; I used the 7"x12" frame so the material has moved a little at the center. Perhaps someday I will opt for the 8"x10" frame which other users say does not have this "cloth shifting" problem. Meanwhile I have to remember to sew at a lower speed so that the screws don't get loose. I think this helps and I learnt it from another user.