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RurutheCleric
@ruruthecleric.bsky.social
Lover of supporting artists, cats, storytellers and cross stitchers. On a mission to fill my home with art pieces and collages of beloved franchises and nostalgia to give myself and my kids a home base of happiness and color 🥰 She/her
This is Rock (left) and Roll, full names Rockefeller Massacre and Rolex Carnage. Rock passed first in December 2021, Roll nine months later. Rock was timid and easy to scare, Roll would aptly beg for pets by rolling back and forth. Could not have had two softer, kinder, more loving boys ❤️❤️
November 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Progress has been slower with pain going on and off in my right hand, so I’m taking it easy for it to not get too aggravated. Darn all my hobbies involving the hands! 🤣 But the pillars are looking great against the black backdrop, can’t wait to bring Garland in 🥳 #FinalFantasy #crossstitch
October 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Took a tedious little minute to get the completed boxes filled in, but finally got to move on to the background for Garland’s boss box. My wonderfully crafty daughter actually had good felt on hand so I could scoot the fabric over far enough. Not much more to go! #FinalFantasy #crossstitch
October 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Finally getting the spacing on these babies complete - so satisfying to have everything line up right 🥰 Filling in the white in the borders before moving onto Garland’s box! #FinalFantasy #crossstitch
October 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Somehow, amidst one hell of a parental weekend of bussing like never before, I was still able to make progress 🥳 Nothing irks me like stopping before a space is filled in like that dang menu glove, but I was so exhausted. Soon, menu glove 🧤 #FinalFantasy #crossstitch
September 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Black belt is appropriately named and the boxes around the character stats are taking shape. Finishing black belt’s will give me the spacing to start working on the battle menu underneath. Old school RPG design was just so simple and lovely 🥰 #FinalFantasy #crossstitch
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Internal dialogue before bed: “Man, I’m so happy I got to make so much progress this weekend. More down time than I usually get. I’ll just snap a photo before - OH MY GOD I NAMED BLACK BELT BLACK MAGE.” Guess I know what I’m working on next time 😅 #FinalFantasy #crossstitch
September 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
And now for the boring progress: more grey pole borders! Granted, this is nothing compared to stitching endless black rows on black cloth, haha, but tedium always has its moments. Made it to the corner of what’ll start the name & health boxes, though, so that’s something! #FinalFantasy #crossstitch
September 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I don’t know if it’s the simplistic design and colors, especially after such a complicated cross stitch of the Stardew map, but this is such a satisfying piece to make progress in. Black Aida cloth is just so beautiful to work on. Art progress is the best 🥰 #FinalFantasy #crossstitch
September 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It begins! Look at their little selves! The only challenge with this piece is going to be spacing - I counted out the 35 spaces between the center pole and black mage a solid eight times 🤣 Love that I got to aim for the little buggers first! #finalfantasy #crossstitch
September 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
It has been completed! Very happy with the colors/spacing; tweaking things yourself is always a nervous thing, but this one worked out really well.

Next up: Final Fantasy 1! Should be a quick piece with using black Aida cloth. Finally getting some classic Nintendo rep 🥳
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September 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Home stretch! Everything is done excepting the mushrooms, which I should have done by the weekend 🥳 Had to change the flower colors to the more muted pink tones; the bright peaches it called for didn’t mix well with the deep red outline. Very happy with the turnout! #StardewValley #crossstitch
September 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
More progress than expected! Can’t believe all the produce is complete; the color hunting was intense, haha, but they’re all put away and my thread box only has the border colors left. I’d thought this would take me about a month, but it’s going much quicker 🥳 #StardewValley #crossstitch
September 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Progress mid-week! Finally starting to find better moments to sit down again; the flurry of appointments and car repairs that was August has been defeated. Now to get into Hunter x Hunter with my daughter and stitch away ❤️🥳❤️ #StardewValley #crossstitch
August 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Project #2 complete! Now the centerpiece: NeedlesandNightshade did the fall Stardew sampler (they’re amazing), but the date counter was regrettably made by the AI Stardew map account. Bought it for my friends wedding’s sake, but definitely picking better colors again 😅 www.etsy.com/listing/1291...
August 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Cat and doggo have been added! I toned down the color schemes for them - a bit more realistic of a palette than the pattern called for. I’m toying with whether to have the final chick be blue like the other cross stitch; we’ll see what looks best! #StardewValley #crossstitch
August 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Over halfway complete with quickie project #2 🥰 I’d forgotten that my friends (who this is for) recently added caring for honeybees at their mini-farm, so I doodled the addition to balance out the spacing to the sides of the text. Can’t wait to add the cat and doggo! #StardewValley #crossstitch
August 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
And just like that, quickie-project #1 is complete 🥳 #2 is one I designed myself with the cross stitch book created by @sirithre.bsky.social - easily the best source material I’ve ever found for beginner and veteran cross stitchers alike 🥰 #StardewValley #crossstitch www.fangamer.com/products/sta...
August 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Man, I’ve missed small projects - quick progress is amazing! 🤣 I went online and found a free font I preferred; I’ll be modding all three cross stitches with it so they’re cohesive. Only a few letters needed some tweaks, but I love the slight hints of cursive! #StardewValley #crossstitch
August 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
So I’d planned my next video game cross stitch, but when my daughter mentioned a craft idea for my friends’ upcoming wedding, I realized I should do the same! They have a small farm together, so what better than a Stardew-style mini-collage? #StardewValley #crossstitch

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August 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Seven and a half months to completely mod an AI pattern into making sense is going to be my crowning achievement as a cross stitcher. I am so proud of making this Stardew Valley map just how I wanted 🥰

And lo, the collage is now a quartet! On to the next work! #StardewValley #crossstitch
August 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Three greens down, six to go! Nearly have the grasses around the surrounding forests complete. I decided it’d be easier to shade the forest floor this way - the pattern had no forest floor at all, just a bunch of misshapen trees. So, so relieved it’s coming out well! #StardewValley #crosssititch
August 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A solid ocean! Cliff sides! Wizard’s tower! An almost-full island and flower dance field! The only colors left in my thread box are the nine greens of the grasses; I’m partway through the most prevalent one. Countdown mode is getting serious 💪 #StardewValley #crossstitch
August 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The second to last blue of the ocean is nearly complete; all that’ll be left is the cliff sides and forest floor! Even with this last stretch taking a while, I just passed the seven month mark - the fastest I’ve ever completed a large project. Quite proud 🥰 #StardewValley #crossstitch
July 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I was going to do the forest floor, but it felt so dang good when doing the river to use a color other than green that I said, you know what? Screw the plan, follow the river, ocean it is! Finally on the final page - can’t wait to look at a normal pattern soon! 🤣 #StardewValley #crossstitch
July 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM