Two-sided cross stitch
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Two-sided cross stitch
Hi, I've been cross stitching for a few years but I would like to learn how to do reversible cross stitch (two-sided cross stitch). What I want is instructions for doing isolated stitches that look identical front and back...can anyone help please
Re: Two-sided cross stitch
Hi Rona and welcome to the forum from South Carolina! I don't know anything about two sided stitching. Some of our members might but I don't remember seeing any threads about this. What type of projects have you been stitching?Carole
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Star Wars Afghan:Chewbaca
HAEDs:
O Kitten Tree
Dancing with the Cat
Everything else "on hold"
2022 Finished: Star Wars Afghan: Princess Leia, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Finn, Rey, Poe, Han Solo,Darth Vader, BB8,Luke Skywalker
Re: Two-sided cross stitch
Yes, I've done two-sided stitching and I've threatened before to hunt up a project I did to show. It looks the same on front and back. It works great for something you'll see both sides of, like bookmarks and towels (probably afghans, too, but I've never done two-sided work on anything that big).
To do isolated stitches, use a single thread where you'd usually use two (of course, if you're doing two-sided work, you're doing the whole thing with one thread instead of two). Start and end with a pin-head stitch anchor. Start the pin-head, then do the bottom cross twice, do the top cross twice and then finish the pin-head. When you finish, maneuver the needle under the crosses on the back instead of piercing straight out the back and 'damaging' the back of the stitch. Trim the tail close and then tuck any fuzz from the cut end under the stitch.
http://www.scarletquince.com/pinhead_linen.php" target="_blank" target="_blank
http://www.scarletquince.com/pinhead_linen_end.php" target="_blank" target="_blank
I did my two-sided work before I knew about the pinhead stitch, so it was a bit tougher starting and ending the tail under itself. The pin-head stitch makes it much easier.
(Edited a few times for spelling because I'm brain-dead at 4am.)
To do isolated stitches, use a single thread where you'd usually use two (of course, if you're doing two-sided work, you're doing the whole thing with one thread instead of two). Start and end with a pin-head stitch anchor. Start the pin-head, then do the bottom cross twice, do the top cross twice and then finish the pin-head. When you finish, maneuver the needle under the crosses on the back instead of piercing straight out the back and 'damaging' the back of the stitch. Trim the tail close and then tuck any fuzz from the cut end under the stitch.
http://www.scarletquince.com/pinhead_linen.php" target="_blank" target="_blank
http://www.scarletquince.com/pinhead_linen_end.php" target="_blank" target="_blank
I did my two-sided work before I knew about the pinhead stitch, so it was a bit tougher starting and ending the tail under itself. The pin-head stitch makes it much easier.
(Edited a few times for spelling because I'm brain-dead at 4am.)
Last edited by Allyn on Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:39 am, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: Two-sided cross stitch
I just typed 'reversible cross stitch' into my google search and it came up with a lot of different sites for the stitch.
Re: Two-sided cross stitch
Thanks for the reply's. I am wanting to cross stitch some tea towels to I want the back to look the same as the front. (I know it can be done as I saw some work someone had done some years ago, I just didn't know how). I will post my progress - thanks again