#stitchy goodness zine

[sproutinglupine]

I'm in the newest Stitchy Goodness zine of cross stitch patterns! The theme was Outer Space, so I came up with "Saturniidae Satellite", a celestial-themed moth based on the Chinese moon moth! The zine is available until February 17, 2024, and includes all 15 patterns pictured here. If it's after that date, you'll have to check with the inidividual designers for availability of patterns. Pattern names and their designers are under the cut!

Monsterous Designs - Phases

Black Waltz Stitching - Alien Friend

Neutrino Stitch - Galaxy NGC 3147

Scornflake GRRRL - Vastness

Pibble Patterns - New Horizons

Stitchy Rin - Uranus

Romy's Creations - I Will Catch the Moon

Cobweb And Rose - Ghost Tours: Mars

Salty Stitchez Studio - Black Hole

Cross Stitch Rattos - Otter Space

Sprouting Lupine - Saturniidae Satellite

Crafy Yams - Area 51

The Stitch Crpyt - Mother Universe

Flossy Fox Shop - Wish Upon A Space Dragon

Snailfish Stitches - Space Glitter

[somediyprojects]

Spring Spirit stitched and designed by Kat Holan aka beanzmcgee.

This is my own pattern, Spring Spirit. It's currently only available as a part of the Stitchy Goodness zine, issue #1 "Spirit World". I don't actually design for a specific prompt a lot, so it was a fun challenge!

The pattern is stitched 2 over 2 on 28 count "Antique Copper" jobelan from Wichelt. I even did railroading for this one!

Image Description: A finished cross stitch of a brown deer with large white antlers, white eyes, and spots. Vines and a spiderweb are tangled in the antlers. Mushrooms and ferns grow underfoot.

[gazeboarcade]

Where, besides Tumblr, can people find you doing fannish things? (Obviously only mention sites and usernames you actually want to be found at. Don’t expose your secret identities on my account.)

What other names have you gone by on these platforms, including Tumblr, if any?

When did you join the IT fandom? And what got you into fandom, to begin with?

What are your favorite ships, or characters, if any, and why? What do they mean to you?

In what ways do you participate in fandom? (ex. Posting memes, reblogging/commenting on content, writing fanfic, making fanart, creating fanmixes, etc.)

Do you have any in-fandom inspirations? Other members of the community that drive you? (And if you have the time/energy, in what ways do they inspire you?)

Name and link some of your favorite works, please!

Do you have any works of your own that you feel particularly proud of, or wish more people would’ve consumed? Please provide links if possible.

Have you ever participated in a fannish event (ie. IT Week, a fic Big Bang) or applied to be a part of a fanzine? If so, which ones, and can you please link them?

Without any form of bashing or lashing out, what is something you feel this fandom is missing?

GOSH this is a lot of questions, lemme give it my best shot.

1.) I sometimes still post art on my art instagram, but I prefer not to cross the beams of that and my tumblr so much. If someone rlly wants the handle tho, feel free to ask. 

2.) If this means like...nicknames, too many to count. One of my first URLs was something like “pensword,” which was a reference to Percy Jackson!

3.) I was KINDA in it in 2017 when the first movie came out, but it didn’t hold my attention too much. In September 2020, I really got into IT, tho! I got into it because I realized it was coming up on a year since I saw the second one in theaters (during a wind advisory night in the city I go to college, on Halloween). For a couple of silly reasons (my ex belittling IT a little and me being weirdly internalized homophobic abt it) I was scared to enjoy it publicly haha

4.) My favorite ship in the fandom, ofc, is Reddie! I am kinda basic so I also really think Ben and Bev are sweet. I also really liked Patty and Stan together in the book... they were so achingly sweet together that the bath chapter made me cry for a HOT MINUTE.

Richie is my all time favorite character for reasons I could probably write like 50 pages on! Some of those reasons are like super-duper personal lol so I pull punches on just dumping them on my blog haha! I just really really related to him for a lot of reasons (the humor coping mechanism and the werewolf thingy, to name a couple) so it was only natural I latched onto that boy and went full send kinnie moment!

Eddie is my second favorite bc I love him and wanted the best for him (I don’t want to start disc horse on tumblr, but my gf and I have schemed abt who should have kicked it at the end and it ain’t him). I also have a soft spot for kid Ben in the book, bc I really thought he was a sweetheart (I mean, cmon, walking around whispering Bev’s name? Adorable! Hiding away in libraries? Relatable!)

5.) I’ve done a bunch of stuff! This blog has a ton of IT content. I have made a bunch of fan art (most of which hasn’t been posted sdjbvkdsjbvk). I have written a couple fanfics (a finished oneshot and one unfinished longer one that will...probably stay that way). I have a reddie playlist on spotify, too.

6.) There’s been a few people who’ve done some IT stuff I’ve really liked! Uhh @stitchyarts  wrote some fics and has done some beautiful art to go with it that I really liked!! @skelesocks did some HELLA charming art, tho is now mostly Queen blog. No shade there, I have a Queen blog, too, lol. Ask for the URL if you want it. Both of them focused on the miniseries tho.

There’s a couple artists who have done Reddie stuff I have really liked, too, which is super inspiring. here’s a few of those: @trashcanprince @mxgicdave @meowsteryyy ..... tbh fave IT blog of all time tho has to be my gf, em, @dr-kaspbrakmd , bc she got me full swing obsessing and also it was a big bonding thing for us early into the relationship *pauses for crowd to say AWWWWW*

7.) Assuming this means fanfics, like I said, a lot of Stitchy’s works, especially Tinted Windows and TV Guides (which now i rlly want to re-read lol). I kinda have a hard time with fanfic reading bc im picky and sometimes it’s better to daydream my own stories. The other Reddie fics I’ve liked will make yall get the shepherd’s hook and yoink me off stage for public indecency for sure so I’m gonna leave that to ur imagination <3

8.) I feel positively heinous and pick-me trying to get ppl to read my old reddie fics that I wrote during the crushing weight of crippling lonliness so no. they r also not rlly that good so you’re welcome <3

9.) No actually! I have thought about it. I have also schemed the idea of starting my own reddie zine and being super choosey about who gets in but that’s just me wanting to curate content I like lollll.

10.) uhhh decorum, understanding of complex relationships/emotional situations, and the common sense not to fetishize gay men <3 that sounds rlly snotty but there’s some activity tm in this fandom that yucks me out big time. Also, I wish more ppl would have seen the miniseries/read the book but that’s just me being choosy.

Anyways, I’ve been running my mouth for WAY too long but I hope this answers the questions you had good enough!! Thanks for asking!!

[sproutinglupine]

I'm in a zine! Some fellow cross stitch designers and I came together with the prompt "Spirit World" and I went with the spooky deer route! All 11 patterns pictured here are included, and more info about the zine and the other designers can be found here. The zine is only available until August 17th, 2023 (if it's after that date, you'll have to check with individual designers about their patterns). Pattern names and their designers are under the cut!

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Top Left: Satan's Kittens by Crafty Yams

Bottom Left: Ghost Tours, London, by Cobweb and Rose

Top Right: Celestial Spirits by The Needle and Floss

Bottom Right: Spirit Me Away by The Cozy Needle

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Top Left: The Oracle by Urban Stitches

Bottom Left: Ghost Planchette by Monsterous Designs

Top Right: Wild Hunt by The Stitch Crypt

Bottom Right: Jar of Spirits by Fine Frog Stitching

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Top Left: Cutely Haunted by Flossy Fox Shop

Bottom Left: Spirit World Penny by Pibble Patterns

Right: Spring Spirit by me, Sprouting Lupine

World on a String by Dara was also involved in organizing us all!