I made a few of these over the weekend.  I realized that I hadn’t really done any completely new pieces for my etsy shop in a while, so I wanted to think of something new.  This is 18 count aida (18 stitches to the inch).  It is pretty thick fabric, so it took some careful sanding to get it to fit in the tiny hoops.  A full “x” of cross stitch was just too much so I did a half cross or “tent” stitch on these with a little bit of backstitching.