Today in my Thread shop [10 mibnnutes walk from my house ] A woman came in with a canvas ,, i saw that she used 2 strands over one thread of the canvas ,,, and as meticolous as she worked ,, i did`t like it... and pondered waht it was i didn`t like.???? it was the most boring thing i could imagine ,,,, Ok it was a perfect copy of the printed canvas ,,, Bur SO what ? i have a print of that drawing in a book... This woman said she spent 2000 { 2 thousand???] hours on it To make it look almost like the painting ???? but THE PAINTING has Brush strokes, uneven lines that catch the light and `play` with it???? this work was Mumified ,,,,, I like and enjoy when Xst aren`t5 perfect , when the hand of the maker leaves a mark of a slight different stress to show tiredness and changing times ,,,,No this could be a rough print on rough paper ,.....No thank you ,,, mirjam ....
Using 2 strands over one thread of the Canvas
Jun 09, 2005
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Forgot to say i think the picture would have looked Great had she used Different stiches , mirjam
This is XS's shortcoming - if you just do xxx in plain floss, it's not nearly as interesting. Even plain old satin stitch/long short catches the light in more interesting ways!
Oh, I don't know about that! Shading makes beautiful cross stitch! And beads, treasures, etc add additional interest. I've always thought a really big impressive xstitch picture is just amazing because it is made with thousands of tiny little x's. :) Kim
Having dabbled in both, I would have to say that the play of light on surface embroidery as opposed to cross stitch is definitely a plus. Also, the texture of different stitches.
But I have seen some truly magnificent cross stitch pieces that incorporated specialty stitches, threads, beads. I even did a wedding one years ago. The design was breathtaking when finished.
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