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.
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
