Cross stitching a wedding picture

I am not an avid fan of cross-stitching, but when I was thinking of ways to decorate our soon-to-be new house, I thought of putting a handmade touch to our wedding picture, and I thought of the following:

  • Painting– sure, I may not be a decent painter but I know I can draw, given the right initiative. And choosing between digital painting or hand painting was quite difficult during that time because:
    • I lost my wacom tablet’s pen.
      • I would not dare draw using a mouse!
    • Hand painting requires a lot of paints. Paints are messy and not really suitable if you have a little kid running around and poking at your stuffs.
  • Embroidery – pretty expensive and I have no decent experience from doing an actual project. But then again, paints are more expensive, right, plus it’s also been a while since I last hold a painting brush.

So I searched the net for picture to cross-stitch pattern and I found one decent site that offers free service! The website is pic2pat.com

So there starts my cross-stitching adventure. From acquiring the pattern to buying all the 75 skeins of DMC Thread, cloth and needles to actually doing embroidery work. And hence, I report my progress:

The generated pattern consists of 15 pages of separate parts and was derived from this wedding picture taken by our bestman:

Wedding Picture

Wedding Picture

I really, really liked this wedding picture. It shows the fun and doting side part of our relationship. hehehe. <3

 July 23, 2012

First part of the pattern - wedding photo cross stitch

First part of the pattern – showing the skirt of momoink

July 26

The Cross-stitch project showing the progress alongside the actual picture

The Cross-stitch project showing the progress alongside the actual picture

August 5

My wedding dress!

The cross-stitch prohect showing My wedding dress!

August 29

The hand of my husband holding Yaki can now be seen!

The hand of my husband holding Yaki can now be seen!

August 30

Small progress over a day :)

Small progress over a day :)

September 27

Who is that girl I see..

Who is that girl I see.. 😀 I am doing my face now..

September 30

 September 30 - Pouting lips

September 30 – Pouting lips