Free Tibet XStitch Entry
Check this out everyone, here is an entry to the Free Tibet XStitch Comp from Angela in Mexico. I’ve included her description below because I thought it was great that she outlined her design process as well. (Click on image to see it larger).
I had a lot of fun doing this. It the second ever cross stitch I have designed myself, and I’m pretty proud of it. Plus I think it’s the biggest one I’ve ever done. I usually like the short, quick gratification projects. But at the moment I don’t have a job, so I have a lot of time on my hands to cross stitch. Sorry the quality isn’t that great. I just moved down to Mexico and the only aida cloth I can find here is close to a 14ct. and has a very uneven weave. And I don’t like stitching with anything more than 2-strands. Just a personal quirk. I usually like 18ct. fabric. I can’t wait to get my mom to mail me some from home. So unfortunately there is a lot of white showing through, accentuated by the large blocks of colour. But it looks really good from a few feet away, which works great, cause it is up on my wall, and you can’t see all the tiny little flaws.
So the writing in the cross stitch says ‘Tibetan Freedom’ in Tibetan. I did it in orange, because of the Project Orange I read about on your site. That’s a great idea. I can’t wait to see how the Olympics will pan out. Unfotunately I’m one of the many who have decided to boycott the games, which is sad cause I kid a went to school with is competing this year. Looks like I have some decisions to make. Anyways, I added the dove from the group Students for a Free Tibet, and then stitched the top part of the Tibetan flag in the backgroud. I wanted to add some mountains and a quote from the Dalai Lama, but I would’ve had to make it bigger to get the effect that I wanted, and it was tough for me to even finish this size.
I think it looks awesome! I am so super impressed with the work that’s gone into this. Well done Angela!
I reckon this is a winner!
I’m almost finished mine, it currently says ree Tibet! I’ll hopefully post it up later today.
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