Stitch a Banksy 0
Hello stitchers! I have waited a long time to write this post, March was pretty crappy. I spent most of the month sick as a dog and then my Grandma passed away from Alzheimer’s, so I spent last week with the family and staying with my dad. We ate a lot of if cream and watched a lot of Sci-Fi.
I had plenty of time to work on my, as promised, finished project of one of today’s charts. My dad’s cat Jimmy, is pretty sneaky and decided that cross stitch floss is the ultimate toy. Lucky he plays fetch so he took it straight to my dad & I fashioned a decoy spool so I could work in peace.
Today’s charts are all based on Banksy pieces. I have always been interested in his work, and other thought provoking forms of street art and stencil work.
I finished my version of what I am calling “Girl With Balloon” (I made up names for all the pieces), just in time to take some quick pictures and give it to my mom before I left to drive back to the city.
I added back stitching to all the black and on the bottom row of the grey to “ground” it a little.
I learned a lot making this piece since it is the largest piece I have made, the first time I have used Size 11 fabric, and the largest amount of fill color I have done. I didn’t realize how much more floss it would take, and since I was using vintage floss, I hade to use two versions of black and grey, but it worked out. I also learned that talking while stitching leads to having to pull and re-stitch a lot (there are still a few mistakes).
My phone got a workout charting all of these and I had a couple of late nights obsessively charting because it was hard editing down pieces. Most of these charts are in both cross stitch blocks and knit/crochet blocks, with a few exceptions. I even have a couple large scale or “blanket” sized charts for those of you into larger scale projects.
As always please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments, favorite ice cream flavors, or pics of your finished projects (my favorite!).
I’m working on a give away for you guys soon, so keep a look out for that, and like my Hapeless Stitcher page on Facebook for post updates and fellow stitchers’ pics.
Enjoy!
-Molina
Art Killer Cross Stitch
Art Killer Knit
Balloon Girl Cross Stitch
Balloon Girl Knit
Banana Bomb Cross Stitch
Banana Bomb Knit
Bobby Flip Cross Stitch
Bobby Flip Knit
Falling Shopper Knit
Flower Bomb Cross Stitch
Flower Bomb Knit
Flower Bomb B&W Knit
Flower Bomb Knit Blanket
Gas Man Cross Stitch
Gas Man Knit
Girl With Balloon Cross Stitch
Girl With Balloon Knit
Girl With Balloon Knit Blanket
Homo McMan Cross Stitch
Homo McMan Knit
Killer Mona Lisa Cross Stitch
Killer Mona Lisa Knit
Killer Panda Cross Stitch
Killer Panda Knit
Kissing Bobbies Cross Stitch
Man With Flowers Knit
*you can stitch the board blank as well, or add your own words
Monkey Board Knit
Monkey Queen Cross Stitch
Monkey Queen Knit
Queen Bowie Cross Stitch
Queen Bowie Knit
Red Carpet Rat Knit
Umbrella Rat Cross Stitch
Umbrella Rat Knit