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Kurama Temple in Snow Miniature Cross Stitch by Lord Libidan 23 Dec 2:57 AM (yesterday, 2:57 am)

 
Title: Kurama Temple in Snow
Date Completed: December 2025
Design: Lord Libidan
Count: 32
Canvas: Cream
Colours: 14
Pop Culture: Japan
 
I recently wrote about mini cross stitch designs, so its probably no surprise that I had a miniature cross stitch planned!

This one actually came about when a reader mentioned my miniature Pokemon card cross stitch and asked if I’d stitched any more miniature cross stitches after I won the cross stitcher of the year award back in 2019.
I actually had, most recently Spring In Daigoji Temple, stitched on 32 count. So when I got the urge to stitch another mini, I went straight to Japan!
In fact, I even picked the same artist, Asano Takeji, who created shin-hanga prints of Kurama temple MANY times.

For this stitch I decided on his 1958 print, which showed the temple in snow, which I felt was fitting for December.

I had initially decided to stitch the whole thing, similar to my Daigoji temple one, but I found a mini embroidery hoop online, and just knew I had to turn it into a cross stitch keychain!

It’s also not the first time that I’ve stitched this temple either. My Spring In Kurama Temple cross stitch was the same one, and from a very simliar angle, although that was thankfully on 16 count!

Have you ever stitched on something like 32 count? I would suggest a magnifier!
 
Happy stitching,
Lord Libidan

 

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3D Minecraft Book Cross Stitch by Lord Libidan 3 Dec 3:03 AM (21 days ago)

 
Title: 3D Minecraft Enchanted Book
Date Completed: November 2025
Design: Lord Libidan & doomeddeanna
Count: 14
Canvas: Plastic
Colors: 7
Video Game: Minecraft
 
This project was meant to be just a little stitch between some work trips I was doing, but I didn’t even start it until I came back!

I happened to be doom scrolling instagram and came across doomeddeanna. Whilst she has some awesome stuff, her little book cross stitch jumped out at me!

Just coming off my Ancient Pokédex Book cross stitch I was planning another book (not this one) and when I saw her work it just screamed out to me “Minecraft book”!

So I took her construction and reworked it to be a Minecraft enchanted book.
I actually struggled on how much detail to add, and how much to avoid. Just to make things more annoying, Minecraft had changed the design a few times and was inconsistent on how to design it.

So I designed it to be the style when I played Minecraft a while ago!
But as I started to construct the pattern, I slowly decided that the book really should close! So I fiddled with the design a bit more!

Might have to make an enchantment table to do with it now. It looks a bit bland sat next to my Portal companion cube cross stitch!

 
Happy stitching,
Lord Libidan

 

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