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Creative Stitch: February 2014
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A Needlepoint Blog by Joni Stevenson. Thursday, February 20, 2014. The Large Cross Stitch and Hiding Travel Threads. When stitching a cross stitch over two canvas threads, the density of the thread on the top of the canvas usually hides the travel of the thread on the back of the canvas. However, the larger the cross stitch, more of the canvas is visible - and so are those travel threads. Take this example:. Visible Travel Threads Along Vertical Stitching Path for Large Cross Stitch. Look at this example:.
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Creative Stitch: The Large Cross Stitch and Hiding Travel Threads
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A Needlepoint Blog by Joni Stevenson. Thursday, February 20, 2014. The Large Cross Stitch and Hiding Travel Threads. When stitching a cross stitch over two canvas threads, the density of the thread on the top of the canvas usually hides the travel of the thread on the back of the canvas. However, the larger the cross stitch, more of the canvas is visible - and so are those travel threads. Take this example:. Visible Travel Threads Along Vertical Stitching Path for Large Cross Stitch. Look at this example:.
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Creative Stitch: Hiding Travel Threads
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A Needlepoint Blog by Joni Stevenson. Tuesday, November 26, 2013. Here is an example of a couched thread (blue/green metallic) with a red couching thread that holds the metallic thread in place. Red thread is so great to highlight problems in your stitching. Comparison of Two Couched Threads. Which sample looks better, 1 or 2? Sample 1 is a typical sample that most stitchers create. Let me point out a few problems and then I will show you how to change Sample 1 into Sample 2. I have placed a black line w...
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Creative Stitch: June 2014
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A Needlepoint Blog by Joni Stevenson. Friday, June 27, 2014. The Large Cross Stitch and Hiding Travel Threads - Part 2. Consider approaching the execution of the large cross stitch in this way:. What is different here? Well, look at a stitched sample:. Cross Stitch Executed in a Chevron Style. Backside of Cross Stitch Executed in a Chevron Style - All Backstitches. The Upright Cross Stitches Hide the Intersection of the Backstitches at Center of Cross Shape. See what is visible here? Here is the backside:.
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Creative Stitch: March 2013
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A Needlepoint Blog by Joni Stevenson. Saturday, March 30, 2013. Book Review - Chinese Lattice Designs CD-ROM and Book by Dover Publications, Inc. By Dover Publications, Inc. Softcover 2008. $16.95. These answers may never be known, but is an interesting conundrum to consider. Saturday, March 23, 2013. This post is a small departure from the discussion of compensation of specific stitches and is more of a caution than anything else. Here is the background:. Looking at Compensation of Cross Stitch Variation.
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Creative Stitch: The Large Cross Stitch and Hiding Travel Threads - Part 2
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A Needlepoint Blog by Joni Stevenson. Friday, June 27, 2014. The Large Cross Stitch and Hiding Travel Threads - Part 2. Consider approaching the execution of the large cross stitch in this way:. What is different here? Well, look at a stitched sample:. Cross Stitch Executed in a Chevron Style. Backside of Cross Stitch Executed in a Chevron Style - All Backstitches. The Upright Cross Stitches Hide the Intersection of the Backstitches at Center of Cross Shape. See what is visible here? Here is the backside:.
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Creative Stitch: October 2014
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A Needlepoint Blog by Joni Stevenson. Saturday, October 25, 2014. It Never Hurts to Plan Ahead. I started stitching today, filling in an irregular shape with a composite stitch. Here is my irregular shape:. Line Drawing of Shape to Fill. And here is the stitch I am planning to use to fill in that shape:. This type of a stitch is called a composite stitch. It is really made up of two separate stitches - an upright cross stitch (in blue) and a plaited cross stitch (in red):. Step 1. Upright Cross Stitch.
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Creative Stitch: Keep Compensated Edges Neat and Clean
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A Needlepoint Blog by Joni Stevenson. Wednesday, December 18, 2013. Keep Compensated Edges Neat and Clean. Compensated edges should look neat and clean - just what do I mean by this? Let’s look at a stitch sample:. As you can see, the bottom edge is compensated, let’s take a closer look:. Travel Thread Showing Through from Back. The reason we see this thread is that the compensation edge from the green stitch travels along the back behind the holes in the canvas at that bottom edge. Path of Travel Thread.
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