Sprite Stitch Board!

Hey all - long time reader, first time poster.

Not too long ago, I was taking a break from life and spending some quality time with my ailing grandfather. He's on dialysis, so while he was at his appointments I needed something to do! That's where stitching came along. The first and last time I had done it was when I was about 5, so to relearn it took me about 2 small pieces, maybe 6 square inches each. After that I was ready to jump into what I really wanted to do, a tribute piece.

I'm a big fan of My Little Pony and I'm a big fan of merchandise, so I was totally hooked when Enterplay put out a line of trading cards. I've gotten to hang out with them since, and they're cool people, so I decided to make something for them. The piece I designed was a stitched version of their Bronycon exclusive Rarity card, and this is how it began...
A blank slate, with rough edge marks based on the size of the pattern.
It's 18 count 15"x18"
The first corner!
More hair outlining
Hair outline, DMC 550, finished and body outline, 318, begun
And this is how it sits currently!


This is probably my fifth stitching ever, so I don't think it's too bad haha. I've got about 200 hours into this so far. Thanks for looking, I'm eager to share more!

EDIT: Oops, resized images so you can actually see them!

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Rarity!

That's looking gorgeous - can I ask where you got the pattern from, and can you share it?

arkani wrote::O
Rarity!

That's looking gorgeous - can I ask where you got the pattern from, and can you share it?

Thank you

I made the pattern from a scan of the actual card. I would be glad to share the pattern when I'm done, as I'm actually making small corrections as I go along!

that is absolutely beautiful! may need to look into trading cards (in general) for stitching ideas...oh the mountains of wow, magic and yu-gi-oh cards sitting around.

Looking good so far. This is going to be beautiful when done. I love My Little Pony too.

Amazing! This is totally going on my to do list of things to make once you post the pattern! My friend is absolutely in love with Rarity...it's kind of scary actually..

samarin wrote:that is absolutely beautiful! may need to look into trading cards (in general) for stitching ideas...oh the mountains of wow, magic and yu-gi-oh cards sitting around.

I've actually been thinking of doing a Magic card for one of our monthly challenges. When one comes along that will make it worthwhile. So much gorgeous artwork on those cards!

MeiTow wrote:I've actually been thinking of doing a Magic card for one of our monthly challenges. When one comes along that will make it worthwhile. So much gorgeous artwork on those cards!

Not a bad idea for a challenge, actually - trading cards! I'll log that one away

Can't wait to see more:)

Filled in several mane sections, finished up the grey outline.

Only a little more mane to fill in, then I'm doing the metallic thread sparkles!