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Homemade Eeyore

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Hi all! This cross stitch is for my mom. I'm hoping I can have it done for mother's day! This is my first try at making my own pattern. I found a blank grid online and a picture of Eeyore standing on his head. I taped the Eeyore picture underneath the blank grid, taped it to my window, and traced Eeyore onto the grid. Last night I started the stitching!

53x78 stitches
14 count Aida
About 4"x6" complete

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Tracing Eeyore to the grid. Isn't my view lovely? Ha.

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How the tracing turned out. Lots of half boxes and such. Gr.

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Thread colors and the first line stitched! Also, grey Aida cloth for a gloomy Eeyore.

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How far I got with stitching late last night.

I'm really hoping that this will turn out well. I'm nervous because this is the first pattern I have tried to make on my own!
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It's looking good so far. :applesauce: I start my designs by doing a drawing on graph paper first. I think you'll succeed with this. Looking forward to your updates!
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:applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce: Top marks for having a go and using that way of getting it onto graph paper.

A good start on it too. He is going to be fabulous I am sure. :D :dance: :dance:
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Looks as if you have done a good job with the pattern.
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Tonight's progress:

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I was so worried that the back stitch wouldn't help it out and I had totally messed it up, so I back stitched the outsides that I had finished stitching.
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It looks great :applesauce: Good job on making your own pattern, I could never manage to do that.
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That is absolutely amazing!! Great designing and the stitching looks fantastic!!
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Eeyore is my favorite among Winnie the Pooh. The pattern looks cute and great. Good job! :dance:

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Such a lovely picture, and you have turned it into a great pattern!
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He's so cute! You did a wonderful job charting him, too. I'm excited to watch you finish him :D
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He is adorable and your pattern seems to be working perfectly!

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Congrats for the great idea and the very very good result! :applesauce:
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Bravo for making your own pattern.
Your progress on your stitching is looking great too. Well done! :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:
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Well done, you! :applesauce: :applesauce: :wub:
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This is fantastic! You have artistic as well as stitching talent! I could not do my own pattern from scratch like this and have it turn out...nope! I can't wait to see more!
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Well done! Such a fun pattern. It's looking great.
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I must say, I'm really proud of myself! I never expected this pattern to turn out as well as it is! I never thought I could make my own pattern.
I'll probably stitch some more on this later. All this progress was from earlier today. I spent all day yesterday catching up on my woodland sampler! Still have April to do.

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what a great job you did!
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:applesauce: Great progress!

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He really looks good!!!!!!!!! :applesauce: :applesauce:
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