StitchNTime
Earning My Ears
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- May 23, 2006
Hi teacher, nice to meet you. I was wondering? How do YOU hold your materials when stitching? I roll my material all the way up to the area I am stitching with my left hand and stitch w my right.
StitchNTime said:Hi teacher, nice to meet you. I was wondering? How do YOU hold your materials when stitching? I roll my material all the way up to the area I am stitching with my left hand and stitch w my right.
teacherforhi said:I can't stitch with just one hand at all. It feels like I'm taking forever and it's awkward.
Ashley80 said:Also, I wanted to get the Cinderella Castle pattern, but when I called Stoney Creek they said they don't carry it anymore. Do you know of any other place I could get it? I think I'll buy the Happiest Celebration on Earth if I still can't find Cinderella Castle in the next couple of days.
Also, do you recommend changing out the cloth and using something different than whats provided? If so, why?
ohiominnie said:Wish I could help you find the castle pattern. I have mine 1/2 done. I can't work on it exclusively. I must work on it for a couple of weeks, then put it away for awhile.
I did NOT change the cloth for the castle, but after I was 1/4 of the way done I had wished I had. I am not a big Aida fan. I like the look and feel of evenweaves or linen. Plus it makes 1/4 stitches so much easier than poking through that tough Aida. Personally, if I had to start it over again, I'd switch to an evenweave or a linen in the same basic color.
I learned my lesson though. Just finished a Suzy Zoo cross stitch for my neighbor's new baby and I switched that to a 28 ct fabric instead of the 14 ct Aida that the kit provided.
If you're used to linens or evenweaves, then it won't be too hard to switch.
HTH
Ashley80 said:Can the evenweaves be found at Michaels or Hobby Lobby? What thread count would you recommend? Should I change the count?
Ashley80 said:No, only Aida I believe. I've been reading about evenweave and I didn't realize that you stitch differently with that material. I'm starting to think I should probably stick with Aida rather than learning something new on such a huge pattern. I would NOT want to mess it up!! Plus this is something I want to keep and look nice.
ohiominnie said:It's not too hard to learn. I forced myself to learn b/c I wanted to stitch a large angel pattern by Lavendar and Lace for my friend's whose baby died when he was 3 days old (heart defect) and I just knew it would be lovely on linen rather than Aida. But I didn't start stitching her until I stitched a smaller project on a similar fabric so I could practice and not goof up the big thing (I had your exact same thoughts)
Once I got the smaller one done sucessfully, I did the angel and it was just beautiful!!
The thing, IMHO, that makes stitching on evenweaves and especially linens so nice is that it looks like you stitched it on real fabric rather than stitched it on something that is made for cross stitch. I still do some things on Aida when I think the look would fit that better (i.e. an OSU Buckeye logo)
Holler if you have any other questions.