Cross-Stitch from the UK

Here is another example of the P-value cross-stitch guide.  These images come to us from Ned in the United Kingdom.  His girlfriend, Sara, stitched up the piece for their friend  - a Lecturer in Psychology - at the University of Oxford. 

Thanks to Ned for the pictures.  And hope your friend enjoys!

My Lack of Cross-Stitching

I have not cross-stitched in a few months. Things have been getting pretty busy, namely we are moving in less than two weeks to a town about 7 hours away. I'm pretty excited about it. I'm going to be teaching math at the community college I attended and my husband is going to start his own statistical consulting business. But before any of that happens, we need to finish moving out of this house and into a new place.

But although I haven't been cross-stitching, others still have! Here is a picture from a customer who recently completed a cross-stitch.


This nerdy piece will grace her classroom in hopes that it helps students remember the important rule.

Thanks for sharing!

Cross-Stitch from a Berkeley Alumnus

This customer cross-stitch come from Elizabeth, an alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley. And her colors are direct from the school.

She used a neat technique of mixing two flosses to create a fun blue/gold thread on the graph portion of the pattern. She said she used one dark royal blue and one strand metallic gold strand and as the flosses twisted one way or the other you could see different amounts of gold show through.

Cross-Stitch for a Shower

Another customer's finished piece! I love getting these pictures. (keep them coming.)

This one comes from a cross-stitcher whose been doing it since she was in preschool. How cool is that! She made it as a wedding shower gift for her friend.


She did make some additions to the pattern. You'll notice the back-stitiching added to the border and the "area fill" added to the pdf curve. Pretty groovy. :)

Thanks for sharing, Michelle!

Facebook Plushies

That's right, the Facebook! I recieved a request to make 19 plushies for some Facebook employees in late March. They came complete with custom embroidery on the backs. :) It was not only fun to work on, but probably the funnest box to address that I've done yet. Well, mailing posters to Dr. Leemis was pretty sweet, too.

Here are some pictures that they shared with me. Enjoy!





They look happy in their new home. :)

Thank-You Gift

Back in November, a fan asked is she could interview me for her crafty blog, Nerd Craftices. It is in Portuguese, so you may not be able to read it (but its a very nice looking blog with good photos). Here is a direct link to the interview itself: Interview by Érica.

Well, after the interview, she sent me a sweet gift. And I mean sweet, this calendar is pretty awesome. :)


It's truly a stat nerd's calendar. She used R to create the images for each month! How cool is that. I love it. It sits on my bookcase where I can see it easily from my desk. :)

Thanks so much for the great interview and awesome gift!

A Twist on Science

You may have seen pictures of my subject pencil pouches, in particular the SCIENCE pouch. That one is by far the most popular.


A week or two ago I was asked if I could put a different word on the side of the pouch, instead of SCIENCE. After come conversing, we decided I would make a custom pencil pouch that said CULINARY instead.



I found some groovy purple print fabric for the lining. I like the way it came out and it sounds like she did too!

Cross-Stitching for the Classroom

I always enjoy pictures from customers! Be they pictures for contest, appreciation photos, or pictures of finished cross-stitches. Well I've got another one, and it's extra extra educational!


An AP Statistics teacher purchased a few patterns and has finished the first one! She stitched it up quickly so it could make it to her classroom in time for teaching inference.

How cool is that?! I'm so pleased to see it as educational classroom art!

A couple notes about how she made it and the finished product:

• It's framed in a 9"x12" frame and is large enough to be read from the back the classroom.
• It's done with #3 Perle Cotton thread, but it didn't quite lay flat for each stitch.
  
• Aida fabric was used, she doesn't quite remember the size, but it's probably about 11 count. (original pattern is for 18 count and finishes for a 5"x7" frame)

Thanks so much for the picture and for sharing your method! Can't wait to see the next one!

I love customer pictures!

I recently made these custom bookends for a wonderful Etsian in Hawaii. She contacted me about the possibility of turning the chi-square plushies into bookends. I tried out some things, we discussed as I experimented, and she decided to go for it. The results are pictured here!

Don't they look so cute next to all her smart books: genetics, immunology, epidemiology, statistics, awesome! (And I spot the ever popular Agresti Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis book.)

Thank you so much for sharing the pictures! I love to see things in their new homes. It's gives a sense of completion and they always look cute!

P-value Cross Stitch

When I made my p-value cross stitch, I decided to use green because, well, I really like green. When the pattern was requested, the person buying it said she was going to stitch her's in blue. She's done and has sent me a picture of the finished piece and it's come out wonderfully! She even framed it with a coordinating blue mat. It's looks really good!


Thanks tewksbug for sending me a completed picture! It looks great!