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This post originally appeared at Fat Quarterly.
[…] Or by learning how to cross-stitch on fabric while maintaining the […]
Anne says
i saw this and loved it! Thanks for sharing!
Megs says
I love your stitching – so cute. Sorry I didn’t really get to see you after the meeting the other night. Who knew the the restaurant would be overrun by PMQG!?!
Jeni says
Lovely post! I still need to try this! :)
Heather says
Yay cross stitching! It’s always good to get other people hooked on it right?? I haven’t used waste canvas before, but have friends who love it. My mother in law uses it to stitch on clothing and stuff.
Judy says
I was reading the other comments on Fat Quarterly and also wanted to let you know that once you cross-stitch on linen you’ll never want to go back to Aida cloth. The linen is so nice to work with and just doesn’t seem as stiff as Aida. Just think you won’t have to pull all those threads out by either doing your method or the easier way – using waste canvas. The only time I ever used waste canvas was when I did some designs on sweatshirts. Try linen and you’ll love it. Love your blog!
CraftCrave says
Just a quick note to let you know that a link to this post will be placed on CraftCrave today [26 Apr 01:00am GMT]. Thanks, Maria
Little Creatable says
I’ve been bitten and the Frosted Pumpkin is one of my Fav x-Stitch haunts?
Live a Colorful Life says
Eeek! my copy of FQ is still sitting in my inbox. What is it doing THERE? I’m off to check out your guest post (congrats, BTW!)
Jen S says
Hurray! I grew up with cross stitch and embroidery before I tackled sewing and love to see it gain in popularity again. My mom is an avid cross-stitcher and swears by waste canvas. Also linen is perfect for these projects.
Jen says
Popping in to say hi and that I’m so honored to be featured in the current issue of Artful Blogging with you! Looking forward to coming back here!
Victoria Watson says
I’ve never thought to do this before! Amazing! I’ve been cross stitching for about 16 years (since I was a little girl) and have loved it from the moment I laid eyes on it and asked my mom “what is this?” lol. To see a new technique to try just makes my day! ;D Can’t wait to try it out!
Jill says
So you stitch on the Aida cloth and linen on the RIGHT side of the fabric and just trim away the excess? What type of scissors do you have? I honestly thought I’d have to learn how to cross stitch backwards on the WRONG side of the fabric so it would look correct on the outside.
Christina says
Yes, that’s correct. Layer the Aida cloth (or they also have something called “waste canvas”) onto the right side of your fabric and stitch. The key is to make sure your stitches are tight so that when you remove the Aida/waste canvas your stitches aren’t too loose. I’d say to practice on some scrap fabric by making 20×20 cross-stitched square so you get a feel for removing and your stitch tension. These are the two pair of scissors I use and really like: Cutter Bee – http://amzn.to/2m19dIX and Olfa Precision – http://amzn.to/2mjyMra Both are very sharp and have a skinny, pointed tip that make it easy to get around detail with ease.
Steffi says
To be honest, there are much more easier ways to stitch something on cloth. Try these quite new fabrics (soluable in water after stitching) – ok, they are expensive – but simply grand!
Carole says
i have been having mental issues on how to transfer pictures to the cloth..Thank you so much..this makes sense to me!Carole
Maureen says
That was a great idea thank you for sharing.