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Loomking for a pattern of a bear with his arms up where you stitch his face sweater and toes then cut out the bear sew him together and stuff him. Help!
JB
I haven’t seen this pattern before. I did a few searches, but I’ve come up empty handed so far I’m afraid. Maybe ask on our Facebook page and see if anyone recognizes it? (http://www.facebook.com/StitchingtheNightAway)
I’ve stitched for more than 40 years and always just hoops. Because of the hoop marks I always removed them at night when I finished. Just a few years back, I discovered the joys of Q-Snaps and now mix and match the sizes to my projects as best I can. I love the larger projects but because of the weight, I rarely use a larger than 14 x 14. However, everywhere I’ve read, stitchers suggest removing the fabric from the Q-Snaps when you finish for the day, but no one can tell me why. Do they stretch the fabric or crush the stitches; they leave no marks so what is the reason why everyone suggests this action?
Thanks for your input and clarification.
Sue Pollock
Leaving a hoop on will eventually distort fabric and crush stitches, etc. Leaving a q-snap on is a bit less worrisome, but if you’re going to leave it long term you might loosen the tension when you’re not stitching on it, sort of like someone would do with scroll rods. Just give the clamps a little twist inward so that the fabric is not taut. Other than that I wouldn’t be overly concerned about it unless you’re using a really delicate fabric or something like that.
What happened to the “prevailed” on the .pdf file? I like the new pattern, Remember, but the pattern ends with “will.” I’m sure I can figure out where to put the “prevail,” but I was hoping you could supply it.
Oh my goodness, there is a page missing from the PDF file! thank you for letting me know, I’ll get a correction sent out this week.
I just posted the updated version of the pattern.
Loretta,
Recently purchased several prefinished pillow shams. These shams have aida cloth in the appropriate places for cross stitching. How do I use my Q snap. I am confused and I do not want to go through both layers of fabric. Please HELP!
I’m having a hard time visualizing the piece. Do you have a small q-snap or hoop that you could work into the inside of the sham?
Help! I bought a kit from England – it came with Aida and I decided to switch to a linen… but the piece of fabric I had was a tiny bit smaller than the kit’s. Bote that I am an experienced stitcher of over 25 years and have stitched many difficult patterns…
Still – just to be sure, I decided to start stitching in the middle of the project instead of the top left (which is my preferred method).. only problem was that the “middle” identified in the kit was not, in fact, the middle. It was a pattern error that I didn’t identify until I noticed that I had much too much fabric at the bottom and almost none left at the top…
I kept thinking that I was just mis-reading the chart and that it would all work out, but now that I am approaching the top of the pattern, I realize that I will have less than an inch left – I intend to mat the stitching up to the design but there doesn’t appear to be enough fabric to turn for framing. Can I stitch a piece of fabric to the top (since it won’t be seen),.. I am devastated since this is a gift – and I really don’t have time to start all over again… your thoughts? Oh, and the framer to whom I have entrusted all my framing has left town – with no forwarding so I am really stuck! THanks for any thoughts you might offer…
Susan
Yes, you can absolutely attach fabric to the outer edges of a piece for framing and finishing. Muslin works well if you’re looking to frame. Some framers will actually do this for you if you ask.
I have a question about using the Q-snap or a hoop. Do you stitch on the top side of the fabric or the bottom as it lays in the frame? [fabric to hoop U shaped or inverted U shaped] I started stitching on the bottom (U), because it was easier to anchor the threads on the back side, when that side was “on top.” My mother, however, thinks I’m doing it backwards. Just curious. (I know that there is a right and a wrong side to some fabric, but what I’m talking about is the way it lays in the hoop. Is the right side of the fabric on top or down inside the hoop?)
This was an awesome question
I posted a reply (with picture) on the
blog tonight. I hope it helps!
http://www.stitchingthenightaway.com/2035/stitchqueries-which-way-does-the-hoop-go/
I have a qestion about even weave linen. The pattern I am looking to stitch calls for stitching over 1 thread. That does not make sense to me. Are they referring to stitching over “1″ thread but it would actually be over 2? thanks, K
It depends on the pattern. Some patterns will use over 1 on linen/evenweave to show detail.
Who’s the designer and which chart? I’ll look it up and see if I can figure it out.
Just a comment to Mary with the old floss. Companies some times change their color formulas, or the color changes as it sits in the floss for several years. More than once, I have started stitching with a color, and the new skein has been a slightly different shade. (Then I hear a chorus of frogs: rip-it, rip-it.) Or, and this has happened several times, I go to put a little floss left at the end of a project back on a bobbin card, and the current floss is a different shade from the older floss that was on the card. My word of warning is to make sure you have enough floss to finish the project before starting.
Good tip, Sharon! I updated that post to include your info (http://www.stitchingthenightaway.com/2372/)
Do you know if there is a machine embroidery patter for the brushstroke butterfly?
thank you
Rita E in AZ