Friday Finishes #36: I Luvdisc You

Today’s Friday Finish is a romantic Pokemon cross-stitch I made for my boyfriend for Christmas a few years back! The Pokemon are called Luvdisc, hence the pun!

Name of Piece: I Luvdisc You

Designed by: Birdie Stitching

Chart or Kit?: Chart

Get the chart for yourself: Pokemon – I Luvdisc You

Chart Contains: Colored chart, color key, finished sizing

Finished Size: 2.5 in by 3 in, stitched on 18 ct aida fabric

The Story: Back when I started this chart, I used to follow Birdie Stitching on all the social media she was on. I found her on DeviantART and followed as she made a website for her charts. I found this chart in particular and fell in love! Pokemon is a video game franchise my boyfriend and I share, so I decided to stitch this piece for him.

You can follow along on the progress on this piece below:

Progress Report: I Luvdisc You, Start to Finish

Time To Complete: Total stitch time was about 7 hours or so. This took several sittings to complete because I kept picking it up and putting it back down. (I’m a slow stitcher.)

Review: I did not know how to feel about the colors in this piece when I started stitching it. I did something different than how I normally stitch and did all the outlining and smaller colors first, so what I was left with before I started filling in the main colors made the Luvdiscs look like clowns. However I pushed through and finished it out and was very happy with how all the colors looked together!

The only adjustment I made to the chart was the lettering. I did not like the lowercase letters as they were on the chart, I wanted them to be more uppercase block letters. So I used a pen and scribbled in the boxes on the chart and made my own lettering for it!

The Finished Piece:

Final Verdict: I really love how this piece turned out in the end. A fun and cute stitch! If you love Pokemon and you love cross-stitch, make sure you check out Birdie Stitching and all her free Pokemon charts!

Have you done this piece before? How did it go for you? How did you like it, or not like it, as the case may be? Leave a comment below or head on over to our Facebook page and tell us how it went!

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Friday Finishes is a segment where I catalog and review all the cross-stitch pieces I have ever completed. Some of the pieces I no longer have information on, or I don’t have pictures because I gave away the piece as a gift and forgot to take a picture, but I’ll do my best to be as informative as possible! Check back on Fridays for more.