Greetings folks.
I've mentioned several times about my tension issues. Paisley offers an example of how my tension creates horizontal "ridges" when using the sewing method (my preferred). See her feet?
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Now for the face, a large block of stitches, I stitched the entire block with the first leg of the cross in one direction. This time, horizontal. The second leg of the cross is done the opposite, vertical, since the first was horizontal. If the first leg was done vertical, completing the stitch block would be horizontal. And the result is an even fill, no ridges! It makes a huge difference when I stitch a large block such as a house. Or a big head. If using overdyed threads, the first half cross would be stitched vertically and finished horizontally which would allow the variegation to be as it should.
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4 comments:
Happy Holidays Marly and Family: I have never stitched horizontal and then vertical, I must try it sometime.
I hope you have a wonderful week.
Catherine
Shoes seem to have ample space to do the horizontal/vertical method
to get the even surface you do so well elsewhere, Marly.
Wow, that's a lot of difference. I'm glad you found a method that fixes your tension woes. Every time I see your explanation, I think I need to remember to try it. Every time I actually stitch something I could use it on, I forget. One of these days!
Thank you for the reminder about the vertical/horizontal stitching. I've used it but had forgotten about it until I read this. So thank you again!
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