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RurutheCleric
@ruruthecleric.bsky.social
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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
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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 ❤️❤️
Two long-furred grey and white cats sleeping together on a bed
November 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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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
Progress on my Final Fantasy cross stitch: slow but steady progress on the background for the boss box, with pillars of varying sizes filling the top portion. To the right are the four player characters (fighter, white mage, black belt, black mage) and their HP stats, and below is the action menu (fight, magic, drink, item, run).
October 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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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
Progress on my Final Fantasy cross stitch: The boxes surrounding the player team (Fighter, White mage, Black belt and Black mage), stat blocks and action menu are filled in, with the beginnings of the background for the boss battle box (Garland).
October 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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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
Progress on my Final Fantasy cross stitch: Boxes outlined around the four party members (Fighter, White mage, Black belt & Black mage), the HP stat blocks and the action menu.
October 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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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
Progress on my Final Fantasy cross stitch: Item menu is filled in with the commands of fight, magic, drink, item and run. It is beneath the four player characters of Fighter, White mage, Black belt and Black mage, with three of the four status trackers with their names/hp to the right.
September 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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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
Progress on my Final Fantasy cross stitch: The four characters of fighter, white mage, black belt and black mage are in battle stances, surrounded by grey bar borders. To the right of them are the forming boxes of their names and HP status.
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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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
Progress on my Final Fantasy I cross stitch: The grey lined border around the four party members is complete, with the names and HP of three of the four taking shape to the right of them
September 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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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
Progress on my Final Fantasy I cross stitch: finished the grey line-border to the left and top surrounding the four party members (Fighter, White mage, Black belt, Black mage); starting my way down the right hand side
September 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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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
Progress on my Final Fantasy I cross stitch: Black mage, Black belt, White mage and Fighter stand in battle formation underneath several pillars in the background
September 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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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
The beginnings of my Final Fantasy I cross stitch: Black mage, Black belt and the white cloak of White mage stand in battle formation; to the left is a section of the grey pole that will outline the area they’re fighting in
September 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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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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My completed wedding present Stardew Valley cross stitch: A date counter with the date November 1st, 2025 is bordered by a chicken, sunflower, three produce items to both the left and right, and a row of vines with rosebuds & various mushrooms to the top and bottom. A photo of my next cross stitch project: a scene from the final battle from Final Fantasy I on Nintendo. Garland, an armored knight with a purple cape, is to the left of the screen, and the four party members - fighter, white mage, black belt and black mage - are to the right. Behind the four characters are blocks with their names/HP, and below them is the selection menu of fight/magic/drink/item/run.
September 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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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
Progress on my wedding present Stardew Valley cross stitch: A date counter with the date November 1st, 2025 is centered with a chicken and sunflower, bordered by three produce on either side, a vine with rosebuds on the top and bottom (with the beginnings of mushrooms interspersed just above the vines), and a laced border at each corner.
September 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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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
Progress on my wedding gift Stardew Valley cross stitch: Produce & farm goods are complete, with three each bordering the date counter in the center with the date November 1st, 2025. Completed the beginnings of the vine pattern above and below.
September 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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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
Progress on Stardew Valley cross stitch wedding present #3: Date counter is fully filled in (a rectangle shape with the date Nov. 1 on the top row, the year 2025 on the bottom and a heart and fall-colored leaf in the middle). Right hand bottom corner has a chicken facing towards the date.
August 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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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...
Completed mini-cross-stitch/wedding gift #2: The words “We work hard so that they can have a better life” are bordered by two buzzing bees and are above two chickens, five baby chicks, and a sleeping cat and dog. The sketched out pattern I made of combining two patterns from Etsy into one. A box with the date Nov. 1st, 2025 is bordered by flowers, produce and mushrooms in what will be fall colors The Stardew Valley pattern from the Etsy seller NeedlesandNightshade, which is a fall pattern of chickens, flowers, produce and junimos in a kaleidoscope-style design The beginnings of wedding project #3: The box with the date Nov. 1st, 2025 is beginning to take shape, just over halfway filled in
August 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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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
Progress on mini-Stardew Valley project #2: Added the cat and dog to the two chickens and four chicks underneath the words “We work hard so that they can have a better life.”
August 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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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
A photo of the progress of quickie cross stitch #2: The words “We work hard so that they can have a better life” are bordered by two tiny bees; below them are two adult chickens and four chicks
August 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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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...
Completion of Stardew Valley quick cross stitch #1: Four chickens in a line with a heart thought bubble in the center of them, with the words above and below them, “I have to go, my chickens need me.” A chick borders the bottom words on each side, with a row of eggs bordering below. The sketch of a pattern I designed for wedding present #2 of 3: The words “We work hard so that they can have a better life” are above a circled grouping of two adult chickens, five chicks, a dog and a cat, with two bees flying to each side of the bottom text.
August 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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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
Progress on my first of three mini-Stardew wedding present cross stitches: Four different color chickens in a row, a heart bubble above them and the words “I have to” above that (the complete message will eventually read: “I have to go, my chickens need me”)
August 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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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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A photo of a framed cross stitch pattern of four chickens, two chicks and a row of eggs lining the bottom, with the words, “I have to go, my chickens need me.” The beginnings of the grey and blue chickens from the cross stitch pattern mentioned in the first photo
August 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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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
My completed Stardew Valley cross stitch: a map of Pelican Town, complete with the wizard’s forest, player farm, town square, ocean, mountains and surrounding forests. A sign in the top left corner reads”Stardew Valley” in the game’s signature font. A photo of the pattern used to create the cross stitch, which was unknowingly AI when purchased - so I used it as a blueprint to draw over and modify to make if functional. It is a hodgepodge of too-bright colors incorrectly used (example: the ocean/rivers are mainly yellow), but I got through it! A photo of my growing cross stitch gamer collage, which is now four pieces: The menu item list from Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past, the campfire scene from Crono Trigger, the galaxy map from the original Star Fox and the player map from Stardew Valley.
August 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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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
Progress on my Stardew Valley cross stitch: Grass is nearly filled in surrounding of the mega-forest, which is the last area to complete on the map, just under the Stardew Valley sign. This is to the left of the completed player farm, town square, ocean, mountains and rest of the surrounding forests.
August 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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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
Progress on my Stardew Valley cross stitch: Only empty space left is the grasses around the big forest to the left of the map, under the Stardew Valley sign in the top corner. The rest of the map is complete with player farm, town square, ocean, mountains and surrounding forests.
August 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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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
Progress on my Stardew Valley cross stitch: Nearly have the rest of the ocean filled in at the bottom left corner; completing that, all that will be left is the rest of the cliffsides and forest floor! The rest of the completed map contains the player farm, town square, ocean, mountains and surrounding forests.
July 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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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
Progress on my Stardew Valley cross stitch: Got the river through the mega-forest complete, followed it down to the shoreline and decided to continue with the beginnings of the final section of the ocean. This is the last quadrant to complete for the full map, which consists of the player farm, town square, ocean, mountains and surrounding forests.
July 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM