You all know I fail to pay close enough attention to the chart. You would have thought by now I learned my lesson but no, I'm still at it. But this time it was quite confusing to me since this tree was on all four pages of the chart. Should I have taped it together and made a photo to follow .... of course. Am I lazy .... you bet.
The queen stitch is one I do not enjoy or do well. Ann's wallet covered in them still comes to mind and tempts me to put on my big whities and do it. Never works. Previously those stitches were subbed with a fake that certainly looks as such. I just use the top and bottom points as the queen does but enter the linen instead of securing. On 40 count, not a pretty site. Decided to use the easy eyelet.
I assumed those flowers would be pink and .... they are not. They are now. But the big screw is the placement. Going from one page to another and with the center row further down and not visible on the first page, I just followed placement of the two outer rows, but the center flowers have ONE space to the right, not TWO as the others. The stems are to be short which my error prevents. So my options are to remove all the eyelets and move one space to the right which would be as charted (shown in photo). But that extra space also moved the entire tree motif to the right.
Does it matter? No. There is enough space for that move, and when checking the bluebirds on each side of the base, realized the one on the left is not charted but appears in the photo. I'll add it, and space the same as the right. Do you like this continuous stem error better? I do not. As of now, I prefer the eyelet move.
And after all that 'splaining, should I? Is this change in the look so important? I do like the short stems as charted, but also used the Paint program for one other option. That made me realize that the stem being beneath the flower is more attractive. Honestly, my error, moving flowers, or adding another stitch are all good options. I am still so keyed up and expecting the other shoe to fall (as they say), that overreacting continues.
Another explanation for why a long confusing post appeared, with no answers, no resolution, just a ramble. And as I tried to proofread, caused a headache.
Hope your day is calm and relaxed!
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7 comments:
Slow down little one...Spring is here and your work,any errors rarely obvious,should not shut out the warmth and sunshine of the season. If you leave "well enough" alone, your sampler will still convey the message of the original ....something beautiful....
Always think I'm the only one IT happens too.
Ok...now I'm scared...very scared. I readily confess (as you know having to patiently 'splain things to me) I don't always follow your errors, suggested change options, etc. but this one I did...without even re-reading. No headache or anything. 😳 See why I'm scared??? Especially seeing as you said it's confusing and re-reading it gave you a headache?? Am I starting to speak Marly??? ~Robin~ (For what it's worth, I like your broken stems in the last option vs. the straight line of stems....)
"broken" meaning stems beneath the flowers....in case my "Marlyspeak" wasn't clear.
I know cross stitching can be very relaxing and then again, it can be a pain in the neck/head.
Being off one stitch, for me, can mess everything up. Hate having to go back and remove all of misplaced stitches.
I hope you're not one of the folks who is getting snow.
We're having lots of rain, messing up my plans to work outside.
Have a good rest of the week.
Charlotte in Va.
I think the stems you have made,are realy looking good.
Much better than in the chart and would have change these too.
Take care and do hope everything is going wel,Truus from Holland
I like your customization (not screw up!). May I suggest slow down and look at the rest of the chart to the right of the tree, above and below. Will there be places that if you adjust the rest of the row, won't line up with something above/below, which might make your love of symmetry unhappy? Gaps that irritate? It might be better to find and plan for them now, than after stitching even more and then deciding to find your matches. I'd totally add the uncharted bird.
Your explanation was fine, no headache here. Is the change so important? It all depends on how big the life picture used for comparison is.
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