Let Your Kids Design a Pattern
Thursday November 6, 2008
From a recent post in the About.com Cross Stitch Forum by Fnirt:
My son wanted me to do a cross stitch for him, but he didn't like any of my patterns. So he did his own. He was really into graph paper and drawing things using the squares on it, and he has always been into art. It was no surprise when he came home from school with a sheet of graph paper covered in colored x's. So I had to do it, and as it turned out it's really a great source of patterns.
Graph paper isn't that big when you get down to interpreting it via Aida, and the crayons or markers they use are basic colors which you can then match with those random leftover skeins of floss you have in that drawer. So these are usually pretty easy and quick to stitch. It's also really fun for kids to see their work reinterpreted in something as elegant and substantial as a cross stitch.
If you're feeling really adventurous, these are nice small stitches to experiment on if you're trying to get into framing your own work. You could even attach a magnet to the back and put it on the fridge, just to come full circle.
See Fnirt's blog about this. A sample of the pattern his son designed is included.
My son wanted me to do a cross stitch for him, but he didn't like any of my patterns. So he did his own. He was really into graph paper and drawing things using the squares on it, and he has always been into art. It was no surprise when he came home from school with a sheet of graph paper covered in colored x's. So I had to do it, and as it turned out it's really a great source of patterns.
Graph paper isn't that big when you get down to interpreting it via Aida, and the crayons or markers they use are basic colors which you can then match with those random leftover skeins of floss you have in that drawer. So these are usually pretty easy and quick to stitch. It's also really fun for kids to see their work reinterpreted in something as elegant and substantial as a cross stitch.
If you're feeling really adventurous, these are nice small stitches to experiment on if you're trying to get into framing your own work. You could even attach a magnet to the back and put it on the fridge, just to come full circle.
See Fnirt's blog about this. A sample of the pattern his son designed is included.
Connie, I don’t think there would be much that would thrill a child more than to see his own design done up like this. Great idea!