Current Cross Stitch/Embroidery Tutorial and Pointer Master List

madxstitcher:

madxstitcher:

Some tutorials, tips, and pointers I’ve put together this year.

• My Parking Method – Keeping multiple threads ‘in play’ as you stitch.  Useful for large patterns with a lot of confetti.
• Recording Your Embroidery – Keep that camera steady so your viewer can follow what you’re doing.
• Sewing the Edges on Hand-Made Patches – Works best with simple shapes, but can be adapted with practise.
• Various Embroidery Mounts – Differences between hoops, scroll frames, Q-snaps, and stretcher bars, with pros and cons for each.
• Using Variegated Floss – Different ways to use variegated or overdyed floss, and what each method looks like on the fabric.
• Creating Your Own Photo Pattern – Tutorial uses PCStitch, but any software or web app works with this method.
• Adding New Floss Colours to PCStitch – New DMC colours will be coming out next month.  Here’s how to add them to your colour library!
• Framing Your Embroidery in a Hoop – No glue or tape needed.  Keeps your embroidery nice and tight in the hoop for as long as it lives there.
• Marble Dye Method – Hand died fabric made ultra-simple. Just need a bowl and a microwave.  And your dye, of course.
• Gridding Fabric with Pens and Floss/Filament – Two methods for gridding your fabric, with pros and cons for each.
• Using Stretcher Bars with your Embroidery – Stretcher bars are weird and scary.  Learn how to use them without hurting your embroidery.
• Loop Start Method – Who says you can only do a loop start with two strands?  Learn how to do it with three.
• Tent Stitch – Learn what it is, and when you want to use it.
• Railroading and Laying Tools – Keep your stitches looking nice and even, no matter how many strands you’re using.
• Creating Alphabet Charts – Use any font on the internet to create an easily stitchable alphabet chart, in any size you need.
• Repairing Torn Fabric – If you tear your fabric while you’re frogging a section, don’t start over.  Fix it.
• Photographing Glow in the Dark Floss – This one gives a lot of people trouble.  Learn how to cheat your way through with black lights.
• 1 over 1 vs 1 over 2 – What’s the difference and when to use each.
• Different Fabric Types – Differences between Aida, Evenweave, and Hardanger. 
• One-Stranded Loop Start – Yep.  One strand.  Up that start game by getting rid of knots and tangles.
• Frogging a Large Project – Avoid ruining your fabric by accidentally tearing it while ripping out all those stitches.
• Thread Heaven on a Budget – Get the same stuff at supermarket prices.
• Using Metallic Floss – A few tips for making metallic floss suck less.
• Filming Your Embroidery – Want to get started on Twitch or YouTube?  Here’s some technical help.
• Blocking Your Finished Work – Blocking isn’t just for knitters.  Get your finished work wrinkle-free without ever touching an iron.

Updates, my dudes.