Cross Stitch Update: Pop's House

This is my first fully self-drafted piece. This house has great importance to many people who are special to me, so I made this in honor of that. I’ve blocked off the name of the city and the state for privacy reasons.

I purchased cross stitch software (I’m not saying which one yet, I‘m not sure if I like it yet) and used a photo reference and then picked all the colors. I chose a lot of different greens because the area is so lush. In the OG pattern there are a lot of thins I had to fix as I went but I have a much better idea how to do these things for the next time now.

I learned a few new embroidery techniques in order to make this really pop. French knots for bushes, satin stitches for grass and hedges, and bullion knots for vines. I think I’m going to need a cross stitch stand to help hold my hoops if I want to continue to learn different embroidery for my projects. It’s hard to balance it and pull tight enough for these techniques.

I really am proud of this, it worked out so well. I’ll probably do my own house and my parent’s house too.