[Quiet Man Cometh]

That's what I typically do. I have plain Aida fabric that I've been working with to make new designs, or try to. I'm working on a printed cross stitch right now, which is just the pattern drawn on regular fabric and you stitch it. I'm a little leery of it because I imagine if you lined your stitches up, it would create a weak spot in the fabric where it could tear, unless you drew the design in a way that the lines of the fabric wouldn't separate when threads went between them. I'm using a kit, so no such luck.


Best crafter line from facebook: "They're not hobbies. They're post-apocalyptic life skills."