7/6/2023 0 Comments Cross stitch designer classes![]() ![]() We recommend starting to stitch from the centre of a pattern in the middle of your piece of fabric ![]() Once complete, find the centre of your pattern and mark it at the edges of your chart for reference.Make sure to draw lines through the corners of the grid squares to correspond with the stitch corners you’ll work the thread through. When you’ve finished colouring in the squares, draw on any backstitch lines using dark coloured pens and a ruler if required.You should work neatly to keep the colours within the gridlines for easy reading. Once you’re happy with your rough outline, you can start colouring in the squares using coloured pens or pencils. ![]() Use an eraser to rub out mistakes if needed. Lightly draw your design outline onto the grid paper using a pencil, making sure to keep to the square corners of the boxes when drawing angles or curved lines.A lot of charts count in 10 squares, so 10×10 gridded paper is the best option for designing your patterns, as it’s already divided up into sections to make it easier to read and stitch from. You may find a ruler useful too if intending to include backstitch lines. Prefer to stick with the old-school way to make your own cross stitch pattern? No problem! For a quick and easy way to design your own cross stitch pattern you just need some basic supplies, including graph paper and some coloured pencils or pens. Make your own cross stitch pattern using graph paper Though you might think that designing your own cross stitch digitally is only for professionals, did you know there’s another way you can make your own cross stitch using a program you probably already have on your computer? That’s right, there’s no need to splash out on expensive design software if you have Microsoft Excel to hand – say goodbye to spreadsheets and hello to a whole new world of cross stitch pattern making! If you don’t have Microsoft Excel you can also follow the same principle online using Google Sheets (you just need a free Google account). Then simply match these to your coloured pencils or pens, and you can start drawing! A shade card or skeins of your chosen thread colours is useful too, for picking the colours and combinations. You may have heard of, or even tried, the DIY method of creating your own cross stitch pattern using graph paper – all you need are some basic supplies to hand-draw your design with coloured pencils or pens on some gridded 10×10 graph paper. * Oracle SAL does a yearly SAL.You’ll find loads of free cross stitch designs to try here on Gathered, but sometimes you might want to make your own cross stitch pattern and stitch exactly what you want when you want! You just need a little imagination and anyone can give it a try. The pattern can be purchased here and details on the SAL can be found in the events of Stitch It Picasso’s group * Stitch It Picasso will be doing a Haunted House / Spooky Room mystery SAL starting January 1st. The pattern can be purchased at and the group for the SAL can be found here: It is a year long mystery SAL with a skull/skeleton theme. ![]() * Pawsitively Twisted in connection with Stitch It Picasso. There are 3 patterns to chose from with a small discount if you’ve never purchased an Unconventional XStitch pattern. * Pawsitively Twisted in connection with Unconventional XStitch. In no particular order, here are the cross stitch SALs in 2022… It’s okay to not “keep up” as long as you’re enjoying the journey. I have SAL patterns (free and paid) from previous years that I haven’t even started the actual stitching on yet, but I enjoyed watching the pattern pieces come together and seeing progress photos in the community. It’s more about the community feeling and the fun of the pattern than the time in which you stitch the piece. Stitch at your own pace, enjoy the pattern, and don’t worry about keeping up in stitching. Don’t feel like you can’t participate in a stitchalong based on how fast you stitch or how much time you have to stitch. I love keeping an eye on these projects over the course of the year, watching mystery designs come together, and seeing the customizations folks add to their stitching.īefore we get to the list, I want to touch on a comment I see in the groups and on the blog pretty frequently about “keeping up” with the SALs. ![]()
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