Epic Pokemon pattern WIP!!

[RMDC]

Wow wow wow! Congratulations!

[CheshireMouse]

It looks amazing Would you consider having it professionally framed? For a piece like this it's probably worth spending a little on it.

God no. I did a Weeping Angel Starbucks design that I found on Tumblr as a Christmas gift for a friend, and it was 6" in diameter. Even WITH a sale going on at the time, it would've cost me $70 to get it framed. I don't even want to try imagine what they'd charge me to frame the Pokemon. I do not have that kind of spare money.

[aimee]

I haven't really had much professionally framed before, but is the cost really that heavily tied to the size? I'd imagine a lot of it is base cost for services rendered. You should at least keep it in mind for later... it looks awesome and probably took a lot of effort Maybe putting a couple of dollars aside each week and at the end of next year having it done as a present to yourself

[Servotron]

Just wanted to point out that this thread has now had over 100000 views!

[funkymonkey]

The cost of professionally framed things depends on a lot of factors. The overall size, what width the frame is, what kind of glass you want, if there's matting (which also impacts overall size), etc. If you get the fancy glass (museum glass) it's easily the most expensive part of the framing. I sprung for it on my Epic Mario, and at about 20" x 22" I think getting it framed cost about $160. I think it's worth it if you can wing it; there's no glare on the glass and you can see all the detail in the stitching. I've had people (often) reach up to try to touch it not realizing there's glass there. I've had something small (6"x 10") framed with museum glass, and that one was about $50. So, it certainly isn't completely proportional, but it can add up quickly.

[Pyper]

My parents framed my first major stitching (Discworld) for Christmas one year. It was somewhere around $250 AUD from memory, but that would have been partly because we got an octagonal frame cut and made for it. No glass but it is on a padded backing so that it sits tight in the frame. It looks so much better than anything I could have done and I love it. If they hadn't framed it I would have waited until I could afford to.

[Lijnloos]

I framed the pokemon myself. Got a frame at IKEA and a paper sheet big enough to cut a passepartout (don't know if that's correct english, but that's what it's called here).
Ok, it's a bit tilted and it could have been done better, but for less than 10 dollars/euro I have a nice frame on the wall.

[Firehawke]

Looks wonderful! Congrats!

[Ellentje]

Looks like this pattern is famous now, I came across this post: http://9gag.com/gag/aZWEVyQ
It appears to be quite a news item in Peru too http://elcomercio.pe/redes-sociales/fac ... ia-1774952

No mention of SpriteStitch or Servotron though but the original Facebook post does link to Sprite Stitch in the comments https://www.facebook.com/CPokemon/posts ... 7066678013

[chouchou26e]

This is my finished piece framed- i entered it into the Royal Melbourne Show but it didnt win. Beat out by Marilyn Monroe of all things!