Stitching Comments from Stories a Side Hobby for Reporter

The Venn diagram for reporters/writers/bloggers who are also into needlepoint is probably pretty small, but I love this idea for turning choice comments from stories posted on the Internet into embroidery.

Claire Cardona is a breaking news reporter at the Dallas Morning News who pointed out a funny comment to colleague Hannah Wise, and she ran with it and is now stitching funny comments people leave on stories and sharing them on Instagram.

She’s been at it less than a month but already got noticed by Poynter, a site about the news for journalists. Wise told them “it’s a way to deal with the nonsense of the comments” and that she’s keeping a notebook filled with fodder for future stitching projects.

I think this is brilliant and if I ever got any comments I would totally do this!

[Photo via Sew Many Comments.]

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What's the Difference Between Cross Stitch and Embroidery?

When you put all the time and energy you do into making a great cross stitch project, it’s worth taking the time to frame it in a way that will make it look its best.

Often for smaller designs we’ll choose to frame projects in a hoop, which is cute and a fine option, especially for seasonal projects you might want to change out through the year. Others will send their finished projects for professional framing, which is a great option for gifts and heirloom items that need to be preserved, but it can also be quite expensive.

Crewel Ghoul has a great tutorial for a way that you can easily frame your cross stitch projects at home with just a few supplies.

She uses adhesive mounting board (but you can use non-adhesive board if you have some one hand or you need a size that’s not available in an adhesive version) and a few other basic supplies to secure the sides and corners of the cross stitch fabric around the board before putting the design in the frame.

This requires a bit of hand sewing, but we’re cross stitchers so I’m sure we can handle that.

Framing your cross stitch like this gives it a little padding in the frame, which makes it look better than if it were just flat in a frame with no special finishing. It’s also a great idea to use a frame without glass or to leave the glass out of the frame so it doesn’t crush your stitches.

And though this is super secure it’s not 100 percent permanent if you decide you don’t want the project framed in that way any more. Or you can take it out of the frame and the edges are still all nicely finished so you can display it a different way without having to do anything else to it.

Check out the tutorial at Crewel Ghoul.

[Photo: Crewel Ghoul.]

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