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IT’S DONE!!
I managed to finish the detailing and wash it all last night.
As promised, below are links to two free cross titch patterns. One with the muffin and one with the nugget. I made some alterations to make these little guys more generic. I hope you love them ^.^
Pattern links are below!
TL;DR: Got distracted by too many projects, got laid off, got depressed and still haven’t finished a V-Day gift for my boyfriend. Muffin and Nugget Pattern will be up for free with some alterations upon completing it!
Hi, everyone!
So I feel so behind with Christmas gifts that it actually affected other gifts I was supposed to have time for. I decided when I first started dating Cody that I wanted to make him gifts for each major holiday. I’ve always felt that homemade gifts show how much time you’re willing to give to another person…
I started dating Cody in 2017, after Valentine’s day… thank goodness… (Not great at last minute projects… unless they’re for school).
Our first year together, I made him a foam Squirtle. This year I decided on a cross stitch, custom pattern of us. I wanted it to represent us in our everyday lives, while also being comical. So I went with our nicknames for each other a base. He calls my Muffin and I call him Nugget. Of course, focused on Valentine’s Day there was going to be hearts, so that way easy enough.
I sketched out my initial concept on some paper to get a better idea of what I was looking for (Picture won’t be provided since I am garbage at drawing). I then used PCStitch to get a better idea of what I wanted for size and colors. Initially, I picked the colors in PCStitch, but decided to use what I had on-hand instead. I went to my only local hobby shop, Hobby Lobby, and bought a hoop for the project. Came home and started working….
I was still behind on Christmas gifts so I chose to focus my efforts elsewhere and stopped working on the project entirely… My bad.
Once I finished the Christmas gifts, I got another project in my head and started working on that… and then… I got laid off from my day job. I’ll be honest I got depressed and it made it harder for me to do things I love. Sort of a weird punishment, but its what I did.
Anyway, this was the original concept!
Progress so far is below! I’ll be providing this pattern, with some alternate options upon completing this project! I hope you love it ^.^
