~ A Handy Tip ~

 Good Morning Friends & Folk!

a glorious Tuesday on tap for us here at the Farm ~

...sunshine and warm temps, along with a subdued breeze 

will have me stitching on the front porch swing after my chores are done.

as you may know, I am stitching a new design that is entirely made up as I go ~

I sometimes feel this helps my work look more primitive, and...

well this one fits that bill completely!

the border hasn't met up at all the way I had hoped for,

as you can see on the bottom left under the yellow house I am stitching:

no worries, 

as I said before I will embrace this as a happy accident and roll with it.

 Look closely at where my needle is below:

you can see that I am stitching the windows on this tiny house ~ but ~

I am stitching them over the already-filled in house!

the threads by the way, 

of this fabulous tiny dwelling are WDW;  Schneckley, Confederate Gray & Terrapin

SO beautiful together!

I find that by filling in all of my stitches. especially on a house ~ 

then going back in and stitching the doors/windows/details 

helps keep me from making a counting mistake...

~ you all know I love frogs, but not of the cross stitch variety!!!

my stitches may look a bit different than yours, too

as I like to wax my threads before I stitch ~ the wax keeps the threads tight and neat-looking.

also, I am a 'backwards' cross stitcher...meaning, I work from right to left when I stitch,
and turn my work upside-down to stitch row-by-row. 

Sounds confusing, but

~ being dyslexic, I have to find certain ways to do things 

so my brain and hands can communicate my thoughts into what I want as a finished product!

I think in my next post I'll will show you what I mean by 'backwards' stitching...

~ or ~ perhaps a short video will show better what I mean.

♥️

So, how many of you have stitched over your work like I mentioned above?

and how many of you will do it now that I mentioned it?

inquiring minds....

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori