This post from Brigitte Dadaux includes several free transportation-themed charts, but the one that jumped out at me was the bicycle – it’s perfect for stitching up right now if you’ve been watching Olympic coverage of the men’s and women’s Olympic cycle races. So get your stitch on while you are watching the games! Check out the free charts.
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FAQs about Cross Stitch, Answered
One of the great things about cross stitch as a craft is that it doesn’t take a lot of skill or supplies to get started. You can make your first cross stitch patterns with a single color of thread, using a single kind of stitch, with fabric that’s easy to find, with or without a hoop. The learning curve is pretty small, and you’re only out a few dollars and a little bit of time to learn the basics and see if you like it.
But if you’re new to cross stitch or thinking about starting cross stitch as a new craft in your life, you might have some questions that patterns just don’t answer, either because they assume you know these things or the answer isn’t long enough to fill out a blog post.
Hannah Hand Makes has collected 20 of these sorts of questions into an FAQ about cross stitch that would be handy for you to read.
It covers everything from the difference between Aida and evenweave to what size needle you should use for cross stitch. You’ll find information on where to buy kits and supplies, the difference between counted cross stitch, stamped cross stitch and embroidery, how to cross stitch a photo, cross stitching on clothes and more.
(She’s even got an opinion on how much you should care about how messy the back of your work is. Spoiler: not much. I totally agree! It’s not worth it to try to make the back pretty unless its going to be visible in the finished product.)
Even if you’re pretty comfortable with cross stitch it’s worth it to skim through these FAQs, because you might just learn something or have your opinion about a cross stitch topic confirmed.
Check out the list at Hannah Hand Makes.
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mary says
love the bicycle pattern. sister who does not sew, but appreciates it is a big long distane rider. every year she does a fund rising ride from Jacksonville, FL, to Washington, DC. she rides for federal law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty to raise money for the families. i will do this for her, and see if she would like one done for a silent auction for money raising. mom quilts and does a throw ever year for te auction.