I learned to cross stitch from my grandma when I was really little and have been doing it ever since. I stay miles away from the typical cute samplers and tend to gravitate towards elegant, antique looking patterns or really unconventional applications. One of my most recent projects came as I was decorating the bedroom of our new apartment and decided we needed throw pillows everywhere.
I found some amazing striped silk at a discount fabric store (it sells remnants by the pound!) and decided it needed a monogram. I taped the cross stitch fabric to the inside of the pillowcase and stitched following the grid through both layers of fabric. It was far more time-consuming than a normal pattern because I couldn't see the grid from the fabric side (it was a lot of flipping back and forth for each stitch), but I think it was more than worth it in the end.
The finished product. That's my initial and the boyfriend's interlaced in the center.
The pattern I used, and some other beautiful options...
