How to cross stitch correctly?

Handicraft is again at the height of fashion today. Craftswomen successfully master both new types of hobbies and well-known ones. Especially popular is the creation of cross-stitched paintings that adorn the interior wonderfully and can serve as worthy gifts.

However, for most needlewomen, it is the embroidery process itself that is most valuable, and not the opportunity to make changes to the design of the apartment, complementing it with a new trinket. This is a rather monotonous activity that requires perseverance and patience, allowing them to escape from everyday affairs, take a break from work or household chores. However, in order for joy to bring not only the process, but also the result, one should delve into all the subtleties of the craft. For example, you need to understand the variety of materials and tools, figure out how to cross-stitch correctly, learn how to beautifully decorate finished crafts.

Success terms

Before starting work, you need to pay serious attention to the selection of tools and materials. Anything you need to create an embroidered painting can be purchased at a sewing or craft store. At the same time, the costs will be relatively small: perhaps, cross-stitching is one of the most budgetary types of needlework.

The list of tools that will be useful for all the following works of the same plan has very few items.

  • Tailor's scissors for cutting canvas.
  • A hoop used to hold fabric taut. They come in different sizes and may differ in the material of manufacture. Plastic options are significantly cheaper, but wooden models will last longer.
  • Embroidery needles with blunt point and large eye.
  • A thimble that fits snugly on the middle finger of the right (right-handed) or left (left-handed) hand. The difference in price between plastic and metal products is insignificant.
  • Small thread scissors.
  • Water-soluble marker for marking fabrics.

The list of consumables required for each particular painting is even shorter.

  • A pattern for embroidery, which can be bought, downloaded on the Internet or developed independently using special simple programs. Each of the drawings consists of squares with symbols and a legend, which indicates which thread shades are hidden behind the icons. As a rule, the decoding is given for a floss produced by several companies, for example, Gamma, DMC, Anchor, etc.
  • Canvas, which is a fabric with a special interlacing of threads that forms squares of certain sizes. This indicator is reflected in the number - 14, 16, 18. The larger it is, the smaller the cells. The canvas comes in a variety of colors, the easiest to work with is a white base. It is very convenient to put such a bobbin in a bag or cover it with cling film.
  • Large paintings are easier to embroider on a special machine, with one hand under the canvas and the other above it.
  • You can use ordinary clothespins or small cardboard figures to store the threads.
  • In order not to get confused in the scheme, it is convenient to paint over the passed pieces with a highlighter or a simple pencil.
  • When working on a painting, it is easier to store all the threads used on an organizer - a plastic or cardboard plate with numbered holes.
  • You can store the schemes by twisting them into a tube and securing them with an elastic band for money. There is one more option - a folder with files, but it is relevant only for drawings, the size of which does not exceed A4 format. Using electronic circuits, it is wise to create thematic catalogs.
  • For convenience, the threads of the floss can be cut into meter-long pieces.

Of course, with experience any craftswoman has her own techniques for working with embroidery. But they can not always be called universal, convenient for everyone. Therefore, each needlewoman has to look for her own individual style of creating embroidered masterpieces independently.

Embroidered paintings invariably evoke admiration. The same impression is produced by table linen with unusual patterns or clothes with exclusive finishes. Therefore, engaging in such a craft, you can not think about gifts to colleagues, family and friends. All of them will gladly decorate their homes and apartments with paintings or other handicrafts. And a unique new thing will delight any fashionista.

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