How to Fix Mistakes in Cross Stitch

I’ve just recently started what for me is the biggest cross stitch project I’ve ever attempted (the Baby Yaga House from Happy Little Mouse) and I know that there are going to be some mistakes in it.

It uses a lot of colors, and there are a lot of similar colors, and the symbols are kind of small and I have old lady eyes, etc.

I think for the most part I will just let mistakes go, because it is such a colorful pattern and the colors are so similar in a lot of places. Unless I just completely mess up and put a stitch where there shouldn’t be a stitch at all, I don’t think I’ll try to correct any/many mistakes as I go.

I know not everyone has this kind of attitude about mistakes in cross stitch (or other crafts, for that matter). But if a mistake is something I wouldn’t even notice unless I was comparing the stitched project to the chart, I am not going to worry about it.

If you’re the type who wants their projects to look exactly as the chart intended, though, you’re going to need to know how to fix mistakes. Notorious Needle has a great blog post on this subject, giving you a couple of options for how to fix a miscounted or mis-stitched stitch, as well as ways to try to prevent mistakes in the first place.

The advice is solid, and there are definitely projects where it would be more important that every stitch is made in the color it was intended, so it’s good to keep these tips handy should you need them for a project like that.

You can read the post at Notorious Needle.

How do you feel about fixing mistakes in your cross stitch? Are you a by the chart stitcher or are you willing to let some things go? I’d love to hear about it!

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I don’t usually cross stitch text or add words to my cross stitch projects. Sometimes I will sign things using basic block lettering worked in backstitch (luckily my initials are pretty easy to stitch), but if you give your cross stitch as a gift or otherwise want to personalize it, adding text is a great way to go.

But if a project didn’t already come with text, and you don’t want to draw your own, you’ll need a good cross stitch font that you can use for your project.

I like collecting fonts that are easy to read and to stitch and that would be good for lots of different uses.

For example I really like this bold alphabet font from Cross Stitch with Art, which has both capital and lowercase letters as well as numbers if you need them for dates or other information on your design. The capital letters are an inch/2.5 cm/14 stitches tall, which makes it easy to figure out how much space you need to leave for them. It’s a nice, basic, readable serif font you can use for lots of project.

If you want a script font that’s still really readable, check out Magic Calligraphy from Soft Pattern Designs. This hand drawn font has upper case letters around 28 stitches tall, with lower case letters mostly being around 20 stitches (though the ones that go up or down a lot like f, p and y are bigger). The numbers also vary a bit in size but range from 25 to 29 stitches.

Sometimes you just want a classic font that looks like sports lettering, and in that case you’re going to need Varsity, an all caps font from Stitch Mod. This one has letters that are 21 stitches tall, and it includes capital letters and numbers. But there are definitely times this one would come in handy!

Another sometimes useful and really cute font is this alphabet block letters alphabet from Stitch Junction. These letters are all upper case and look like classic building blocks, and there are also numbers available. This one would be perfect for a birth announcement project or some other cross stitch for the baby’s room.

And if that’s not enough for you, check out this post with 85 free cross stitch fonts for you to try!

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