Harry Potter Hogwarts Crest (cross-stiitch)

[Laialda]

It is finally done! This has been a pet project of mine since August of 08'. So yes this bad boy took just about exactly 10 months to finish. It was made on 18 count linen cloth, not adia, so it's not so stiff. I haven't washed it or framed it yet but when I do I'll post that as well ^_^



The pattern is from Little Mojo's site and I only made 2 changes to it. The color that is behind Ravenclaw was supposed to be hind Huffelpuff and Raven claw had a lighter shade of blue. I have the pin this is based off of as well but I wanted it to be a bit more uh 'authentic' i suppose. So I pulled a nice bright yellow that stood out from the gold already in the piece for Huffelpuff, and moved the darker of the two blues to Ravenclaw's side. I still have the pattern for this so if anyone else would like it just let me know and i'll get it scanned in for you since little mojo's site isn't working.

[Mak327]

Looks Great! I like the colors you used!

[jelibe]

Wow, that's really quite wonderful. There will be some happy Harry Potter Fans on here that will like this pattern

The linen you used. Where did you get it from and whats the price difference between linen and aida (if there is one)?

[jeala]

Wow! This looks really nice!

<3!

[tnitnetny]

That is fantastic and I love the little changes you made. Could you let us know what DMC thread colors you changed them to. I think I may put this in my to do pile and I would like to do it with the changes you have.

[Mak327]

whats the price difference between linen and aida (if there is one)?

There is a little bit of different from my experience, but the look of it in the end in my opinion usually warrants it. Although, I guess it depends on the item being stitched. For like a 15 by 18 piece at Jo-Ann's I spend like 7ish on the linen, whereas I could get the aida of the same size for like 4ish. These are estimated prices, they're probably something that ends in 99 or 98 or whatever, but that's a close range. So, I guess it is sort of like almost double, but I feel like the difference isn't double when they are larger sizes, but maybe they still are. I don't know.

[sirinth]

That's actually one of the patterns I was planning to do eventually.
I have it saved somewhere...

Nice to see it done, though. Makes me really want to get it done now!

[jelibe]

Thank you. I know what you mean (prices) if the piece your wanting to stitch (like this crest) warrents it, then why not You've got to go with what you think will give your art justice. It certainly does in this piece. Money well spent I'd say

[Laialda]

I did get the fabric at Michaels but since it was almost a year ago I can't say I really remember how much it was >.< . About $5-6 dollars sounds about right though. As for the colors I changed I'll have to look that up since I don't think I wrote it down sorry . So I have to do some color matching from my like 100-200 color collection box.....yeah....so i'll get that for you over the holiday weekend most likely, and scan the pattern to put too. ^_^ I plan on entering it in my stitching program one day and making some changes. There isn't symmetry in some parts and there is in others so I'd like to make it uniform and match all that symmetry up . Why yes I am crazy, thanks for asking lol. Anywho, thanks for all the wonderful comments everyone! It really made me happy to see so many people think it turned out well or inspired them to make one too. ^_^

[Dragoniron7]

dont worry, im OCD about symmetry as well