I would like to thank the 3 lady's who helped me find a new place for threads and beads.
I went with 123 stitch and hope I get them in the mail soon.
So I'm still stitch the queen mermaid and here is a update on her
I'm hoping to stitch her over Easter. I want to move on to A Stitch In Time but right now I'm staying with my queen.
I was thinking the other day as I was looking at a few blogs that we show our stitching but not what we use. Eg type, size of frame if we use one. A few charts I see like the huge heaven and earth ones I would love to know how people handle all the fabric.
So I ask you out there on your blog if you have one to take a photo of your frames with your stitching and also how you hold them if not by hand. Pass the question along on your blogs?
If you ask me I would say most of the time i use my hand to hold and stitch, I used to use a frame for the small ones but now I don't. For a really big heaven and earth one like a stitch in time I'm using a big frame here is a photo, it needs a like fix and then I hope to stitch again on it.
It's not a great photo but you get the idea.
Happy Easter and I hope you find lots of time to eat chocolate and stitch! Look forward to seeing how you all stitch.
Happy Easter.
ReplyDeleteI use different round size frames , but take them out of the frame when I finish stitching each time..
I have tried loads of big frames on stands too. but they get in the way of family life. So back to my round frames I move it around when stitching and roll and clip the spare material up.
I stitch in hand! I would use a frame for a much larger piece but have never tried anything as big as your HAED!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stitching on your pretty mermaid.
Beautiful progress on the mermaid.
ReplyDeleteI use qsnap for most of my stitching projects.
I would love to have a Millenium mediaum size frame & matching stand but have long given up on being able to order the stuff.... One year ago I was informed I was on the waiting list!!!
Although I have numerous huge ones in my stash, I haven't started one yet because of the whole framing issue. I started out stitching by hand and when I got my first lap stand, that was the end of that. I can stitch faster because I'm able to use both hands (one on top and one on the bottom). I find that if I try to stitch with a hoop now, I tend to grip it so tight that my hand cramps around it.
ReplyDeleteI stitch my HAED's on q-snap frames! Grime guards are great for holding excess fabric, I just roll it and tuck it into the grime guard. You can get a similar thing for scroll frames too. I've also got a 20 inch extension kit for when the projects get wide... Which means less excess fabric to deal with on the sides. I like to balance the frame between my desk and table in order to stitch two-handed. Have a fantastic Easter!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI use hoops and scroll frames. Currently my HAED is on a scroll frame which takes care of the extra fabric. Hope you had a great Easter.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stitching .
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