Cross-stitch cafe 2010

harley1

thank you all. although they are probably my smallest projects I am very proud of them.

maria_and_the_imps wrote: »

i love love love those harley are they going in babies room

sadly not Maria, I am a bad mummy and have been stitching them for a friends little boy.they will be in his nursery as soon as his daddy gets chance to put them up.

I have started, well quarter way through, Humpreys corner design for Kezia's room and the lovely Christmas stocking really must be completed before this Christmas.

xxxx

shelly

23rdspiral wrote: »

I started a DMC house kit on tuesday, and am almost finished, but have got stuck.

I'm sure you'll laugh, but I'm just not sure how to do the last few stitches that are on their own. I don't know how to start or end them if i'm not doing a whole row or shape. I realise it's not great to have long trails going on the back from one place to another as they could be seen. Please help! It's the red stitches on the ends of the branches, oh, i suppose they are apples!?

If you have enough of the thread I'd use one long continuous bit. As it's red you might be able to see the trail from the front when you frame it but if you can I'd use a small piece of something like scrap material or even loo roll to slide under the trail so it can't be seen from the front.

Usually I will trail thread from one place to another if I'm not going too far because I think by the time I have gone under a few stitches to end and gone under a few more to start again I have used more thread than if I had just trailed to the next starting place.......if that makes sense?

kezbabybabe

I would just start and finish as I do with the 'normal' stitching. This is usually secure enough, you could leave long trails in until before framing and then snip them closer before it's framed.

Alternatively do as *Louise* suggests and use the Branches to help secure it.

Good luck.

NannyOgg

Another alternative method is to use one strand of thread and double-stitch the crosses - so do the 'under' part of the cross twice (which will secure your thread at the back), then do the 'over' part of the cross twice to finish off.

Hope that makes sense!

23rdspiral

*Louise* wrote: »

Can you run the thread under the 'branch' stitches that are leading up the the red x's? You shouldn't be able to see the threads then. Alternatively, you could use a few red seed beads?

Doh! I feel i should have been able to think of that myself! it's a great idea to use beads instead too.

shelly wrote: »

If you have enough of the thread I'd use one long continuous bit... use a small piece of something like scrap material or even loo roll to slide under the trail so it can't be seen from the front.

This a really good idea. It's so simple, but i'd never have thought of it.

NannyOgg wrote: »

Another alternative method is to use one strand of thread and double-stitch the crosses - so do the 'under' part of the cross twice (which will secure your thread at the back), then do the 'over' part of the cross twice to finish off. Hope that makes sense!

This is inspired. What a very good idea indeed. :T

Thank you everyone for your ideas for how to do a nearly stand alone stitch. I'd looked in the magazine i'd bought and it didn't help and nor did the kit itself. I felt quite embarased asking, but am SO GLAD i did! I've now just got to figure out which of the techniques to try first. Thank you!!

Squishy

Harley - I love those pics I had seen them before, and was thinking of getting them for Elenas room. However, I really need to finish her sampler first! Hope you and Kezia are well!

For those of you who were asking - I've just opened one of the perfumed thread kits as I'm getting over my cold and can finally smell again I'm very impressed with it! Am doing the lavender one first, and think it will make a gorgeous mothers day card.

Squishy

Oh, just thought of something really cool! Each of these (12) kits comes with a needle in one of those sealed packages - so I'm going to have lots left over. Will just open one and keep the spares sealed in case of emergencies :rotfl:

*Louise*

23rdspiral wrote: »

I felt quite embarased asking, but am SO GLAD i did!

See that's something we were discussing not so long ago - there are lots of little techniques, and most people think everyone else knows them.....and the people who haven't heard feel daft asking...and they really shouldn't. We all have to hear about different ideas from somewhere

So no matter how silly a question you (or anyone) might think you have....ask it anyway, because at one point we will all have wondered the same thing.....

*Louise*

Squishy wrote: »

Oh, just thought of something really cool! Each of these (12) kits comes with a needle in one of those sealed packages - so I'm going to have lots left over. Will just open one and keep the spares sealed in case of emergencies :rotfl:

PML

I'm always squirreling away packets of needles :rotfl::rotfl:

lainz

*** another stupid question alert***
Am working on 27 count which I've not done before ... do I work in a 9 square as it were -
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so I go bottom left, top right and vice versa with gap (iyswim) :cool:

Given up on photobucket as my pc is being attacked.

Thanks