hi frnds... I hav found another passtime at home... To do cross stitch paaterns.. Cross stitch comes under various stutches of embroidery.. can make patterns or figures usin this stitch on cloth n so i tried the very basic ones... here r few of them.. i hav used only cross mark stitch to do these pics,n a combination of coloured threads... it took a day time for me to stitch one piece...these cloth pieces can b either framed or used as table cloths..n ppl can b worked on bed covers,pillow covers,cushion covers n so on... these two pieces r my first attempt n i will continue to try various designs in future... first is a pattern of a becky... its close up pic... secondly,its bunny with carrots... as these two are very small,am plannin to frame them..the pics r taken b4 framin...bt ppl,i would say we will really need a whole sum of patience to this cross stitch patterns..as they r fully based on counts of the cross stitch...we got to count each n every stitch to continue the pattern,to g...