tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post2031802819658582690..comments2024-03-29T21:30:49.036+09:00Comments on Queenie's Needlework: Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 3: Cross StitchQueeniepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-17861488562942163722016-12-02T14:10:27.254+09:002016-12-02T14:10:27.254+09:00YOU are the Cross Stitch Queen and I should have i...YOU are the Cross Stitch Queen and I should have interviewed you for advice.Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-32304149657242253032016-12-02T01:12:47.996+09:002016-12-02T01:12:47.996+09:00These are such wonderful cross-stitch pieces with ...These are such wonderful cross-stitch pieces with such sentimental memories attached. Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17345433893395079961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-11788139206245307092016-11-28T12:49:00.209+09:002016-11-28T12:49:00.209+09:00You have such a solid relationship with Cross Stit...You have such a solid relationship with Cross Stitch.<br />There are a lot of avid followers of Clara Weaver in Scandinavia and as I said in the post I guess there is at least one work with Cross Stitch in every home in Sweden. The young used to think it nerdy, then the stitch graffiti came, and now it is the most common form of stitch.<br />To fully ,aster the stitch I would have to learn the RSN method, but I will skip it for now. I think I have made good progress in my learning curve. Sticking with two hands have never been my thing and as for a frame, that would be OK for a larger piece. I stitched the parrots without a frame or hoop!<br />Have fun with your Cross Stitch.Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-29207164542747162982016-11-26T10:56:53.866+09:002016-11-26T10:56:53.866+09:00With a bit of concentration I can get the stitches...With a bit of concentration I can get the stitches in the right direction. My main trouble is 'travelling' - jumping a few squares and continue with the same thread there. The back can be one big tangle of treads. I read that on old Chinese embroideries ALL the stitches on the back were vertical and neat! The question is how!Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-18123775983530024442016-11-25T22:56:15.530+09:002016-11-25T22:56:15.530+09:00very interesting, you have some beautiful cross st...very interesting, you have some beautiful cross stitch pictures. I find cross stitch relaxing but to get it right you have to keep the stitches going in the same direction which with me doesn't always happen, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-7791534847097205372016-11-24T14:13:22.764+09:002016-11-24T14:13:22.764+09:00I have always been impressed by fine embroidery, w...I have always been impressed by fine embroidery, where handkerchiefs or clothes are decorated with the tiniest of stitches on the finest of fabric. I too have a few items where the stitches are so small you can hardly see them. Who has good enough eyes to see, and small enough hands to make such delicate stitches?Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-90996951939060081642016-11-24T14:10:01.761+09:002016-11-24T14:10:01.761+09:00One good thing about Cross Stitch is that it is us...One good thing about Cross Stitch is that it is usually (and supposed to be) worked on evenweave fabric. The clearly visable holes help to make the stitching easy. From there you can be creative and stitch on any fabric.Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-64483453576744473072016-11-23T22:58:51.996+09:002016-11-23T22:58:51.996+09:00Very interesting post..like many others who commen...Very interesting post..like many others who commented above, I too started off with cross stitch.Though Matty cloth is used in India for cross stitch, there are experts who can embroider the tiniest of cross stitches in plain fabric.I happen to own one such beautiful piece. Deepa https://www.blogger.com/profile/14196651887074374890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-615665467361469962016-11-23T22:31:03.884+09:002016-11-23T22:31:03.884+09:00Cross Stitch relaxing? Hm, if you are filling in a...Cross Stitch relaxing? Hm, if you are filling in an area with only one colour and no pattern, I'd say it is relaxing. With change of colours and areas, I would need to concentraate so much I could not call it relaxing.<br />We are safe, although there have been some after shocks.Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-91139592505858802242016-11-23T07:43:09.236+09:002016-11-23T07:43:09.236+09:00Oh Cross Stitch!!
The piece I did in school was s...Oh Cross Stitch!! <br />The piece I did in school was so terrible (although my grandmother loved it). Then I arrived in Denmark as a young adult and saw all that Cross Stitch. I just had to master it. I joined the Danish Embroiderers Guild, bought all the Clara Weaver Catalogues (which I still have in the book case), haunted her shop, though I couldn't speak Danish. ) I had to pay excess on my bagagge to get them home. (I toyed with buying those birds). Then I found a shop in Australia, Stadia, and kept stitching. Although I did think I was getting a bit obsessive and gave it away for a while.<br /><br />Then I went to a new school and I had to teach Cross Stitch to teenagers. So the obsession began again, this time with samplers. <br /><br />Some tips I have found for laying those threads. I keep a little damp sponge to run my thread over before I thread the needle. This staightens and separates the strands helping them lay flat. And now I have taken to using a frame that helps as well. The latest technique is to use the stitching method they use at the Royal School of Needlework. I am still working on this one as stitching 2 handed is still difficult but it does leave that thread lovely and flat.<br /><br />Now, back to my Cross Stitch.carorosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976291590807462068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-46792838148190626092016-11-23T05:24:16.214+09:002016-11-23T05:24:16.214+09:00Such a great lesson about a stitch that is conside...Such a great lesson about a stitch that is considered simple and basic - after all children can do it!! Yet it is difficult to work consistently and to be neat on the back. Cross stitch is where I started in my crafting life so I owe it everything.Lis Harwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11700965811840448266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-67291362388731280072016-11-23T04:43:52.463+09:002016-11-23T04:43:52.463+09:00I enjoy cross stitch, find it very relaxing. I fou...I enjoy cross stitch, find it very relaxing. I found a piece I did with my Grandmother when I was 10, still looks in good condition. Have been following your stitching posts, today I can finally leave you a message, my blog posts have been playing up. Take care, pleased you are safe in your area.jacarandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703529019767117993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-44668958207452721172016-11-22T16:01:27.308+09:002016-11-22T16:01:27.308+09:00There are no 'sins'! For free form embroid...There are no 'sins'! For free form embroidery, the uneven and rough Cross Stitch is perfect, and so easy to stitch.<br />I want to learn to make even stitches for the kind of kit embroidery, like the picture of the three parrots.Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-20602098530111534362016-11-22T15:59:13.711+09:002016-11-22T15:59:13.711+09:00Thank you for sharing this information.
I Googled ...Thank you for sharing this information.<br />I Googled matty cloth and phulkari. Fantastic and colourful embroidery! To make such even stitches without using waste canvas or evenweave fabric must need a lot of training.<br />Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-55018316896223754182016-11-22T15:54:16.158+09:002016-11-22T15:54:16.158+09:00I think Mary Corbet of Needle 'n Thread also s...I think Mary Corbet of Needle 'n Thread also said Cross Stitch was the first kind of embroidery she did, then she was bitten by the embroidery bug and learned all the other stitches and techniques.<br />Unfortunately my old aunt, and her father, never got beyond the Cross Stitch and always worked from a printed chart or kit. <br />I often feel the need to CREATE something with the stitches I learn.Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-2523730376838713812016-11-22T15:50:49.661+09:002016-11-22T15:50:49.661+09:00Well I know you make beautiful Crosses - with piec...Well I know you make beautiful Crosses - with pieces of fabric! Keep up the good quilting work.Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-45132605731205374442016-11-22T15:49:03.731+09:002016-11-22T15:49:03.731+09:00Oh, yes, Cross Stitch can make you cross! The char...Oh, yes, Cross Stitch can make you cross! The charts can be hard to follow and you need to concentrate all the time. The magnetic window frames I show in the picture with the tea towel are handy for keeping track of the chart.<br />Pity that the Praying hands should end up in the bin, but I understand such fine fabric to work on must have been hard.Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-18396292800568732932016-11-22T15:46:31.701+09:002016-11-22T15:46:31.701+09:00When you were a kid the FIRST time? Ha, ha!
Embroi...When you were a kid the FIRST time? Ha, ha!<br />Embroidery in the kitchen? Could it have been soiled by cooking fumes?Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-21746738166673790702016-11-22T15:44:57.173+09:002016-11-22T15:44:57.173+09:00I, too, learned Cross Stitch early in childhood, b...I, too, learned Cross Stitch early in childhood, but I have never felt that I truely mastered the stitch, which I why I included it in Sunday Stitch School. I used free style Cross Stitch in my Sumptious Embroidery work with Sharon.<br />Randje per week is a good project to do a bit of Cross Stitch on a weekly basis.Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-83330734353468613852016-11-22T15:40:47.778+09:002016-11-22T15:40:47.778+09:00Thank you for your comment. I had to use Google Tr...Thank you for your comment. I had to use Google Translate to read it!<br />Good to know that Point de Marque is the old and Point de Croix is the modern name of Cross Stitch in French.Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-47267161958015461962016-11-22T15:38:48.032+09:002016-11-22T15:38:48.032+09:00Thank you. They ARE impressive, and I can tell you...Thank you. They ARE impressive, and I can tell you it took a fair amount of time to complete the picture.Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-85056162976343009592016-11-22T15:37:41.982+09:002016-11-22T15:37:41.982+09:00I am not a historian but want to know a bit about ...I am not a historian but want to know a bit about the background of each stitch. Sometimes the information in books and online is conflicting so I'd be delighted to get comments with more info.<br />I have not heard of the splitting the two threads for making even stitches. I will have to try that out. Thank you for sharing.Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-18631592979020456692016-11-22T15:35:07.427+09:002016-11-22T15:35:07.427+09:00It must be one of the very first stitches we learn...It must be one of the very first stitches we learned at school (or at home). It is nice to see varioius ways to use this basic stitch.Queeniepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281330411053716603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-25146716111736183702016-11-22T05:47:21.181+09:002016-11-22T05:47:21.181+09:00It brings back memories. I used to do cross stitch...It brings back memories. I used to do cross stitch before I used other forms of embroidery.https://linsartyblobs.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10321649853452019532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5631637390313519247.post-4050304252087735352016-11-22T05:41:20.623+09:002016-11-22T05:41:20.623+09:00Very interesting post..... particularly the histor...Very interesting post..... particularly the history! I struggle to keep my stitches flat, even using the method of putting the needle between the two threads as you make the stitch ... if you know what I mean!<br />Barbara xFlashinScissorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408946289711452871noreply@blogger.com