Do you stitch for yourself or for others?

I have found that stitchers tend to be very giving people. We stitch a lot for other people and rarely keep anything for ourselves. That was true for me until I opened a needlework shop in 1989 and had only two models to hang on the walls!

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Permalink Reply by Ann on March 11, 2009 at 2:37pm: Hi Tommye,
I stitch for my family when I have the time I'm currently making a quilt for my granddaughters but I haven't done anything to it since christmas.

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Permalink Reply by Sara on March 11, 2009 at 4:53pm: I haven't stitched for anybody else yet, because I tend to do very big projects. However, I would stitch for somebody in the case of a special occasion (birth of a child or something) and I would like to make a stocking for myself and my boyfriend :D; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tommye on March 11, 2009 at 10:15pm: I've had stockings on my list of things to do for about 20 years! I manage to stitch about 25 ornaments every year for family and friends. Plus I stitch for my sisters, mom, and husband for Christmas. Sometimes birthdays, too.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Danielle on March 13, 2009 at 10:13am: I stitch alot of things to sell in my store and also stitch for friends and family......lately I've been stitching alot of pillowcases for ourselves....I stitched alot of them when we got married but they are all worn out now!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rachael (Brokenfairy) on March 15, 2009 at 9:47pm: I do tend to stitch a lot for exchanges, and have a few big BAP's on the go as well.
I have stitched a few items for family as well.
But I do love to receive as well, I love seeing what other people stitch,and I am building up quite a collection.
I would love to own or even work in a Needlework shop...Oh heaven.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Danielle on March 25, 2009 at 5:28am: A needlework shop is my idea of bliss too.....there isn't any close at all here in our neck of the woods...in fact, I have to travel about 20 miles just to buy skein of floss.....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Annette B on March 27, 2009 at 1:26pm: I have stitched for a few close friends and family but I mainly stitch large projects for myself.

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Permalink Reply by Andreia on March 27, 2009 at 2:04pm: all of the cross stitch projects I have done so far I have given away as presents. I framed a few, and another one was a little pillow. they turned out really nice, I wish I would have taken pictures....oh well....I'm now trying to make things for myself, but I wouldn't be surprised if I end up gifting them, but this time i will take pictures....LOL; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cindy Bishop on March 30, 2009 at 12:46pm: I know what you mean we have none here either.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kimberley Calaminici on August 17, 2009 at 4:02am: Usually I do cross stitch projects for myself (usually the kits) but have started coming up with some designs to stitch and give away as gifts. I have now started my first custom project for a friend. She told me what she wanted and I designed it for her. I am now stitching it. I am a graphic designer by trade and am quickly realizing that the graphic design and cross stitch design process are quite similar in regards to customer service. I am hoping to eventually come up with some designs to sell online and offline in the future.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Suzzane Burnett on October 24, 2009 at 2:24pm: I completed 'Mad Bluebird' earlier this year, which was the first thing I've stitched just for me! Over the years, I've made so many wedding samplers, birth samplers, samplers 'just for friends' gifts', sweatshirts and blouses, ornaments (oodles and oddles of them each year for gifts and to sell), towels (too many to keep track of), etc., etc...........but, for at least six years, nothing for just me! I do have a basket full of UFO's to complete, most of which will be for our home, but it's buried under the stack of 'things to complete before Christmas'. Get the point? That reminds me......gotta get off this computer and back to stitching for the rest of this evening! Thanks for reading..........to anyone who has stuck with me here.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rhonda Polk on January 28, 2010 at 12:55pm: I have stitched ornaments, key chains, needlebooks ( that was a teaching project for 4 other people), ornaments- oh already listed that once, a pattern of "Cocola" 3 times- each time i started it....someone else would admire it..there it goes, after the 3rd time the color 666 got kinda old, so i finished it...and gave the pattern away... yep haven't seen aonther like that again.
I have a pattern of a raccoon for my middle son..wil start that one now in order to have it done by christmas.
just made a snowman ornament for a g-son...he was really admiring it while i stitched on it.; ▶ Reply to This

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