Awesome video, I could understand your method perfectly once you were stitching and instructing at the same time. It makes perfect sense why your doing it this way....dont undermine yourself,your an excellent teacher and explainer. Thank you so much for taking the time to show how you get such neat stitches and also how you mark your chart...I also am working on paper. Hope you have a great week and Happy Stitching 😊
@@StitchinMommy i have tried your tip on coming up the hole with the least stitches in it and go down in the hole with all the stitches,so stitches will be neater....and its working awesome. My stitches look so much neater. Im self taught old school and always thought I had to do my stitches the same way for neat stitches, up in left bottom and down in right top etc. But your tip has made such a difference. I had heard others talk about clean holes and dirty holes....but the way you described it,just clicked and made perfect sense,so thank you again for this lesson and video 🥰
Great! Yes, I have a playlist called "Demos & Tutorials" where I show a few different tips and tricks. I hope to continue to make new stitch with me videos about once a month and I'll try to vary what sorts of projects I work on so that I can demonstrate how I tackle each kind. :)
Thank you..... Parking has been a little confusing at times.....you have made it look actually possible and it makes SENSE, I like watching you stitch.
I'm so glad you found this video helpful! I have a couple other demo videos that involve parking as well, if you're not interested in parking your thread quite as often as I do on this piece. I like how parking can help an area fill in faster, and on heavy confetti areas, that can be a great motivator! :)
I’ve been following you for quite some months now. Thank you for taking the time to explain the parking method. I see how beautiful your progress videos look w/ this method. So I wanted to try it. The beauty of how it unfolds before you. Haha. You are awesome and please never stop making videos of all your projects. I love them! I am still working on Aida cloth. I am on my first piece ever. So I may pop up later asking how to start counting on linen w/ the pattern size I choose. Because I noticed there is a difference but don’t know much about that.
You're welcome! This is the only piece I'm stitching in this exact manner, but it is a fun, soothing style of stitching that is fun to do. I like quicker methods on most of my pieces, but for some reason, I'm enjoying this method on this piece.
This was the first time I have seen this method of stitching and I really understand how it's done better! Thank you for the demo. You don't give yourself enough credit lol Thanks Sonja
Great video! And perfectly explained too! I might give this a go with my first HAED I am planning to start in a few weeks... thanks a lot for sharing your version of diagonal stitching...
Wonderful! I hope you enjoy stitching your first HAED!! Definitely feel free to experiment with different techniques when working on a full coverage. If the first thing you try doesn't seem to work well for you, there are a bunch of other methods. And those projects are so large, you can try a few different techniques on the same piece until you find something that works well for you. We all think differently, so don't give up until you find your favorite. :) I have different techniques going on different projects, and it's fun to see the pictures develop in the different ways.
Stitchin' Mommy I want to use this method on my HAED QS In Father's Hands, but it is an oval chart rather than square. Do you think it would still work? Just need to be a little more creative when first starting??
Yes, it should still work. I like to draw my diagonals along the center of the gridded 10x10 squares on the pattern. So, you can just draw from one thick line intersection to another on your chart, then your first diagonal would just consist of the excess stitches that are outside that first line. Brian, blitstitch on Flosstube, stitches almost everything this way, and he has some interesting starts and edges because the designs aren't full coverage. He recently started a Lavender & Lace Santa this way, so you could go back to some early pictures of it on Instagram to see how it looked at the beginning: instagram.com/blitstitch/
Hi Sarah. Thank you for taking the time to not only explain but show a lot of stitching. It really helped me to see what you are doing and put into visualisation what you where telling us. I think it is a neat method of stitching, but I am having trouble with my floss fraying towards the end of using it just on its own without parking and re-threading. Also I don‘t know if I would have the patience to rethread the needle so many times. Good tutorial❣️
Early on when I started watching flosstube, I remember seeing someone doing a parking tutorial. She left the needle on her thread after parking. Her explenation was 1. no constant retreading and 2. needles and treads get organized neatly on needleminders. I mean it sounds ok, but for one who has that amount of needles and if it is a confetti heavy piece you can‘t stay organized. You don‘t have that many colors at the moment, so I think they way you are doing it is manageable. 😄👍🏻
Long ago, in a Golden Kite forum, I saw a picture of someone who parked with her needles threaded. She had a long magnetic strip along the bottom of her piece where she kept them all. But, that really only would work with a large frame that's set up on a stand all the time - more for a monogamous stitcher who likes to use frames. I'm neither! :P I like to stitch in-hand and switch projects regularly. So, while I can see the benefit to that, it probably wouldn't work for me. :)
Thanks this was very helpful. For whatever it is worth please keep talking I like to hear what you are doing and why? One question. When you get to the bottom do you stop and go back to the top or just move over and work up on the in the next diagonal?
I like to always work from the top down, because it helps my stitches lay the nicest based on how I form my X's. So, yes, when I'm ready for a new diagonal, I'll go back to the top and start there.
Anything that requires parking does my head in, so I won't do it, but this sure is interesting to watch. :) And stitched in hand, too. That's sp impressive to me.
Thanks so much, first time I have understood, but man how can it be any quicker, not just the threading but parking just right below… my friend uses multiple needles and that made me crazy but can see why. But awesome as I think will retry as cant figure out Brian or needlebugg. Yes explain,talk lol now going to go see if hVe typewriter one, which sure you do. And need to subscribe.❤
Wonderful! Yes, this method is nice for neat stitches, but is definitely not faster - at least in my opinion, when compared to other stitching styles that I enjoy. I suppose if you struggle with counting, this could be faster because then you'd frog less, since you're only working in one small row of 10 at a time. I do have a demo of my original typewriter method - I need to get an updated one on here, since I have adjusted my method a little bit since filming that. Instead of selecting the next symbol strictly along one line (left to right) across the entire design, before moving down to the next line to select symbols, I decided to select symbols top to bottom, left to right within an entire 10x10 square before moving on to the next 10x10 square to select my next symbol. In every case, I stitch the thread wherever it occurs until it run out - I don't stay confined to a specific area when I'm actually stitching - I just keep going as far as I'm comfortable counting, which is pretty far! But by choosing symbols within the 10x10 blocks, it helps you find the next symbol easier, rather than scanning the entire length of the line across the design, trying to remember which line you're on. I think it will make more sense to explain in a video, so hopefully this fall I'll have time to do demo video for that. :)
Just watching this video, about halfway through. Can I ask, do you only park in the diagonal column that you are stitching on? So if that symbol doesn't occur in that diagonal but appears further to the left, do you end that thread? Hope that question makes sense. And also how do you start and end your threads? Do you anchor on the back when you start and then thread your thread under other stitches on the back to end? No waste knot parking or pin stitch? x
If a thread next occurs in a diagonal off to the left, I will park it over there - up to about 2-3 diagonals away, so I'm not trailing my thread too far. I like to check the diagonals for instances of the color starting at the top of each diagonal, so that it is truly parked in the next place I'll come to it. I just start and end threads by running them under previous stitches. Unless I'm using 2 strands of the same color, then I will try to use the loop start when I'm able. :) I don't have any trouble turning my fabric over since I'm holding it in my hand, so it's not as bothersome as it might be if I were working on something clamped to a stand. :)
Kinda like this method, except for the re-threading. Makes total sense to do it this way and easier if you already have the colors you need parked. Your explanation was helpful and watching you do it even better! Is this 28 count aida or another fabric. It looks pink or peach. It's pretty. Thank you for this video. I liked it a lot!
Yes, it's pretty fun! I use faster methods for my big projects since I need all the help I can get with those ones. :) But this one is a smaller pattern, so it's fun one to use to try out some of these other techniques. This is 28 count Monaco in the color Rose. You can find white Monaco in craft stores - my HAED Nativity is done on a piece I got at Joanns or Michaels. I found this Rose colored one on eBay early last year. It's a nice evenweave fabric, so perfect for full coverage pieces. :)
I like it very much that you explain as you go, teaching us; you do it very well. Your an excellent instructor. Your work is beautiful. And I love hearing your daughter singing in the background. So sweet. On a side note, would you please explain the numbering on the full coverage charts? It’s probably remedial, but I don’t understand what the numbers mean on the upper right side of the page or the ones on the bottom of the page. And how the pattern works up if your stitching columns or rows. Thanks so much.
Patty Gardner Hi Patty! On most full coverage designs, the number in the upper right corner is the page number of that particular page. Then, some companies also put numbers in the other corners (sometimes in parentheses), which refer to which page is to the left, bottom or right of your current page. It can help especially when going from one page to the one below, to know where in the masses of pages to find the one that matches. You can also figure out which page goes where by consulting the grid numbers along the top and left of the chart, which mark off every 10 stitches in each direction.
And you can work a full coverage design in any way you like. Sometimes it can be easier to manage the magnitude of a design by breaking it up into pages, columns, rows or blocks. I’ve tried lots of different styles of tackling full coverage pieces because different techniques can work better for different designs and some even work better for how different people think as they stitch. So, feel free to play around and find a method you enjoy!
Stitchin' Mommy, Sarah! Thank you so much! You’ve given me such a clear explanation, I can now picture how these multipage patterns/charts work. I will actually be able to begin my first full-coverage project feeling more confident. Thanks again! ❤️👏🎉🎶
Wow - firstly I've never seen anyone park in hand AND with a needle minders on there too! This kind of makes sense - just think once you're past the two corners the whole thing will get narrower and narrower!
That's true! Right now, the diagonals are getting longer, but when I'm on the home stretch, it will seem to speed up with the shortening diagonals. :) I was hesitant to try parking and needleminders for the longest time because I wasn't sure how they would work with my stitching style. But I'm so glad I tried them! Parking is very easy to accommodate with in-hand stitching and needleminders work pretty well as long as they're fairly lightweight and placed in a spot that doesn't drag down the area where I'm currently stitching.
Yes, you should! This is the video I watched that helped me learn parking, and she is very easy to understand: ruclips.net/video/Zdp4-traCo4/видео.html. I also have a few other demo videos on my channel that show parking. :)
Love your tutorial. I have been wanting to try parking, just did not know how. Wanted to try diagonal. You did a good job explaining. How do you know where to start when you don't start in the middle? I have always started in the middle since I was in school. Now 59. I want to try. I don't know how to figure out where to begin so that my pattern is centered. Thank you in advance for your explaination and time.
When I start in a corner, I make sure the fabric has at least 2-3 inches of margin beyond the design size. In order to calculate that, determine the count of your fabric (how many threads per inch it is). Be sure to take into account if you're planning to stitch your design over 2 fabric threads. For example, if you have 32 count fabric stitched over 2 fabric threads, your actual stitches are only 16 count size, which is the number you will use for these calculations. Then you divide the number of stitches in your pattern by the count of the fabric. This results in how many inches your pattern will be. Then, add 4-6 inches to the width and height in order to add on a 2-3 inch margin of border around your actual stitching. Once you are sure you have a big enough piece of fabric, just measure in 2-3 inches from the top and side, and that's where you start. If you like a 3 inch border, you can even place a standard size post-it note in the corner and where the opposite corner of the note is - that's 3 inches in from each side!
I am still stitching this way on this particular project, and I think I might have reached the page break at the top - or at least I'm getting close! I'm choosing to stitch in diagonals across the entire design - regardless of page breaks. So, when my diagonal goes over into the next page, I will continue to stitch on multiple pages at a time. Right now, I have been using the app Pattern Keeper to stitch my full coverage designs. The android app allows you to import compatible PDF patterns and it will search for symbols, highlight all the symbols of a particular color, mark off your stitches, and mark where your parked threads are. For purposes of this discussion, it also allows you to see the entire chart at the same time - with no gaps between page breaks, and it also puts a guide marker along the diagonal to help you know where your diagonal column will fall. It's been very helpful! I'll try to do another stitch with me on this piece in the future to help demonstrate how Pattern Keeper makes it easy to stitch this way.
critterena 88 Not too much. Sometimes, I might carry a thread back up to the top of the next column, when there’s some of that column right next door in that column, so that would probably waste some thread. If it looks like there will be 2-3 distinct patches of a color, I’ll park separate threads in the different sections so there’s less jumping around.
😁 Happy to enable!! I hope you have fun stitching it! Feel free to try different techniques if the first thing you try doesn’t seem to fit you. I’ve tried lots of different styles of stitching full coverage and they all have their pros and cons.
I guess, i am starting to get how it works. Need to try it on a small piece in case i do not like it. And i usually start at upper left corner, will have to adjust.
Yes, I usually start in the upper left as well, so this was different. But, I enjoy trying new methods and techniques, so I needed to try it - and it's a fun method for a small, frivolous design. :)
With the way I make my stitches, in order to follow this particular method of stitch-by-stitch diagonal parking, I needed to start in this corner. The goal with this method is to always bring your needle up in a hole with 0-1 previously stitched threads and put your needle down in a hole with 2-3 previously stitched threads. Depending on how you make your stitches, that will determine which corner you should start in, if this methodical method is to be properly executed. If you're just interested in stitching diagonally in blocks, or cross country in diagonals, you can start in whichever corner you'd like!
I had not seen this method of stitching; I’m a very new stitcher. Why wouldn’t you just stitch until you run out of a particular color? I can only hope that one day I am as great of a stitcher a
I often do stitch where I keep going until my thread runs out. But, I had seen this style of stitching being done by other stitchers and figured I'd give it a try. It is much slower because of all the rethreading of the needle, but it has a methodical, soothing quality to it that is enjoyable in it's own way. It's fun to see the picture being completed without any holes where there are skipped stitches. This is the only project I'm stitching this way. :)
I have found that, for me, the sewing method is messier than the poke & pull method. The sewing method can distort the fabric a bit, at least temporarily, and I prefer to keep the fabric smooth and straight all the time. :)
I don't understand why you don't run a few needles at a time - park them on the needle minder (off to the left) in between use instead of unthreading & rethreading all the time
Since I stitch in-hand, I'm afraid having several needles on the go would be too complicated. I also tend to be pretty frugal with my needles, and that would require several just for this project. It's worth a try at some point though - since that is the least enjoyable part of this method. I wasn't sure I'd like parking or needleminders either, because I stitch in-hand, and I enjoy both of those now!
This is 28 count Rose Monaco, which I found at Ritarene's Cross Stitch Supplies. She may not always have Monaco in stock, but she sells cross stitch fabric by the yard at reasonable prices: facebook.com/ritarenefabrics/
@@StitchinMommy Thanks for replying. I'm just starting to switch from Aida to Evenweave and I really like Monaco, but it can be hard to find. Have you had any issues with count being off? I recently had some from Joann Fabrics (Charles Craft brand) and it is 28 CT horizontal but only 26 vertical!
You know, I just noticed that on some recent Monaco I ordered from the Fat Quarter Shop. I was surprised because historically Monaco has been even. I'm stitching a full coverage design on that piece of fabric, so I just made sure the stitch count of the design would still fit on the fabric knowing what the true count was in each direction. If you're stitching a sampler or something, it would probably still be fine, as long as you're okay with the motifs being slightly elongated. The time to definitely not use fabric that's "off" is if the design is square - like a mandala or something.
Awesome video, I could understand your method perfectly once you were stitching and instructing at the same time. It makes perfect sense why your doing it this way....dont undermine yourself,your an excellent teacher and explainer. Thank you so much for taking the time to show how you get such neat stitches and also how you mark your chart...I also am working on paper. Hope you have a great week and Happy Stitching 😊
Thank you!
@@StitchinMommy i have tried your tip on coming up the hole with the least stitches in it and go down in the hole with all the stitches,so stitches will be neater....and its working awesome. My stitches look so much neater. Im self taught old school and always thought I had to do my stitches the same way for neat stitches, up in left bottom and down in right top etc. But your tip has made such a difference. I had heard others talk about clean holes and dirty holes....but the way you described it,just clicked and made perfect sense,so thank you again for this lesson and video 🥰
I've just asked if you have done this method.....and I found it!!!!! You are awesome Sarah, Ill go back to all your videos, and watch them, thank you
Great! Yes, I have a playlist called "Demos & Tutorials" where I show a few different tips and tricks. I hope to continue to make new stitch with me videos about once a month and I'll try to vary what sorts of projects I work on so that I can demonstrate how I tackle each kind. :)
Thank you, Sarah. Very interesting and it clicked! ⚘️
Thank you..... Parking has been a little confusing at times.....you have made it look actually possible and it makes SENSE, I like watching you stitch.
I'm so glad you found this video helpful! I have a couple other demo videos that involve parking as well, if you're not interested in parking your thread quite as often as I do on this piece. I like how parking can help an area fill in faster, and on heavy confetti areas, that can be a great motivator! :)
I’ve been following you for quite some months now. Thank you for taking the time to explain the parking method. I see how beautiful your progress videos look w/ this method. So I wanted to try it. The beauty of how it unfolds before you. Haha. You are awesome and please never stop making videos of all your projects. I love them! I am still working on Aida cloth. I am on my first piece ever. So I may pop up later asking how to start counting on linen w/ the pattern size I choose. Because I noticed there is a difference but don’t know much about that.
You're welcome! This is the only piece I'm stitching in this exact manner, but it is a fun, soothing style of stitching that is fun to do. I like quicker methods on most of my pieces, but for some reason, I'm enjoying this method on this piece.
Wonderful tutorial Sarah, love watching you stitch look forward to your next video. Happy stitching xx
This was the first time I have seen this method of stitching and I really understand how it's done better! Thank you for the demo. You don't give yourself enough credit lol Thanks Sonja
Sonja Newman Thank you so much! I’m glad this was helpful for you!
Great video! And perfectly explained too! I might give this a go with my first HAED I am planning to start in a few weeks... thanks a lot for sharing your version of diagonal stitching...
Wonderful! I hope you enjoy stitching your first HAED!! Definitely feel free to experiment with different techniques when working on a full coverage. If the first thing you try doesn't seem to work well for you, there are a bunch of other methods. And those projects are so large, you can try a few different techniques on the same piece until you find something that works well for you. We all think differently, so don't give up until you find your favorite. :) I have different techniques going on different projects, and it's fun to see the pictures develop in the different ways.
Oh wow!! Thanks for sharing, this looks like a neat idea and you have made me want to start a new HAED pattern.
You're welcome! That's exactly how I felt when I saw Brian's demonstration of this technique. I needed to find a pattern to start to try it on! :)
Stitchin' Mommy I want to use this method on my HAED QS In Father's Hands, but it is an oval chart rather than square. Do you think it would still work? Just need to be a little more creative when first starting??
Yes, it should still work. I like to draw my diagonals along the center of the gridded 10x10 squares on the pattern. So, you can just draw from one thick line intersection to another on your chart, then your first diagonal would just consist of the excess stitches that are outside that first line. Brian, blitstitch on Flosstube, stitches almost everything this way, and he has some interesting starts and edges because the designs aren't full coverage. He recently started a Lavender & Lace Santa this way, so you could go back to some early pictures of it on Instagram to see how it looked at the beginning: instagram.com/blitstitch/
Hi Sarah. Thank you for taking the time to not only explain but show a lot of stitching. It really helped me to see what you are doing and put into visualisation what you where telling us.
I think it is a neat method of stitching, but I am having trouble with my floss fraying towards the end of using it just on its own without parking and re-threading. Also I don‘t know if I would have the patience to rethread the needle so many times.
Good tutorial❣️
Yes, there can be an awful lot of needle re-threading. I'm happy to try this method on one piece, but I don't think I'll use it on any others. :)
Early on when I started watching flosstube, I remember seeing someone doing a parking tutorial. She left the needle on her thread after parking. Her explenation was 1. no constant retreading and 2. needles and treads get organized neatly on needleminders.
I mean it sounds ok, but for one who has that amount of needles and if it is a confetti heavy piece you can‘t stay organized.
You don‘t have that many colors at the moment, so I think they way you are doing it is manageable. 😄👍🏻
Long ago, in a Golden Kite forum, I saw a picture of someone who parked with her needles threaded. She had a long magnetic strip along the bottom of her piece where she kept them all. But, that really only would work with a large frame that's set up on a stand all the time - more for a monogamous stitcher who likes to use frames. I'm neither! :P I like to stitch in-hand and switch projects regularly. So, while I can see the benefit to that, it probably wouldn't work for me. :)
Oh, it would deffenetly not be for me either, I need the freedom to be able to switch projects when ever I feel like it😄
So sweet hearing your daughter sing lol
Thanks this was very helpful. For whatever it is worth please keep talking I like to hear what you are doing and why? One question. When you get to the bottom do you stop and go back to the top or just move over and work up on the in the next diagonal?
I like to always work from the top down, because it helps my stitches lay the nicest based on how I form my X's. So, yes, when I'm ready for a new diagonal, I'll go back to the top and start there.
Anything that requires parking does my head in, so I won't do it, but this sure is interesting to watch. :) And stitched in hand, too. That's sp impressive to me.
Yeah, I know parking isn't for everyone. It's fun to watch how other people do things, even if it's not the method we like the best. :)
Thanks so much, first time I have understood, but man how can it be any quicker, not just the threading but parking just right below… my friend uses multiple needles and that made me crazy but can see why. But awesome as I think will retry as cant figure out Brian or needlebugg. Yes explain,talk lol now going to go see if hVe typewriter one, which sure you do. And need to subscribe.❤
Wonderful! Yes, this method is nice for neat stitches, but is definitely not faster - at least in my opinion, when compared to other stitching styles that I enjoy. I suppose if you struggle with counting, this could be faster because then you'd frog less, since you're only working in one small row of 10 at a time.
I do have a demo of my original typewriter method - I need to get an updated one on here, since I have adjusted my method a little bit since filming that. Instead of selecting the next symbol strictly along one line (left to right) across the entire design, before moving down to the next line to select symbols, I decided to select symbols top to bottom, left to right within an entire 10x10 square before moving on to the next 10x10 square to select my next symbol. In every case, I stitch the thread wherever it occurs until it run out - I don't stay confined to a specific area when I'm actually stitching - I just keep going as far as I'm comfortable counting, which is pretty far! But by choosing symbols within the 10x10 blocks, it helps you find the next symbol easier, rather than scanning the entire length of the line across the design, trying to remember which line you're on. I think it will make more sense to explain in a video, so hopefully this fall I'll have time to do demo video for that. :)
Just watching this video, about halfway through. Can I ask, do you only park in the diagonal column that you are stitching on? So if that symbol doesn't occur in that diagonal but appears further to the left, do you end that thread? Hope that question makes sense. And also how do you start and end your threads? Do you anchor on the back when you start and then thread your thread under other stitches on the back to end? No waste knot parking or pin stitch? x
If a thread next occurs in a diagonal off to the left, I will park it over there - up to about 2-3 diagonals away, so I'm not trailing my thread too far. I like to check the diagonals for instances of the color starting at the top of each diagonal, so that it is truly parked in the next place I'll come to it.
I just start and end threads by running them under previous stitches. Unless I'm using 2 strands of the same color, then I will try to use the loop start when I'm able. :) I don't have any trouble turning my fabric over since I'm holding it in my hand, so it's not as bothersome as it might be if I were working on something clamped to a stand. :)
Kinda like this method, except for the re-threading. Makes total sense to do it this way and easier if you already have the colors you need parked. Your explanation was helpful and watching you do it even better! Is this 28 count aida or another fabric. It looks pink or peach. It's pretty. Thank you for this video. I liked it a lot!
Yes, it's pretty fun! I use faster methods for my big projects since I need all the help I can get with those ones. :) But this one is a smaller pattern, so it's fun one to use to try out some of these other techniques.
This is 28 count Monaco in the color Rose. You can find white Monaco in craft stores - my HAED Nativity is done on a piece I got at Joanns or Michaels. I found this Rose colored one on eBay early last year. It's a nice evenweave fabric, so perfect for full coverage pieces. :)
I like it very much that you explain as you go, teaching us; you do it very well. Your an excellent instructor. Your work is beautiful. And I love hearing your daughter singing in the background. So sweet.
On a side note, would you please explain the numbering on the full coverage charts? It’s probably remedial, but I don’t understand what the numbers mean on the upper right side of the page or the ones on the bottom of the page. And how the pattern works up if your stitching columns or rows. Thanks so much.
Patty Gardner Hi Patty! On most full coverage designs, the number in the upper right corner is the page number of that particular page. Then, some companies also put numbers in the other corners (sometimes in parentheses), which refer to which page is to the left, bottom or right of your current page. It can help especially when going from one page to the one below, to know where in the masses of pages to find the one that matches. You can also figure out which page goes where by consulting the grid numbers along the top and left of the chart, which mark off every 10 stitches in each direction.
And you can work a full coverage design in any way you like. Sometimes it can be easier to manage the magnitude of a design by breaking it up into pages, columns, rows or blocks. I’ve tried lots of different styles of tackling full coverage pieces because different techniques can work better for different designs and some even work better for how different people think as they stitch. So, feel free to play around and find a method you enjoy!
Stitchin' Mommy, Sarah! Thank you so much! You’ve given me such a clear explanation, I can now picture how these multipage patterns/charts work. I will actually be able to begin my first full-coverage project feeling more confident. Thanks again! ❤️👏🎉🎶
Wow - firstly I've never seen anyone park in hand AND with a needle minders on there too! This kind of makes sense - just think once you're past the two corners the whole thing will get narrower and narrower!
That's true! Right now, the diagonals are getting longer, but when I'm on the home stretch, it will seem to speed up with the shortening diagonals. :)
I was hesitant to try parking and needleminders for the longest time because I wasn't sure how they would work with my stitching style. But I'm so glad I tried them! Parking is very easy to accommodate with in-hand stitching and needleminders work pretty well as long as they're fairly lightweight and placed in a spot that doesn't drag down the area where I'm currently stitching.
Stitchin' Mommy Hmm... I might might might try parking with one of my next full coverage designs in that case 😊
Yes, you should! This is the video I watched that helped me learn parking, and she is very easy to understand: ruclips.net/video/Zdp4-traCo4/видео.html. I also have a few other demo videos on my channel that show parking. :)
Wow! Just so awesome.
Thanks! I enjoy working on this piece. :)
To complicated for me! Just so grand that you and others can do this smooth stitching.
Love your tutorial. I have been wanting to try parking, just did not know how. Wanted to try diagonal. You did a good job explaining. How do you know where to start when you don't start in the middle? I have always started in the middle since I was in school. Now 59. I want to try. I don't know how to figure out where to begin so that my pattern is centered. Thank you in advance for your explaination and time.
When I start in a corner, I make sure the fabric has at least 2-3 inches of margin beyond the design size.
In order to calculate that, determine the count of your fabric (how many threads per inch it is). Be sure to take into account if you're planning to stitch your design over 2 fabric threads. For example, if you have 32 count fabric stitched over 2 fabric threads, your actual stitches are only 16 count size, which is the number you will use for these calculations. Then you divide the number of stitches in your pattern by the count of the fabric. This results in how many inches your pattern will be. Then, add 4-6 inches to the width and height in order to add on a 2-3 inch margin of border around your actual stitching.
Once you are sure you have a big enough piece of fabric, just measure in 2-3 inches from the top and side, and that's where you start. If you like a 3 inch border, you can even place a standard size post-it note in the corner and where the opposite corner of the note is - that's 3 inches in from each side!
Thank you so much for explaining how to know where to start stitching
I really appreciate you and your time. Thanks so much.
Very interesting way of stitching.
It is a little bit different than I usually stitch, but it's been a fun experiment on a small-ish project. :)
Hi! I dont know if you still stitch this way or not. Can you give a tutorial how this works between more pages? I can not find it anywhere
I am still stitching this way on this particular project, and I think I might have reached the page break at the top - or at least I'm getting close! I'm choosing to stitch in diagonals across the entire design - regardless of page breaks. So, when my diagonal goes over into the next page, I will continue to stitch on multiple pages at a time. Right now, I have been using the app Pattern Keeper to stitch my full coverage designs. The android app allows you to import compatible PDF patterns and it will search for symbols, highlight all the symbols of a particular color, mark off your stitches, and mark where your parked threads are. For purposes of this discussion, it also allows you to see the entire chart at the same time - with no gaps between page breaks, and it also puts a guide marker along the diagonal to help you know where your diagonal column will fall. It's been very helpful! I'll try to do another stitch with me on this piece in the future to help demonstrate how Pattern Keeper makes it easy to stitch this way.
Do you find this method makes you travel more in the back and therefore use up or "waste" more thread?
critterena 88 Not too much. Sometimes, I might carry a thread back up to the top of the next column, when there’s some of that column right next door in that column, so that would probably waste some thread. If it looks like there will be 2-3 distinct patches of a color, I’ll park separate threads in the different sections so there’s less jumping around.
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😁 Happy to enable!! I hope you have fun stitching it! Feel free to try different techniques if the first thing you try doesn’t seem to fit you. I’ve tried lots of different styles of stitching full coverage and they all have their pros and cons.
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I love your work! I am fascinated. Do you have any idea how long the practice of parking began? Has it been as long as the history of cross stitching?
trishalynn56 I’m not sure! That’s an interesting question.
I guess, i am starting to get how it works. Need to try it on a small piece in case i do not like it. And i usually start at upper left corner, will have to adjust.
Yes, I usually start in the upper left as well, so this was different. But, I enjoy trying new methods and techniques, so I needed to try it - and it's a fun method for a small, frivolous design. :)
Do you like it at upper right better then upper left?
With the way I make my stitches, in order to follow this particular method of stitch-by-stitch diagonal parking, I needed to start in this corner. The goal with this method is to always bring your needle up in a hole with 0-1 previously stitched threads and put your needle down in a hole with 2-3 previously stitched threads. Depending on how you make your stitches, that will determine which corner you should start in, if this methodical method is to be properly executed.
If you're just interested in stitching diagonally in blocks, or cross country in diagonals, you can start in whichever corner you'd like!
I had not seen this method of stitching; I’m a very new stitcher. Why wouldn’t you just stitch until you run out of a particular color? I can only hope that one day I am as great of a stitcher a
I often do stitch where I keep going until my thread runs out. But, I had seen this style of stitching being done by other stitchers and figured I'd give it a try. It is much slower because of all the rethreading of the needle, but it has a methodical, soothing quality to it that is enjoyable in it's own way. It's fun to see the picture being completed without any holes where there are skipped stitches. This is the only project I'm stitching this way. :)
I'm wondering since you stitch in hand, why you don't use the sewing method? To each his own I know, just curious.
I have found that, for me, the sewing method is messier than the poke & pull method. The sewing method can distort the fabric a bit, at least temporarily, and I prefer to keep the fabric smooth and straight all the time. :)
I don't understand why you don't run a few needles at a time - park them on the needle minder (off to the left) in between use instead of unthreading & rethreading all the time
Since I stitch in-hand, I'm afraid having several needles on the go would be too complicated. I also tend to be pretty frugal with my needles, and that would require several just for this project. It's worth a try at some point though - since that is the least enjoyable part of this method. I wasn't sure I'd like parking or needleminders either, because I stitch in-hand, and I enjoy both of those now!
what pattern are you working on
This is QS April Fairy, charted by HAED: heavenandearthdesigns.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=160_225&products_id=10297
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What fabric are you using here?
This is 28 count Rose Monaco, which I found at Ritarene's Cross Stitch Supplies. She may not always have Monaco in stock, but she sells cross stitch fabric by the yard at reasonable prices: facebook.com/ritarenefabrics/
@@StitchinMommy Thanks for replying. I'm just starting to switch from Aida to Evenweave and I really like Monaco, but it can be hard to find. Have you had any issues with count being off? I recently had some from Joann Fabrics (Charles Craft brand) and it is 28 CT horizontal but only 26 vertical!
You know, I just noticed that on some recent Monaco I ordered from the Fat Quarter Shop. I was surprised because historically Monaco has been even. I'm stitching a full coverage design on that piece of fabric, so I just made sure the stitch count of the design would still fit on the fabric knowing what the true count was in each direction. If you're stitching a sampler or something, it would probably still be fine, as long as you're okay with the motifs being slightly elongated. The time to definitely not use fabric that's "off" is if the design is square - like a mandala or something.
grid your fabric, counting would be much easier
I don't mind counting farther away on occasion - and it's not as much of a bother to me as gridding is. We each enjoy doing things our own way. :)
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Wow! Thank you so much for your generosity! I'll be sure to let you know when it arrives. :)
Sorry, not for me. Too much needle threading. But it does look nice