Birthday Cthulhu

Who's the cutest little horror from the deep?

Seriously, how cute is he?

I have no idea where I got this pattern. I only remember that it was on a blog offering a whole lot of adorable freebies. If anyone knows the origin, please let me know so I can link to the evil genius behind it.

Hallowe'en Cats

This may be the cutest thing I've ever stitched. As usual, scanning it doesn't do it justice.

The DMC colours I used:

Top left = 3781
Top right = 375
Middle left = 393
Ghost kitty = ears and tail in 400, and the body in some mystery pearly floss I found unlabelled in my floss box...
Bottom left = mystery unlabelled floss a shade away from 370
Bottom right = 433

Pattern here. It's free!

Baroque Angel

From a series of angel patterns by Mar Bek. I find their colour choices quite awful, and the shading and folds in the voluminous fabrics are very awkward, so I fiddle with them quite a bit. It's ultimately a matter of preference, I know, and I do naturally tend towards darker, earthier colours. I find this series to be overly saccharine, and simply have to tone it down.

I do recommend this pattern, though, because the results can be fantastic with the right choice of colours. This photo doesn't really show the black back-stitch outlining that I did in place of shading on her robe, but just take my word on it: it works much better this way.

This is from the pattern:

Exterminate!!

Daleks for Meg (from here).

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Wanting to make something really special for my friend Megan's birthday last year, I planned this nifty tapestry around a few lines from one of her favourite poems.

The Grecian column is of my own devising, while all the other elements come from various free patterns from About.com (I think). I used this engine to plan the text.

Here are the elements:

About.com

I have no idea where I found this pattern.

alitadesigns.com