I like to do my patterns from the bottom,not the left top hand corner or middle of a pattern I started a new pattern.And found a big mistake.I wrote the company.Waiting for a reply.layout below of pages
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
*16 17 18 19 20 on the 16th page it is a full page (of stitches on the pattern page) ,other pages 17-20 33stitch high and 66 across on the pattern page pages 1-15 full pages of cross stitches I paid 15$ for the pattern Barbara
So sorry, I hate when that happens. But, I also tend to make copies of the overlap sections to work from as I get close to any borders.
Personally, I start some things, anything "irregular" - in the middle as it lets space to count from get established, and things grow evenly - so that the problem of starting too close on a side or so doesn't happen. Even doing things that have a border all around, I never do the whole border (unless it's some tiny thing like a biscornu) - I'll start at the top, work down on the sides a bit, do the interior, and then keep working down the border. I hate the awful the sides didn't match up thing.
I think it's unusual to start at the bottom because most stitchers work their rows down. The canvas work piece I'm doing now calls for starting at the bottom. I think that is because the orientation of the design makes it clearer to follow the instructions, diagram by doing the bottom section point, and then working around to do the other quadrants (it's symmetric). This was the first piece I did with the first instruction being to go up so far from the bottom of the fabric, and find the centerline from right to left to start. A little weird - but works just fine.
It`s best to start at the tope left if you`re right handed so your hand is rubbing over fabric all the time and not the stitching. If you`re left handed, it`s best to start top right, of course. The starting in the middle thing is helpful to work evenly all round it, but if you grid your fabric and just make sure of your measurements, I still think it best to start at a top corner.
I usually mark the center of the fabric, then on the fabric count to the left and mark where the left hand side of the pattern will be, then on the fabric count to the top and mark where the top of the pattern will be. Then I start at the top left hand corner with my stitching. In this manner you are not dragging uncountable colors of different colors, tools, etc. over top of finished stitches and making a mess of the completed part.
The truth of the matter is, "If you locate and mark the center of your fabric and then count to the left, right, top, bottom and mark your fabric you will NEVER find that the fabric is TOO SMALL for your design half way through the project."
One of the things that I have found on some charts is that there are usually
100 stitches per block for the whole pattern EXCEPT the OUTSIDE EDGE of the pattern. Here I have found that there can be 90 stitches or 110stitches per block. Those of us who grid our fabric know this well. Frustrating but life's a challenge.
As for multi page charts it doesn't take that much time or effort to lay out all the pages on a table and make sure that the symbols for the stitches on the edges of each page match up before you start. For $15 I wouldn't expect to find a perfect world. LOL
Fred
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nothing changes, nothing changes.Don't back stitch to email, just stitchit.
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