How I Organize and Stitch Full Coverage Projects Part 1
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- Опубликовано: 17 янв 2017
- After much trouble with my iPad this video has uploaded, although there has been no editing.
As promised in the video here are the links to other tutorials:
Waste Knots
• Cross Stitch (Flosstub...
Laying Tool
• Cross stitch (Flosstub...
Gridding by Jennifer Apodaca
• Gridding Tutorial
Parking by Carolyn Mazzeo
• Cross Stitch #8 - My P...
Diagonal Stitching by Blitstitch
• Floss Tube 5: Diagonal...
I'm about five years late to the party on this one, but thank you for putting this out there. A lot was stuff that I had already picked up over the years or "bad" habits that work for me, but there were some very interesting bits in here that I'm going to experiment with on my next projects. This comment probably belongs on Part 2, but I forgot to thumbs-up this part, so it's as good a place as any (and a subtle hint that Part 2 is worth the watch).
Thanks for watching. I have changed how I organize and stitch my large pieces over the years but half the fun of stitching is organizing and finding a style that works best for you.
@@PamsCraftyCornermay I know what changes you did ?
Well I don't park anymore really when stitching full coverage. I went back to cross country stitching 1 colour at a time, page by page. So instead of needing all my colours for a project I only need a few colours at a time. Now I only kit up one full coverage that I'm focusing on and all the others I just use floss from a master set.
This is the most informative cross stitch video I have ever seen!!! Pam, I just discovered you today and I was blown away because of all the awesome information you gave. I haven't cross stitch in quite a while and had forgotten certain terminology and didn't know what the loop method was, but after having seen your video, now I know everything I need to know. I also loved part 2. I will view both videos (and all your other ones) in a little while when I make fresh coffee and chill just like you did! Again, loved all the information and especially that you did not rambled on, you cut to the chase and gave pertinent, much needed information. AWESOME! Thank you for uploading your video. Ciao!
Pam good morning, my name is Omneya
from Cairo . we speak arabic but your english expressions is very descriptive , and it explained a lot of the secrets of cross stitch, you encouraged me to release a video soon, and i will be happy to follow-up with you
+Omneya Ibrahim Thank you for watching. Happy to hear my video inspired you to make your own. Have fun with it!
Ok omg. I guess I’m a cross country stitcher and never knew it. That’s the way I’ve work for 40 yrs but back then there was no name to it. That’s so amazing 😉
Thanks for watching and your comments. I did have a little giggle at your wording. Thankfully all is well now. Happy stitching!
Pam!! I LOVED this video. Thank you, thank you, and thank you for showing the back with the difference between parking and cross country! I'm a die hard cross countrier, who am now getting into full coverage pieces. I am feeling so validated now! Some people make parking look like so much fun, because they are good at it and enjoy stitching that way. I just couldn't get myself into it and if I'm not enjoying stitching, then I might as well just go and read a book.Haha! But! I had worried about the back when cross country-ing. No more worrying...I've seen the "promised land" and am free to be who I am as a stitcher! Thank you! (On to part two, I haven't even watched yet!)
+Renee C Thanks for watching Renee. I am a true believer in stitching in a way that is comfortable for you. If it's not enjoyable you won't stick with it. I cross country some and I park some. Just depends on the piece I'm working on. Happy Stitching!
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I love your attitude about what work for you and that being how everyone should see it! Amen!
I love love love cross country one color the whole page. Then the next. I haven't seen anyone else do it this way. It's simple and less things to switch back and forth.
Yes I like just threading my needle and stitching till I need to switch to the next colour. Less time switching and threading. Plus I find the back of my work is better too.
I love that there are people out there like you to take the time to show us how you do it.one day I mit get game to do a full coverage from chrissy
+Christine Jackson Thanks for watching. ☺
Wonderful video, Pam. I bet this wil be a huge help to any stitchers out there that are new to full coverages pieces.
Brilliant video. Comprehensive instructions. Love the way you say it doesn't matter which you do it. So long as it's consistent. Its a hobby after all, enjoy. I've literally picked up a hoop for the first time in ten years. I had never heard of 1 over 2 before. Found this video very informative, thank you
I'm glad you found it enjoyable. Happy stitching!
I always like yours but I really appreciate this one. Very open about what to look for without judging anyone's stitching choices. I like the idea of the 10x10 coverage swatches before starting.
great info Pam! I am doing my HAED like you, no gridding by color cross country per page. Mine is one of the mermaid letters that has some design outside of full coverage areas so I am using 18ct hand dyed aida 2 over 1. Aida is my fabric comfort zone and you are right that you should enjoy it. Also some advice to anyone reading, if anyone turns your work over to judge your back, you have my permission to tell them to piss off.
Thanks very much Pam! I'll keep stitching till I get it right.
I love watching your tutorials!
Rita Violeau
I am so glad I found this video! I just got my first full coverage pattern, and have been nervous about starting it. You made me feel so much more confident! Thank you!
+Megan Jaimes I hope it's going well for you. Enjoy.
Your video is so helpful! Thanks so much for taking the time to talk about all the different options etc. 😃
Such a helpful video, thank you Pam. I cross country stitch on my pieces, so your tip on using one color throughout a page is going to help me so much in the 2 full coverage pieces I'm working on. Tried it last night and it was awesome!!!! Thank you so much! 💚
Love love love 💙 fantastic video best yet on floss tube. Thanks so much for taking the time. Beautiful HAED I want to do the Christmas Carol now it's gorgeous
So glad I found this video. Finally, at 34:53 I found someone that stitches the same way I do. I stitch one color for a few squares in columns from left to right. I recently watched video after video for the parking method as I haven't tried it yet but the thought of re-threading my needle every few stitches kept me from trying it so far. I wonder if some people just leave needles on all those threads.
Great video. We organize our thread about the same way. I use Darice floss bags with index cards. I write my project(s) on the cards and use only 1 skein of floss at a time for all my projects. Pick from floss stash as I need more. I also divide my working strand (in the front of the index card) from my excess strands (in the back of my index card). However, I cut my skein up into 8 equal parts before putting them in the bag. For me, it saves time. I hate stopping and starting to cut strands of floss. That's just me. :)
I appreciate this video and watch it from time to time to validate my style of stitching. Good information covering so much. Appreciate it!
Thank you for watching!
thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos, they were very informative!
What a helpful video . I feel so much better about carrying on with my Haed. I was finding the confetti very overwhelming . Now I will try the one colour system it has to be easier than constantly changing colours every few stitches . Thank you for your very calming approach I look forward to more videos
Thank you so much for the tips. I really want to start full coverage pieces. This video helped me get an idea how to start the project and how to organize it. Thanks again. Much appreciated.
Happy to hear you found my video useful. Good luck with your full coverage journey. Happy stitching!
Great videos today. I learned so much ! Thank you!
Thank you for the great instructional video !! I did some crosstitching when young but never knew the full explenation of al the sorts of fabric and ways to stitch thank you so much for explaining
Thanks for watching.
Thanks for the video. This is the most informative video I have come across. You seem to have covered it all!!
+Nancy Dubin Thanks. I enjoyed putting it together.
This video was SO helpful! Especially for a newb. Thank you!!
+Rori Rants You're welcome. Thanks for watching.
What an incredible video!! I'm new to the world of cross stitch projects, loved all your tips and insights, thankyou!!
Thank you for watching. Happy stitching.
Fantastic sharing of information. Happy stitching, Pam :-)
Thanks for this. I'm prepping my first big full coverage piece right now. Very very helpful breakdown
+alldirectionsleadhere Thanks for watching. Enjoy your project.
Thank you for this video and your methods! I am just learning and your explanation was very understandable. Appreciate seeing the back of your work and the explanation of trail threads.
Thanks for watching. Happy stitching.
Great video Pam as always.
+Shazie C Thank you.
Hi, I came across this video looking for a way to organize my stash and I just love the idea of drawing the symbols on the bobbins. I started using it and I'm loving it. It makes me work a lot faster than I usually do. Thank you very much!
Happy to hear this tip has helped. Happy stitching!
Greetings from Russia :) I was looking for some new tips and methods of how to organize my work, your video was very inspirative) I'll use some of these tips in my next full-cover, thank you
Such a wonderful video Pam. I will try your cross country method. I love stitching HAEDs too. A Christmas Carol is looking amazing
Wonderful tips! I'm stitching my very first Golden Kite chart. It's probably the most ambitious project I've done to date. Some of your tips will really help with it. I've tried gridding, but as you say, it takes a lot of time.
+Gail Allen Yes I'm not one for gridding. Good luck with your project. Happy stitching!
Up at 5.30 this morning because my stitching bug is on FULL RAGE and lucky me their is a new Pam video! Oh TWO Pam videos! :)
+Pyrex Stitches Yep my bug was slowing down about Christmas time but since that business is over mine's back to raging as well. Great to see you back on flosstube by the way. ☺
wow,, i love this way to organize the dmc floss, i am going to do this now, and remove all my floss off my spools and iron it and label them like this,, i did a elvis portrai and i have alot of dmc floss left over ,, now i can do this when i do anothe elvis , thank you
+LEAH Mcginley Thanks for watching.
Wow am I glad I found you!!!
Thank you. Happy to see you enjoyed the video. Happy stitching.
Thanks for this video. I am going to start my second HAED tonight. You have a good way of explaining things. :)
+Meinhild Selbach Thank you. Good luck with your HAED. Enjoy
Great video - really informative 💜
Love this video!!
"Oh, too much fabric is showing? Piss off." Love it! First video of yours that I've watched, and I hit that subscribe button when you said that! :-D
Thanks for watching and subscribing.
thanks pam i started my first HEAD at the crewe retreat and found the constant looking at the floss a pain too but didnt know how to solve it. im learning to do country but still cany only do it on the coloum or row im working on hoping i ll be able to do more as my confidence grows thank you for the great tips
+jodie dowle good luck with your first HAED. I love working on mine and have altered how I've done things as they progressed. I had a great time at the Crewe retreat. Happy Sitiching!
I'm switching to bags also-much better. Love your idea using symbols on the bags.
+Pam Rosenberry Yes I find the symbols to be a big help on my kitted projects
wow i thought i was the only one out there that used the baggie system for my floss.i so find it much more o rganized and if there is any left over floss just throw it back into the numbered baggie it came out of..i also use shoe boxes as well..i love your videos because you explain things simply and thorough and easy to understand..keep up the great work pam....patti f
+janette fulling Thanks for watching.
Thank you! You are my hero! :P
I’m only working in continental tent stitch and work colour by colour. I’ve been doing this for the past 30 years because it’s so much faster. I do it per page as well and I don’t trail more than 5/6 squares. My back is the same as the front because of this method, which I like. I love your work, you’re doing some complicated diagrams there, really nice.
Thank you so much.
Hi Pam just found your video, I am about to start my first full coverage,like how you say make it your own,great Tips Thanks for sharing 🇳🇿❤️🪡
Thanks for watching. I've modified this over the years but still agree that making it your own to suit how you like to stitch is the best.
Thank you so much for this video Pam! I just purchased my first full coverage piece yesterday and was feeling very anxious about which fabric count I was going to be using and how many strands of floss to get the best coverage. I will definitely be testing to see what I like best, but I think i've (tentatively) decided on 1 over 1 full cross on 25 count. I really enjoyed this video and I learned a lot!
+Madelyn Petersohn Thank you. I'm glad to hear my video was informative. ☺ Happy stitching.
thanks sweetie. since the day you showed us pic 2 pat, i've sooooooo enjoyed making my own patterns. at the moment i'm doing a newborn pic of my gr.son and a bluegrass band i found pic on internet ......... later found out it was a HAED
didnt realize this was new so part 2 is yet to come I guess. Sadly laying tool got cut off !! love love love the discussion of fabric types, stitch content on each and wish there was more discussion of different fabrics and "feel". I didnt know what Lugana or Jobelyn was till I ordered samples. Sadly samples are too small to test " stitch counts as theyre barely 1" in size and not labeled with fabric count. HAED has samples so gonna have to try ordering theirs! This has really slowed me down starting anything as I am used to full kits.
+Nancy Dubin This video isn't new. I posted these a year ago. Part 2 is up and you can watch it here.
ruclips.net/video/7PEB17lK6lQ/видео.html
Hi Pam - Thanks for your video. I do a kind of half cross country, half parking method when doing my full coverage. I will pick on color and work that color through a whole column on a page (not by blocks). So, I guess it is kinda like 10x100. I find this helps with speed as I don't have to change colors so much. But also, I don't have to count as much as when I tried cross country across the whole page. I do try to feather my stitches a bit if the color goes a bit over into the next column. Anyway, I find it is the best of both worlds. Just my two cents.
Oh, meant to say, then I park the rest of the thread on the next page.
Hi Pam. Thanks for sharing your videos. I especially appreciate the information about Pic2Pat. I got 2 patterns made by them and am working on the first one. I am a new to RUclips and gave you a shout out in my video #6.
Awesome. Enjoy your patterns. They can be pretty confetti heavy but usually work out well. I'll have to check out your videos. Thanks for watching and thanks for the shout out.
Your are welcome. I love your videos. I missed the finish of your Monopoly board. Could you show it in another video? @@PamsCraftyCorner
I also use post it note too isolate my 10 x 10 square. Cheap and easy!
Thanks
I, too, do not grid. I’m self-taught 40 yrs ago so back then there were no classes to be taught, no computers thus no RUclips, etc.
I ,also, taught many people the art of cross stitching.
Currently, I’m working on a Wilderness Afghan, 7 rows by 7 column which are approx 60x50 stitches. I started 10 yrs ago. Took some time off to get cancer and get better. Although serious, you can giggle as to how I said it. Almost done with it. Anyway, one question, what is country cross stitching? (Stitching in the country)
Keep up your good work. Love your stitching.
Pam-thanks so much for your generous and helpful videos. I'm learning lots. You mentioned a frame your husband made for you. Is that shown in any of your videos? Or might you include some video footage with it in an upcoming video? Stitch on!
I love the idea of using snack baggies. Do you have multiple of the same colors for ones that are needed in multiple projects? I tried parking and it just drives me bonkers. lol On my full coverage I usually try to just start with the ones that have the most coverage and do those colors completely first then move onto the confetti party.
What keeps the thread from tangling when it's in the bags?
Hi Pam love your video,s and all your helpful tips have you got a tutorial on tent stitch please I am getting ready to start Spirit of Winter, and I would like to try tent stitch I am using 20 ct Aida, and I thought I would try 2 over 1 I was very interested when I was reading about a lady who only tent stitches for all her WIPS but she only goes the one way so if she stitches lets say right to left that's the way she stitches on every row her stitching is lovely and I was just wondering what you thought about tenting like this as I thought you had to go back the opposite way, hope you can understand me, my name is Diane and I live in the UK. I wish I could park but seem to get so confused. I need to really get to grips with it, I love the way you use one colour at a time I would be terrified of making a mistake with my counting. I could,nt stitch diagonally, like you I can,t get my head around it. I am definetly going to store my flosses in bags like you suggested. Many Thanks.
+DIANE Smith Thanks so much for watching my videos and for the lovely comments. You can certainly stitch the way you described. I have a friend that stitches that way with minimal distortion to her fabric. Try it and if you notice the fabric pulling just alter the stitches. I do have a tutorial on my channel of my version of tent stitch.
Hi Pam! I love your tutorials! Thank you so much for your great advise and tios. I'm working on a big project right now, but I keep looking at it and not finding it satisfactory. How do you maintain an even tension? one part of my work looks great and the other parts look "lined" and "bumpy". I very much would like to start over again on a fresh canvas, but I can't guarantee better work. I wonder if any of the other stitchers have felt that way early in their experience?
Thanks so much Pam!
+Rita Violeau Yes tension can be a little hard to keep consistent when you are a newer stitcher. Most people have a tendency to pull their threads too tight which adds to the bumpiness because it is not only distorting the stitch but the fabric as well. If you are a 2 handed stitcher you may find a laying tool could help or railroading your stitches. You only need to pull the thread enough that it's completely through the fabric and laying even. It'll take some practice but you'll get there.
Can you tell me Who makes the Black box your keeping your floss bags in please
+Sheryl Harvey That's actually a box from a scrapbook manufacturer that was never produced for sale. I used to purchase in bulk from them as a consultant and they were used as sales display boxes for transport of supplies.
Beautiful work but way over my head and lots of terms that are hard to figure out as a newbie and many types of options! I want to try though so gives me a lot to process and think about. Thanks
+Anna Goyea Thanks for watching. If there's anything you need clarification on, just ask. When I first started stitching half of the terms we use now didn't even exist, lol.
I enjoy watching your videos.would you agree that watching your trails/travelling when cross country/colour by colour stitching, with a dark floss on more sheer fabric is also important ei... say you do not want to see it in a non full coverage piece.. < i hope i said that Wight>
hi. how to follow a pattern when the fabric isn't even, i had one that it's not even but not so much?
Would you maybe be able to do a tutorial sometime on using pic2pat? I have tried a few times to make my own charts, but it confuses the heck out of me for some reason lol.
The only issue keeping threads in bags is the thread needs air and humidity to keep it right. All fabrics need air, so if you set your work aside for a long time the thread can break down. Just a thought.
Hi, I’m doing a full coverage, my fabric is on a frame so I don’t get to the back of it that much.
When I’m sewing my thread is getting knotted and I’m not noticing at the time and then it gets matted..
What can I do to stop it? Any ideas would be good ty
There's a couple tips to try. Twirl your needle or let it hang every so often to let you floss unwind. When pulling your needle up with one hand let the floss slide through the fingers of your opposite hand on the back so you can immediately feel any tangles. And some people don't turn their needle that way the floss gets less twisted. So go down with the tip of the needle and push back up leading with the eye of the needle instead of the tip. Some people also find thread conditioner helps but personally I don't like using it.
I stitch my HAED the same way; by page cross country. I find I do not get to frantic about changing floss.
I just found your chanel and I love it! Im just about to start my first full coverage project! I can't work out where your accent is from???
Lol! My accent is from Newfoundland, Canada. It's often hard to place as there are 49 different dialects on the island portion of my province alone and we definitely don't sound like other Canadians. Happy stitching!
@@PamsCraftyCorner I wondered if you were as you have an Irish twang! I watched a program once and someone from was that area and they too sounded slightly Irish!
Hurrah I use the snack bags and shower curtain rings also. Just finished a 15 year project bunch of lilacs by scarlet quince. What a challenge.
Would love to do several by them but because of the heathering it is ever more of a challenge. Have any suggestions on how to organize all these heathered symbols?
"heathering" is that the same as tweeding? Mixing more then 1 colour together?
I am trying to organize my active threads for my first full coverage. Where can I find a ring like yours?
I tried my local hardware store, but they didn’t have one.
The large metal rings are hinged so they open and close. You can usually find them in the stationary area. Technically they're binder rings or loose-leaf rings.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUICK RESPONSE.
How do you do your hooping or scroll rods...
I actually use Q-snap frames for most of my large pieces. For smaller pieces I'll sometimes use a hoop instead. I like the tension I get with Q-snaps.
Hi I was wondering if you ever have problems with your neck or arm getting sore from cross stitching. I have so much pain and don't know what's I'm doing wrong
+Deanna Gerein I get neck pain sometimes but it's caused by migraine not stitching. When that happens I find a heated beanie bag wrapped around my neck good. I'll sit in my stitchy spot and adjust my stand so I can sit back in my chair instead of leaning forward at all.
I have a question. I bought a full size pattern from Etsy. It is 24pages.( this is my first full size). The pattern printed out backwards, good thing I laid it out before I started. It took three of us to figure this out. Do yours copies come out like this. I really want to make this. But the pages are making me crazy. Do they all print out like that.
No, it just depends on the designer. My Heaven & Earth ones print so that page 1 is the top left corner of your chart. My pic2pat ones print backwards. I just put them in the correct order and re-number the pages.
Pam's Crafty Corner ty very much for getting back to me. I started my first full picture this weekend. I like your video very much. Now I am looking for a smoother needle.
Hi Pam, thanks for the video! I am just about to start 1 for Sorrow by Heaven and Earth Design. It was nice seeing some of the projects you are working on. Are you from Newfoundland? :)
I am from Newfoundland. I live on the far east coast right on the Atlantic ocean.
Also, good luck with your HAED. I hope you enjoy it.
I am from NS and live in Alberta now, I get so happy when i hear east coast dialects = )
Pam I have a Crosstitch that was given to me by a friend and a cloth that came with it really tiny holes but I can do pretty good on a 14 count I can swap them around and used to 14 count then to use what they sent me because it is like a really small holes because I wasn't going to going to do it because I cannot use the cloth that came with it the holes are just too teeny weenie for me so I can swap that for a 14 count
You can certainly swap out the fabric for 14 count aida but you will need to make sure you cut your 14 count aida the right dimension for your chart. As 14 count will be a lot larger then the original cloth the completed image will also be considerably larger. Hope that makes sense.
LOVE your videos Pam. Am going to make the lap frame. Are you Irish? ❤️
I'm going to make a bet she's from Newfoundland.
Bingo! Newfoundlander thru and thru.
Cailey's right. I'm from Newfoundland. I get the Irish guess a lot. Many Newfoundlanders have Irish sounding accents and speech patterns due to our strong Irish heritage .
Try Floss Away bags. I went to bags for the same reason.
I love the size of your mug...
How are those projects going. Now that it is two years later?
Thanks. Progress is going okay. Some projects have been moved to the back burner as I'm concentrating on a few pieces at the moment but I still love them all and have plans to finish each one.
@@PamsCraftyCorner Hi Pam.
Thanks.
So it takes you years to finish projects? Oh thank goodness. I was thinking I must be really bad at stitching because it takes me so long.
I think the issue is I have so many large projects ongoing at the same time. But I love the process of stitching and I know they'll get completed at some point.
@@PamsCraftyCorner I hear you.
My issue is that I do so many different crafts that I get distracted. I love cross stitching and I love the results. But because it is so slow I lose motivation.
Sewing is more my jam as I get results faster.
Are you from Cape Breton? You sound like a Cape Bretoner? I loved this video and joined some of the cross stitch groups you mentioned, I just started back cross stitching again after a 5 year hiatus, I find it really relaxing
lol. Not from Cape Breton, although it's a lovely place. I'm actually from Newfoundland. I live about as far east as you can go without falling in the Atlantic Ocean. ☺
I'm from Saint John right on the Bay of Funy so I was gonna guess NFLD next! So lovely to see maritimers on flosstube. I was thinking of starting one too :)
@@KrystalClearReviews I've been to Saint John many times. My hubby is actually from New Brunswick. He has lots of family around Moncton and Port Elgin. We try to get over every year or 2.
I want to take my husband and children to NFLD some day so hopefully we get over there soon
Hi I'm learning, I have easily get lost in where I am in pattern.. Thank you will enlarge my pattern
Enjoy your stitching!
What size is you q snap and what do you think about the tension
The Q snap I typically use for my HAED pieces is 11x17. I think the tension is quite good and have no real complaints about them. Sometimes a clamp will crack but you can easily get replacements.
hmmm cant find part 2 !!
+Nancy Dubin That's odd. It's in my video list right after part 1. Here's a link ruclips.net/video/7PEB17lK6lQ/видео.html
Excuse me! Could you be so kind to show how is it 2 over 1? I really can not understand ...((((((
+Tania Wants to stitch I can show it on my next video. But it simply means that I'm stitching with 2 strands of floss and I'm making my x's over 1 thread on my fabric.
Pam's Crafty Corner thank you!
www.funkandweber.com/cross-stitch-over-one-thread/
This is the only tutorial I found that explains it well. I was confused, too.
Marilou Dery thanks a lot!!!! Appreciate your help! It's really like a puzzle for me🙈🤗
Over 2 threads would mean to skip a hole and go for the next one. ( 4 little squares in one stitch)
You keep saying that you make your own charts with PICT a what. And can you do a tutorial on that
I use pic2pat. It's a free online chart maker. I already did a tutorial on it a couple years ago. The video is still available if you scroll back or search Pam's Crafty Corner pic2pat.
Do you have a problem with floss getting tangled?
Not really. I tend to keep them tucked out of the way when I'm working on my piece.
Maybe i should watch the whole video first
HEAD????
+Penny Rossi I guess you mean HAED? Heaven and Earth Designs. I currently have 6 full coverage pieces I'm stitching and 4 of them are from HAED.
Thank you.
Brilliant video. Comprehensive instructions. Love the way you say it doesn't matter which you do it. So long as it's consistent. Its a hobby after all, enjoy. I've literally picked up a hoop for the first time in ten years. I had never heard of 1 over 2 before. Found this video very informative, thank you