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Posted by Nancy on October 26, 2009, 9:10 am
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> I always work on the same project since it takes me years and I have 3 I
> work on. Now Woodland Enchantress. Which I =EF=BF=BDstarted last year. It=
seems
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> every New Years I buy a new project.
> Which way do you stitch? I start left to right then I follow a thread col=
or
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> and go up down and all around. So no my backs are disastrous but I don't
> really care. I knew some one once who stitched one row at a time and neve=
r
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> followed a color.
> What is the best way for you?
> Donna D
It depends. On "How Great Thou Art" after I gridded it I did the
border first, filling in sections. Others, I move from the middle
out.
It depends on how complex it is, how many color changes there are
and well, how I feel about doing it that day.
Nancy
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Posted by Susan Hartman on October 26, 2009, 1:18 pm
Donna D. wrote:
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> Which way do you stitch? I start left to right then I follow a
thread color
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> and go up down and all around. So no my backs are disastrous but I don't
> really care. I knew some one once who stitched one row at a time and never
> followed a color.
> What is the best way for you?
I usually choose a block of color near the middle - not necessarily
dead-center - and start there and work outward, doing one color until
I'm tired of it or the section is finished, whichever comes first. Rows
left and right and up and down, each row in relation to the next. (i.e.,
if there's one stitch below an unfinished area, I'll do that stitch in
the previous row's pass.) Then pick an adjacent color and do the same.
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And my backs aren't disastrous with this method! <VBG>
However, for spot samplers or band samplers, I work left to right, top
to bottom.
sue
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Susan Hartman/Dirty Linen
The Magazine of Folk and World Music
www.dirtylinen.com
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Posted by ellice on October 26, 2009, 5:42 pm
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> Donna D. wrote:
>> Which way do you stitch? I start left to right then I follow a
> thread color
>> and go up down and all around. So no my backs are disastrous but I don't
>> really care. I knew some one once who stitched one row at a time and never
>> followed a color.
>> What is the best way for you?
>
>
> I usually choose a block of color near the middle - not necessarily
> dead-center - and start there and work outward, doing one color until
> I'm tired of it or the section is finished, whichever comes first. Rows
> left and right and up and down, each row in relation to the next. (i.e.,
> if there's one stitch below an unfinished area, I'll do that stitch in
> the previous row's pass.) Then pick an adjacent color and do the same.
>
> However, for spot samplers or band samplers, I work left to right, top
> to bottom.
>
> sue
>
Surprise - we work pretty similarly. With some canvas work, well, a lot of
it lately, seems I'll be doing outlines/borders/divider lines then filling
stitches. Though, I'll often get the basic necessary lines in, and then
start doing some interesting stitching, rotating back to the boring laying
in the outlines as need be. I also leave beading til the very end, and will
prioritize some stitches. Things that are going to be loose, have long runs
of thread, more susceptible to getting snagged (an issue generally with some
of the Jean Hilton type stitches) I will leave towards the end. So often
even if sections are indicated as A,B,C,....G - I may not stitch them in
that order, or not fully in that order. Also, with canvas work, I'll work
the stitching sections so that my hand isn't resting on previously done work
- either going from top left to right to lower left, lower right, or upon
occasion (as with Twister) rotating the piece.
Spot samplers I generally do as you, Sue. I like to have good counting
reference points, and may plan my stitching that way. And I'm picky about
not carrying threads, so will not carry very far (more than a few stitches)
on linen, I'd rather not have things show thru. I will run a thread under
the stitching on the back if I'm going to carry - more likely to happen with
canvas, but upon occasion with work on linen - but not with basketweave.
Interesting how we all have our methods and madness.
Ellice
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Posted by Joan E. on October 26, 2009, 3:49 pm
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> Which way do you stitch? I start left to right then I follow a thread col=
or
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> and go up down and all around. So no my backs are disastrous but I don't
> really care. I knew some one once who stitched one row at a time and neve=
r
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> followed a color.
> What is the best way for you?
I usually start with whatever is the main focus in the design and
start with a color that's used a lot in that area, so I have a base,
of sorts, to work from. So, on a picture with a house and lots of
trees or other stuff around it, I would probably start on the roof.
Then I work outwards from there, in no particular direction. With my
Nativity pieces, I usually start somewhere on the clothing around the
neckline, again with a major color.
Joan
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Posted by Fran on October 27, 2009, 8:33 pm
What I'm working on? Remodelling my kitchen. The washer/dryer
closet expansion is done (it was too shallow - I can now close the
doors on it!), the new cabinets are in, and I'm waiting on the counter
top. It'll be at least two more weeks 'til that is in, and after a
weekend of washing dishes in the bathroom sink, I went looking for a
dishpan. Do you know you can't find these anymore? I wound up
getting a plastic storage box of about the right size.
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