How to Helpers

[Rose]

These are some videos that Godzone found for us on you tube they are very helpful. If anyone else has come across videos that could help please add them to this thread.

Putting on embellishments to your x-stitches.... and adding your signature.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwiSEGHdHTw" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank"

Doing a french Knot...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul8XT72o ... re=related" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank"

basic x-stitching...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsNg7lSb ... re=related" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank"

total beginner.... card ideas....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd5_XWUsEh8" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank"

Make a cross stitch pattern from a picture
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDOJj8LC ... re=related" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

preparing cloth for stitching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF7nHp3c ... re=related" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

backstitching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkrdekn4 ... re=related" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

[Rose]

Not a video but a very good tutorial for flat folds.

http://tts-tutorials.blogspot.com/2007/ ... orial.html" target="_blank

[lacemaker2004]

Here are two on techniques for painting fabric to enhance your projects

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6paaS_OCkN8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEAr8ZmI ... re=related

[Serinde]

This is an excellent website for putting together a biscornu.
http://own-two-hands.livejournal.com/4186.html" target="_blank

[agi]

I have found a tutorial on how to make strawberries.
http://focusonfinishing.wordpress.com/2 ... finishing/" target="_blank

Has any of you ever tried it?

[Rose]

This is another tutorial that was found for putting together Biscornu. Daz posted it in his SAL but I thought it would be a shame to lose it.

http://www.annettesacre.com/lessons/biscornu.html" target="_blank

[Rose]

This has come up on a few occasions and I thought it would be nice to have some pictures as well as an explanation.

Loop Start!!!!!

Begin by cutting a length of thread that you are comfortable working with and your needle


Fold the thread in half and thread the 2 ends through the eye of the needle


Starting from the back with your first square. Poke needle through the fabric.


On the back side you will have the loop.


Make the first leg of your cross and poke the needle through the fabric to the back side.


Run the needle through the middle of the loop.


Pull the thread tight and you have made the Loop Start.


I hope this may help someone.

[thread garden]

Hi,
I have done a video on the Loop Method for starting cross stitch in my blog How To Tuesday series.
Video link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLxIYeZJHeE

I have also written a blog post about washing a large cross stitch project.
Blog Link:http://threadgarden.blogspot.com.au/201 ... mpler.html

Jan

[Rose]

Has anyone found this tip on this blog??? It is a tip for getting creases out of Aida cloth. I have a coupe of pieces of Aida that I am going to try this on. Not sure when I will get time to do it but it sounds like maybe this is a new trick.

http://ourpioneerhomestead.blogspot.com ... ut-of.html" target="_blank

[backafteradozenyrs]

Rose, that's a good idea, but to save time, I'm gonna' cheat & tell everyone in 6 sentences what took Pamela over 6 minutes.

Soak aida in scalding hot water. Remove to towel, spread out & blot dry. Take the core-roll from aluminum foil/wax paper. Cover core-roll with wax paper & roll up your aida tightly onto it. Place in freezer 'til frozen (half an hour, an hour?). When you are ready to iron it, take it out of the freezer & iron the frozen cloth.

This will remove 99% of the creases (at least that's what Pamela said a dozen times).

[Rose]

Yes she did take a long time to explain what you have done in a very short precise paragraph!!!!!!!!

[fccs]

Yes she did take a long time to explain what you have done in a very short precise paragraph!!!!!!!!

I was afraid I was the only one who noticed how long and dragged out she made what would otherwise have been a very good tutorial. I haven't tried it but might as I did through some of my old kits. The creases in the aida is one reason why I have almost always switched out the fabric.

[Rose]

This might be a good one to keep in this thread so it does not get lost.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXUe_lYks2A" target="_blank

[curly sue]

Wouldn't your fabric shrink in scalding hot water?

[Heidi]

I have found this video extremely useful for when I had my bead work on my projects.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdGYA855gws" target="_blank

If anyone has any advise on ribbon work on their projects I would greatly appreciate it. I've been putting off completing a project because I don't have a clue how to approach it.

[backafteradozenyrs]

Wouldn't your fabric shrink in scalding hot water?

I don't think so. The process to weave/make the aida is a compacting process (if those are the correct words?) I'm pretty sure it's as shrunk as it can get.

[NeedleAndFork]

I didn't realize we had this thread. Lots of useful info here! I just wanted to add my tutorial that I wrote up on finishing a pillow ornament.

http://obsessedwiththread.wordpress.com ... -ornament/" target="_blank

[19Roland19]

How to figure out how many skeins of thread to buy, based on stitch count.

http://home.comcast.net/~kathydyer/nf_x ... #floss_amt" target="_blank

[lavenderbee]

Thanks for bringing this to the fore as not seen it before - well may have done but forgotten to go back to it.

As for getting creases out of fabric I want to use I wash it, then either dry it flat between two layers of towel until just damp & then iron it. Or after washing put it in towel & roll up gently before lying it flat until almost dry before pressing either with an iron. Guess putting it in freezer would save a lot of my time

When a project is finished & washed, before framing I usually put it under a few books for a few days to get it really flat. Maybe some of you have other methods better than mine? Would be glad to hear them