Strange Stuff • Blackwork Cross Stitch Pattern • PDF Digital Download
A blackwork tribute to strange things going down in 80’s American towns. Featuring designs that would remind you of such things, like:
🧇 Waffles (whole and partially chomped)
🧇 A cassette tape to represent absolute jams of the 1980s (Jogging up that mound, am I right?)
🧇 Multi-faceted dice that you might use while playing tabletop fantasy RPG games
🧇 A relaxing town scene featuring a mall and an arcade, but this one has a hellish reflection with a monster, so it is actually not at all relaxing
🧇 Walkie Talkies and Flashlights (I'm British though, so 'torches')
🧇 Toothy Flower Dude
🧇 A fleet of bicycles
Read below for details on what's included in your download, as well as size info and material details ⬇️
Good To Know
Please note that this piece includes some fractional stitches. There's a guide included in your download to help you get started if you've not worked with them before. The piece was designed to be completed using a standard backstitch.
A bit of thread info
When stitching this I used about 1.5 to 2 skeins of DMC 310. I also included some colour accents which amounted to less than 30cm of thread for each. The colours you use do not have to be exactly the same, but here is what I used for reference:
For the Mall:
• DMC 956 (Pink)
• DMC 996 (Blue)
For the Christmas lights:
• DMC 743 (Yellow - also can be used for the Arcade sign)
• DMC 326 (Red)
• DMC 3812 (Teal)
• DMC 826 (Blue)
For the background clouds behind the monster I used DMC 4240 (This is a variegated thread but not essential at all to completing the piece. There's some info in the Tips PDF about alternatives)
Included in your download
• PDF Pattern for Screen
• PDF Pattern for Print
• PDFs of some helpful hints (includes a fractional stitch guide)
Size Info
103 x 100 stitches (w x h)
Finished size, edge-to-edge (without an outside border)
• 14ct Aida: 18.7cm x 18.1cm // 7.4” x 7.1”
• 16ct Aida: 16.4cm x 15.9cm // 6.4” x 6.2”
• 18ct Aida: 14.5cm x 14.1cm // 5.7” x 5.6”
More Details
• This piece was designed in Adobe Illustrator and not a cross stitch software. For this reason I regretfully can’t inform the total number of stitches in the piece. Approximate amount of thread used is noted above
• This listing is for a digital download and not a physical item. Due to the digital nature of this listing, sales are final and returns cannot be offered
• PDFs will available for download after your payment has gone through. If you have any trouble at all accessing your files, please get in touch and I'll endeavour to help as soon as I possibly can
• PDFs can be opened using any suitable reader. If you need a free one, Adobe offer one called Acrobat here: https://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/otherversions/
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