And This Little Pig said X-Stitch Finish

I have finished my Star Trek mattress pincushion! The stitching was done and dusted in May. 

I had checked out most of the tutorials for this type of finish, and decided that I would try something a little different. I like evenness and definite lines, funny that. So I whipped stitched every side/edge, even the short ones on the corners. Extra work, but I like it.

 

I've had this all whipped stitched up and stuffed with fibre fill, and only about 2 inches to finish, and just didn't like the feel, I'm sure it wasn't lumpy, but I just couldn't get the thought out of my head, so Sunday craft shopping at Spotlight, to get some wadding, frogged the last bottom seam, and now I am much happier, finished last night.

Spotlight, where having a 20% off everything sale, including anything that was already on sale, so all the floss for a new project, and some Linen 32 ct Belfast, Antique White, that was already reduced from $72 to $48 per metre with a further 20% off that, went a little crazy and brought what was left on the roll 1.4 metres (4.5 feet). I've seen this linen on-line and in stores for $95 a metre. Bargain, and I can always dye.

And This Little Pig said X-Stitch Challenge

One of my cross stitch groups had a challenge in May to stitch 100 stitches a day. Total stitches for the month 3994 average 128.8 stitches a day.

Bit of a Trekkers theme, this is being made up into a mattress pin cushion.

Spock and Kirk are available free from deviantART, the designer Black-Lupin (http://black-lupin.deviantart.com/). There was an article in Cross Stitch Crazy (UK) April 2010.

 I re-dressed them to put them in a not-party mood.
 

This Spock and Kirk were not part of my challenge, but I could not resist doing them in uniform. New Spock and Kirk, Star Trek XI.