Perfect Projects
Tuesday September 2, 2008
I received an email this week asking for tips on how to make a perfect Cross Stitch project. The stitcher was working on a large project and had already discovered a couple of errors she'd made.
Well, maybe I am not the best person for her to ask. Even with all my years of experience, I sometimes make mistakes. I get off track when the phone rings, I stay up late to stitch when I should probably be sleeping, and I am human, so errors will creep in. And, when I find a mistake, if there is any way I can work around it, I will.
But, I did offer the stitcher a few tips for avoiding mistakes. I suggested gridding if she wasn't already using this technique. And, I also told her that making a working copy of the chart and marking off the completed sections might help too.
How do you achieve perfection? Do you have any great tips for this stitcher? Post them in the Comments section below or submit your tips to be added to our growing collection of Stitcher's Submitted Tips.
Well, maybe I am not the best person for her to ask. Even with all my years of experience, I sometimes make mistakes. I get off track when the phone rings, I stay up late to stitch when I should probably be sleeping, and I am human, so errors will creep in. And, when I find a mistake, if there is any way I can work around it, I will.
But, I did offer the stitcher a few tips for avoiding mistakes. I suggested gridding if she wasn't already using this technique. And, I also told her that making a working copy of the chart and marking off the completed sections might help too.
How do you achieve perfection? Do you have any great tips for this stitcher? Post them in the Comments section below or submit your tips to be added to our growing collection of Stitcher's Submitted Tips.
Comments
For some reason the idea of a “perfect” project bothers me. What does perfect mean? Is it every thread laying just right, the item pressed and framed looking like it came from a machine? Obviously I don’t want errors or sloppyness, and I will re-do something over and over if it’s not centered right or has an obvious mistake.
But when I buy or make something handcrafted, I don’t want it to look like I bought it from a large manufacturer or been done on a machine.
Just my 2 cents.
It sounds like we have similar philosophies, Barb. I stitch for enjoyment. If I had to worry about perfection, I wouldn’t enjoy it! I figure my little mistakes make my projects uniquely my own.