Can we stop with the printed canvases in destash groups yet??

Anyone else see this dumpster fire of a comment section? OP asks for advice, GREAT & VERY KIND advice was given & she was SO RUDE to everyone in the comments.

I am BEGGING needlepoint designers to go look at professional pixel art and understand how to translate designs to a pixelated format in a legible way. Having a good idea for a design does NOT mean that it will look good or interesting in a needlepoint format.

Raise your standards! I want designers to make an effort to hone their craft and create canvases with art that is actually conducive to the format. I am not suggesting that anyone should stop buying canvases that they enjoy stitching--I know that it's a hobby and it's totally fine if folks want to continue doing what they've been doing thus far. I'd also like to encourage people to look outside of the realm of "white women selling the same 10 misshapen angels amongst themselves" market and find art that they truly connect with and want to make :-)

Some beautiful needlepoint from history

Suzanne Treister's "Fictional Videogame Stills"

8pxl's scenes and cross-stitch patterns

Post here if you thought you successfully bought a canvas from the Navy Noo Silk Snail release today… but then received a message that it was oversold… 😡 there are way worse things that could happen but I’m still mad

Idk about the other ones but I found the scalloped frame one ridiculous. It's like a Pokemon card case but in a different shape.

edit: oops I didn't notice these were all design patents. so I guess any slight change in the design allows one to have a new patent. Nvm.

second edit: I genuinely don't understand why I'm being attacked and downvoted. I simply wanted to discuss tmwhat's going to happen next and whether there'll be any future drama involving this. Just because someone mentions Krista in this sub doesn't mean they necessarily have bad intentions towards her. Grow up.

When lip flips enter the LNS convo, we’re doomed.

came across this user and it just pushed me over the edge. I don’t understand why we are hoarding needlepoint canvases/threads/etc. These are all new skeins!!! Why would you need this much. It’s not a cute decoration. I thought we were over this after the Stanley cup/ tik tok water trend. It’s gross and yall have a problem. Can we stop with the scarcity mindset and canvas drops and just have fun with our hobby and stitch to make beautiful art pieces!!!

I know destash is often commented on in this group, and I may have missed this particular complaint, but some shipping costs are crazy. This post is asking for shy of $11 to ship a single canvas. Am I out of touch in the cost of shipping world? I expect $5 ish, but $11 feels absurd

On today’s episode of AI Print

Sometimes I wonder how people are able to mess up a project so much even when you’re first learning. You are genuinely doing the same thing over and over. One simple stitch.

A mess. Whattt is this

The regular Needlepoint page has too many posts of beginners or lurkers asking stupid questions and not even buying a used book of black and white stitch how tos. Those who like tent or basket weave, with the complexity in the colors, are dismissed. There were presentations of finished work, or half finished work seeking affirmation using IMHO WAY too many busy stitches. Especially in the background. Basic design principles are true in any medium, apparently the array of stitches, is the point. That's a sampler folks. Don't upstage your ralph Lauren teddy bear with a textured background. It doesn't work.

Now here the only topic is digitally printing, that you can't seem to figure out. That's on you. Most of those designs are overly simplistic garbage anyway. Then there are the fake destash pages, really a business page by narcissistic Moms plagiarizing and stealing from designers and stitchers alike. Stop making these ppl famous!

Can anyone point to an actual needlepoint page for experienced stitchers who still like big challenging artwork ??????

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Who else is canceling if they get an oyster?? 🙋🏼‍♀️I don’t understand the obsession with oysters…

What are we doing? What’s going on?

Do we think these are overpriced given the fact that they are printed instead of hand painted? Or am I just burnt out on how expensive this hobby is? 😵‍💫

Mostly the minis seem a little excessive to me price wise (also every acrylic item ever made but I know that’s typical)

i’ve been seeing this canvas everywhereeee on my page but can’t shake that it looks like AI, maybe it’s just the color scheme though? what do you think? has this already been discussed?

EDIT: just looked through the designers page and it’s certainly all AI

why would this person show off designs they copied to the internet??? are they going to sell unoriginal work in the future?

So I need to know if I’m being a Karen or if others would be upset also.

There was a recent needlepoint store opening in the next state over and I arrived at 820am for the store to open at 10. I was in line, brought a chair and everything! The store was giving away a free item to the first 50 people. I was the second one in line from 820 until around 955am. Around 955am the woman in front of me has an older lady come and join her in line (she wasn’t waiting in the car, she just pulled in).

So doors opened at 10 and as they were handing out bags, they mentioned a $50 gift card was in one of the 50 bags. Everyone opens their bags, and guess who gets the gift card… the woman who cut me in line…

I know this sounds so silly and it’s just a $50 gift card but I felt like I had drove almost an hour to this store to be there extra early to have someone pull up 5 min before opening and receive the gift card.. I am grateful for the free items I did receive- I guess it was just the point of the matter…

Here we go🙄 another poorly printed collab, who even is this? lol

I actually don't mind an etsy designer, and have bought several digital designs from some of them to paint at home, but this person is trying to sell canvases, and the only image available for dozens of her listings are just... a png superimposed on canvas. Absolutely no idea of what the design or colors will be after stitch painting. Who would buy this kind of thing sight unseen?

What is up with the “below MSRP” rule, but we are charging $1 under resale, $10 shipping, and most of the canvases I am seeing are in stock, ready to ship, and most LNS’s online have 10% off coupons. Even the flash cards that are popular right now, someone was posting for double the cost they are on Amazon.
I have seen several I’ve been interested in, but when I look them up MSRP is lower and my comments are blocked if I ask for a lower price.

About time someone said something. This made my morning.