Animal Crossing - My Island - update #2

I started stitching down the right side of the sandy beach.  It was going great at first, but half way through I kept screwing up, I think I frogged and restitched this side at least 4 times before it was correct.

The first special character (Timmy & Tommy) was released this evening.  I won’t be able to start them yet because I don’t have the green grass area completed yet.

Animal Crossing - My Island

I continued working on the rocks at the back of my island until I reached the end.  I am also doing the grass island map as I go.  Now that I have reached the right side I can stitch the sandy beach on both sides and hope they join at the bottom.  

Stewart designed the grass island map to have 12 equal sized openings for the special characters each month.  They will not be stitched in order, he changed the order to make it more interesting. There are 3 rows of 4.  

The first special character will be released on Friday, January 15.  I'm waiting to see the character designs before deciding if I want to fill in their background with a different colours.

Animal Crossing - JewelBeach & Jade - Happy Dance

Sunday, I finished Jade's head (that's all I designed) and then backstitched my island name JewelBeach. I love how these turned out.  I did change the eyes a bit as I was stitching them.  I tried blending a green and brown strand of floss for hazel eyes, but didn't like the way they looked, so I stitched green around the outside of eyeball and brown on the inside.  I like it much better this way.

I started stitching on my island. I stitched one of the rocks to get my count correct.  I will alternate between doing the rocks along the top (back of my island), the sandy beach around the outside of the island (left, front and right sides), and the green grass map area on the inside of the island.  Hopefully if I do little areas, I will be able to count and less frogging.  

Here is a closeup of my island start.  I changed the colour of the rocks from 452 (beige) to 413 (dark grey).

This is a closeup of how the grass looks like in the Animal Crossing game.  There are 3 different colours.  Stewart also designed the grass map area with 3 different colours.  Main green (704), lighter triangles (471) and darker triangles (310).  I am already doing so much more stitching on this project, that I decided to make my life easier and blend 2 greens together 1 strand of 704 + 1 strand of 471 to make the grass pattern.  Personally, I think the black is too much of a contrast to the greens.

Here is a closeup of Jade standing on the sandy beach in the game.  Stewart’s design uses 3855 (yellow gold colour).  I am also going to try blending  1 strand of 3855 + 1 strand of 437 (light brown).  We’ll see how I like it after I cross the half stitches I did on the top portion of the beach area.

FFG - January 2021

I'd like to thank Rachel at Ten Hour Stitcher for hosting this SAL again this year. You can visit her site to join or for more information about this SAL.

I participated at the beginning of last year, but got busy and didn't finish anything else.

I have 3 Fully Finished Gallery items to share with you today.

Just Nan - Miss Ghostly Pumpkin Mouse

My house is contemporary with more angled walls, so I use black picture frames 95% of the time in each room of the house.  This gives more consistency throughout.  I had this old frame, but it was brown, so I sprayed it with black gloss paint.  I love how it turned out, clean lines and simple.

Peppermint Purple - A Year In Blackwork

SYOA - Letters From Hogwarts

When I started this project I knew exactly where to hang it.  I am lucky enough to have a craft room, now that my youngest son is married and has his own house.  I wanted to hang the SYOA in the hallway outside my craft room, so I can see it every day.  Here is a view from my craft room desk.

Animal Crossing - Jade - update #2

I finished the brown part of Jade’s hair and started working on her face.  I got the glasses and mouth done.  

Animal Crossing - JewelBeach & Jade

I filled in all of the yellow on my island sign. I still need to backstitch the words JewelBeach.  

I continued to the right by starting to stitch my in game character. Her name is Jade. This is the photo I used to create my cross stitch head pattern.

In the new Switch version, I have 4 characters (Jade, Ruby, Opal & Onyx), so I can have more storage space and so I decorate more rooms/houses.

Way back in 2001, my sons & I shared a town in the first Animal Crossing game on the GameCube. They used their own names Jaspar & Jordyn. I chose Jade. I don’t remember why, but it became my name for all video games. Later when I got my own Animal Crossing game(s) I named my town Jewelvil and Jewelville (depending on how many letters allowed in the name) because Jade is a type of jewel. This new game is on an island, so I needed an island/water theme name. I decided on Jewel Beach, but there were too many letters if you use a space in the middle. That’s why the name became one word JewelBeach.

Animal Crossing - Switch Frame - update #6

I thought I’d add some new colours to the mix.  There are 2 different yellows in this sign, even though it is hard to tell them apart.  I’m working my way across the inside of the switch screen by doing the sign, then my characters face, then the Animal Crossing Logo before reaching the other side of the screen edge and the blue joy con controller.  I think this will be better, so I don’t miss counting.  I need to make sure my island map will fit inside the switch frame.

In the game if you look at your map, there is a sign above with your island name. This photo shows my island from last year.  I only have 2 of the animals living on my island, the rest have moved.  If anyone plays Animal Crossing they can visit my island anytime by using the Dream Address below.  My island looks the same, but with different animals.  I also have lots of diy cards if anyone needs some.