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Sheena's Stitching Tips: Scissor keeper
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Cross Stitch Tips, Tricks and Ideas to help and inspire Cross Stitch addicts. Stitch a small design (about 2"-3" square) and make into a small 'pincushion', sandwiching a loop of cord in one corner before making up. Then loop the cord through the handle of your scissors and you won't lose them down the side of the armchair! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My webshop - buy your Mini Cushion Cross Stitch kits here. Read a diary of my cross stitch business pursuits here. View my complete profile.
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Sheena's Stitching Tips: Matching items
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Cross Stitch Tips, Tricks and Ideas to help and inspire Cross Stitch addicts. Had a design you just loved stitching? Take a small section or motif from the design (you’ve got the chart and the colour numbers required already! And stitch it again but on a different count of fabric. Stitch on a larger count and use it like a ‘patch’ to stitch onto the centre of a ready-made cushion. Or stitch on a finer count and make it into a bookmark. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Sheena's Stitching Tips: Storing Charts
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Cross Stitch Tips, Tricks and Ideas to help and inspire Cross Stitch addicts. You can then instantly find the chart you need for that certain occasion. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My webshop - buy your Mini Cushion Cross Stitch kits here. Read a diary of my cross stitch business pursuits here. I love creating cross stitch designs and two books have been published featuring my designs, titled 'Mini Cushions in Cross Stitch' and 'Cross Stitch on Colour'. View my complete profile.
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Sheena's Stitching Tips: No more french knots!
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Cross Stitch Tips, Tricks and Ideas to help and inspire Cross Stitch addicts. No more french knots! If you struggle with French knots, replace them with seed beads. They are easy to attach and add texture to your stitching. Yellow stars could be replaced with shiny gold seed beads, and eyes could be stitched using blue, brown or black seed beads. Remember, if the beads are metallic or opaque it is best to attach them with cotton matching the colour of the fabric. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Sheena's Stitching Tips: Photograph your work
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Cross Stitch Tips, Tricks and Ideas to help and inspire Cross Stitch addicts. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My webshop - buy your Mini Cushion Cross Stitch kits here. Read a diary of my cross stitch business pursuits here. I love creating cross stitch designs and two books have been published featuring my designs, titled 'Mini Cushions in Cross Stitch' and 'Cross Stitch on Colour'. View my complete profile.
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Sheena's Stitching Tips: Using up left-over threads
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Cross Stitch Tips, Tricks and Ideas to help and inspire Cross Stitch addicts. Using up left-over threads. Got left-over threads from your kits but lost the thread numbers? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My webshop - buy your Mini Cushion Cross Stitch kits here. Read a diary of my cross stitch business pursuits here. I love creating cross stitch designs and two books have been published featuring my designs, titled 'Mini Cushions in Cross Stitch' and 'Cross Stitch on Colour'. View my complete profile.
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Sheena's Stitching Tips: Seamless seams!
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Cross Stitch Tips, Tricks and Ideas to help and inspire Cross Stitch addicts. When closing a seam on items such as cushions, use ladder stitch rather than oversewing and then you will avoid having a noticable thick ridge along the seam. 1 April 2014 at 01:07. What is a ladder stitch? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My webshop - buy your Mini Cushion Cross Stitch kits here. Read a diary of my cross stitch business pursuits here. View my complete profile.