Julia’s Diary

Technique to Start Cross Stitch

1. Prepare equipment and material which is need. If you use smooth fabric, sew the edge of fabric or sew circle with feston stitch to avoid thread fabric out.

2. In making the first stitch, stitch needle pass fabric and rest thread 5 cm length at below of fabric. When you make the first stitches, this thread point can be pushed with thread which passes so the thread point sticks perfectly on fabric and not out.

3. Please start from the center of pattern and then move to out way. It makes sure that the final result is in the center of fabric. Find the center of fabric with folding 2 times to be 4 parts equally. You can sign the center part of cross stitch fabric with signing thread.

4. Codes within pattern show color code of thread in use. Start with the nearest color of center pattern.

5. Make sure the quantity of thread in need. Cut the thread along 45- 60 cm. Hold the thread at left hand, and then throw out the thread one by one with right hand. Join the floss of thread to needle. Try not to pull some of floss directly because it causes the thread disordered or knots.

6. Try to make all cross stitch in the same direction with doing every stitch on the same direction so half stitch of upper part appeared to the same direction.

7. To stop the thread, slip the thread on three or four stitches at down side of fabric and cut the thread point as good as you can.

8. If there are mistake, loose the needle and pull the thread which has already sewed smoothly until the mistake point. After that, continue sewing the same with pattern.

Way of Reading Pattern

1. 1 box on pattern shows 1cross stitch, except if there is another signs.

2. Letter symbol is color code of thread.

3. Do all cross stitch, ¼ stitch, ¾ stitch and ½ stitch with 2 strands of floss, except if there is another signs.

4. Do all backstitch with 1 strand of floss, except there is another signs.

5. Do French knots with 2 strands of floss.

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