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Posted: **Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:43 pm**

What a coincidence, my daughter said the same thing, get a book on CD (or whatever) as she does when she drives back and forth to come home (4 1/2 hour drive). I did find a book and listened while stitching, it made the time seem to go faster.

I do have some time in the evenings for stitching, but all to frequently I seem to end up doing goofy things (cleaning my sock drawers and such!).

Sigh!

darlene

Posted: **Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:25 pm**

I understand that, there always seems to be something to get done and then it's time for bed. I hope you give the audiobooks a try.

Some progress on Angelic Melody

And I have a question, I started doing the backstitch on the border but I don't know if I like it. I think I might like it without, so I would love to hear your opinions.

Posted: **Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:53 pm**

I love this one and you are doing a great job.
What is it you don't like about he backstitch? I'm one of the weird ones who tends to like backstitching and usually think it gives pieces a more "finished, sharper look", though I may be changing my ideas with the way all these HAEDs look. Is it just the outside border o r are you talking about the backstitch on the inside design of the border? I don't think it does as much for the inside actually, though I am going to guess that most everyone else will think it is needed there more, but for some reason I like the more subtle look of the border design in this piece. The problem is that it is really a pain to pull out those back stitches inside a design, though I have done that plenty. usually because of a mistake though.

Carole
ps saw you had a migrane yesterday (in another thread), hope you are feeling better today.

Posted: **Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:45 pm**

Thanks Carole, I am fortunately. So annoying to get these and ruin days off, but I guess at least I can recover better when I'm not at work.

It was the inside backstitch I disliked. It almost seems like scribbling or something. The outside I do like. Sorry, I should have been more specific. Thanks for letting me know, and I think I will try and very carefully pull it out. It would save time too since this is supposed to be done by Xmas!

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:33 am**

Hi Tiffstitch, love this project!!!

It is coming along beautifully!

I agree, I would leave the backstitch off the inside of the border, I think it looks better without. It almost looks messy (NOT your stitching, just the placement of the backstitches! Your stitching is beautiful!) maybe because there seem to be a lot of almost curvy sections? I think it looks much neater and more elegant without the backstitch.

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:21 am**

I totally agree with Kim, due to the curved inside border, the back stitching seems unnecessary. Also agreeing with Kim, your stitching looks fabulous!

darlene

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2011 5:49 am**

I agree too - leave off the back stitching. It is easier to unpick backstitch from the back of the work I have found - you might like to give it a try Tiff.

Love that design though and the colours are so lovely. Great stitching too.

sally

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:48 am**

Tiff, I know what you mean about the backstitch. I like backstitch in some designs for the definiteion it gives, but what gets on my nerves is backstitch that goes across full cross stitches in order to make a rounded line -- I always feel I want to put in a lot of fractionals so that there aren't all thos bits of cross stitch sticking out

! Certainly the bit without the backstitch, though less "sharp" looks beautiful in its own right, and personally I prefer it. But in the end it comes down to what you think looks best, and what you will be happy to look at!

Posted: **Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:55 am**

Thank you everyone! I really appreciate your comments. You've said exactly what I felt about it, almost as if I was colouring outside the lines. Sally, I'll keep that in mind about taking backstitching out from behind, thank you for the tip!

Posted: **Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:06 pm**