Your Tips for stitching faster

Albadiosa

Perdón por la pregunta tonta... Qué es aparcamiento?

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2015-7-14 16:50

                               
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I don't need to go quicker.  I just enjoy the process for what it is.  Watching TV at the same tim ...

I'm the same :) I am more process oriented than aiming for the product, that is why I sometimes do one picture for a year.

Lakeland

I used to use two hands when I did big pieces of needlework, but with cross-stitch I just use one.  I don't need to stitch faster, it's not going anywhere.

mayoungpindiy

Thank you to everyone - I'm new at this and it really helps to hear tips from the pros!

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2015-7-27 09:56

                               
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Thank you to everyone - I'm new at this and it really helps to hear tips from the pros!

I've been viewing CEDAR COVE a Hallmark Series (so good)....as I stitch.  Just enjoying the process!!!

YukkaJ

wow...i can't say that i am a beginner at stitching, but i will be honest--quite a few of the tips are new to me....i don't  use a stand(somehow find it a bit awkward) don't use gridding (although, may be a good idea to try..but i like even-ware and it can be tricky sometimes.)But one thing I would advise to all. A tip that gave me my husband's Grandmother (!) needles with the "open" eye. Not sure what is the right terminology, but the needle has a little cut in the eye and you don't need to pull the thread through, you just push down at whatever part of the thread you want to start with and it slides trough the cut into the needle eye. Genius invention! absolutely love it!

Cherbarina

Gridding, highlighting the stitches I'm going to be doing, and stitching only one colour at a time. I thread 60+ needles (depending on how many I have) so I can just keep going and going

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2015-7-14 22:50

                               
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I don't need to go quicker.  I just enjoy the process for what it is.  Watching TV at the same tim ...

Pareil! j'aime broder, pourquoi sa dépêcher? sauf si un autre ouvrage en attente fait battre mon cœur <3

chereylove

well for me i do park some threads.

lasice

Great tips, thank you. I enjoy process too, but one work in year is not good, I want more.
My help is PM4 - I stitch directly from screen. I highlight one color - it is easier for me follow it in pattern and I make less mistakes. I change symbols and magnify pattern too.
And I change color of stitched crosses in pattern (in 3845 for example) - so I can see in usage table, how much I made that day (400 is good, 600 better, 1000 is whole day stitching, but even 200 is allright). It is very motivating for me.