ok i need to start a cross stich for my home economics class...i know how to actually "cross stich" but how do you do the thing were you secure the thread? if u could give me a detailed description or a link with pictures showing how...thx!
2007-02-13 08:13:31 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
Hi:
the follow websites and books will prove to be interesting to you:
http://www.darklilac.com/upload.jsp...
http://www.vsccs.com/hints-info/basic_cr...
http://www.aokcorral.com/xinstructions.h...
http://www.joyfulexpressions.us/html/ins...
Here are some more cross stitching websites:
http://www.tcsmag.com
http://www.amosadvantage.com
http://www.craftideas.com
http://www.crosstitch.com
http://www.patternsonline.com
http://www.kustomkrafts.com
http://www.bhg.com/bhg/family/index.jhtm...
http://www.bhg.com/bhg/store/product.jht... - for the "2001 cross stitch designs" book- ( something you might like to have) .
http://melindaseverything.tripod.com/cro...
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/hobbies_...
http://www.crossstitchtips.com/......
http://www.xstreasures.com/links.html......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cross_stitc... - put this in so you can cross reference any stitch you need to know about - for fun -
http://www.dmc.com/majic/pageserver/1701...
http://www.kreinik.com/kshop/home.php?ca...
http://www.jaenne.com/crossstitch/crosss... (some are free, some are $1 or $2)
http://www.freepatternsonline.com/xspatt...
http://alitadesigns.com/cross-stitch/pat...
http://www.birdcrossstitch.com/.........
http://www.sanmanoriginals.com/free.html...
http://www.cyberstitchers.com/patternlib...
http://www.dunmanidesigns.co.uk/.........
http://www.dawnsxstitch.pwp.bl...
http://www.maurer-stroh.com/ems_complime...
http://www.esnips.com/web/freecspatterns...
http://www.rainbowgallery.com/freechartd...
http://www.passionericamo.eu/indexfreebi...
http://www.stitchalley.com/index.php?mai...
http://www.ilboscoincantato.com/.........
http://www.solaria.online.bg/gobelins/go...
http://shopping.originpublishing.com/cha...
http://www.artful-impressions.com/how%20...
http://www.cross-stitch-centre.co.uk/aca...
http://www.photopattern.com/
http://crossstitch.about.com/mbody.htm...
here are some books available at any bookstore or library :
2001 Cross Stitch Designs: The Essential Reference Book
by Better Homes & Gardens, Victoria Forlini (Editor) - A excellent book for you to get on the subject.
Cross Stitch Alphabets
by David & Charles
Beautiful Cross-Stitch: Inspirations from the World Around You
by Better Homes & Gardens, Carol Dahlstrom (Editor)
Cross Stitch
by Jan Eaton
Cross Stitch Book
by Dorothy Wood
New Cross Stitch Sampler Book: 23 Fabulous Samplers
by Helen Philipps
1000 Great Cross Stitch Designs
by Maria Kelly
The Cross Stitch kit: 25 Elegant and Easy-to-Make Projects for Every Room in the House, with Fabric, Needle, and Thread
by Juliet Bawden
Design Your Own Cross Stitch to Complement Your Home
by Shirley Watts
Jo Verso's Complete Cross Stitch Course
by Jo Verso
Rodale's Visual Encyclopedia of Needlecrafts: Applique, Crochet, Cross-Stitch, Duplicate Stitch . . ., Vol. 1
by Carolyn Christmas, Rodale Press
Hardcover
Sampler Motif Book
by Brenda Keyes
Cross Stitcher's Bible
by Jane Greenoff, Charles, A. L. David - a good book
A-Z of Embroidery Stitches
by Sue Gardner
2007-02-13 13:25:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you make your first stitch from back to front, leave about 1/4 inch of thread on the back side and hold it with your finger. Make the next stitch, front to back, and the next, back to front. As you pull that last stitch through, stick the 1/4 inch piece of thread under the stitch you are pulling and that secures the thread in place. Do this for the next three or four stitches and you should be OK. Even though you aren't supposed to knot your thread, I do anyway until I have the end secure, then I cut the knot.
Hope this helps
2007-02-13 08:21:48 · answer #2 · answered by Auntie Em 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Begin your cross stitch pulling your thread up from the bottom. Hold the end of the thread with your left hand so it doesn't pull through and begin doing your cross stitches, going all one way and then returning. As you do, catch the loose end on the underside in your stitching so that it doesn't pull loose. I hope this helps. I don't know how else to tell you.
2007-02-13 10:33:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The way I do it, so no knots will be underneath, is to hold a one inch length of thread underneath the fabric. When you bring the needle down and back up, cover that length of thread, securing it under the row of stitches. When you run out and need to re-thread your needle, run the needle under the last row of stitches for an inch or so to secure that end as well.
Sorry, I have no pictures....just years and years of sewing experience.
2007-02-13 08:22:51 · answer #4 · answered by kj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can' find the picture, I'm on my laptop.
Here is what you do to start.
Find your starting whole, I assume you have that figured out.
Next the bottom left of your square, pull the thread from the bottom side to the top, leaving a tail of about 3/4 an inch (you can always trim). Next go diagonally to the top right corner of your square and push thread down .....
Your needle will then be on the under side of the fabric. Next grab your tail and make it go across so it will be caught in the next stitch, meaning between the thread and the fabric. So you would go to the bottom left of the next square pushin needle up ... and that loop (thread to fabric area) will catch the tail of he starting thread pull tight. without messing fabric up.
2007-02-13 08:24:36 · answer #5 · answered by reefmonkey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is how it's written on hgtv.com...it's kind of like making a slip stitch. If you don't understand how they wrote it (I do because I saw the show) just do it like the others told you because that way is good too.
Fold your embroidery floss in half and thread your needle. Pull the floss through one of the holes and go down, up and to the right of that hole. Put your needle through the loop of your embroidery floss. This will secure your embroidery floss. This way you have a flat surface on the back.
To finish off run your needle through some of your stitches on the back of your work.
2007-02-13 10:30:58 · answer #6 · answered by DeborahDel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I was gonna say has already been answered above! (securing the loose end at the back of your X stitch with the first few stitches).......may aswell just get my 2 points! haha
2007-02-13 10:00:39 · answer #7 · answered by SonicSon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this site has some pictures that might be able to help you
http://www.gloria-pat.com/resources/basics.html
2007-02-13 08:17:40 · answer #8 · answered by sknymnie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋